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City Council Hearing on Unnecessary Helicopter Flights Next Tuesday

By on April 10, 2024 10:14 pm in 11201, Brooklyn Heights, Environment, Government, Health, Noise

Stop the Chop NY/NJ advises us that on Tuesday, April 16 starting at 10:00 AM the New York City Council will hold a hearing on proposed legislation that would ban unnecessary (tourist and charter) helicopter flights, including all such flights to or from the Downtown Heliport directly accross the East River from Brooklyn Heights, and […]

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Restler Introduces Bill to Ban Non-Essential Helicopter Flights

By on June 16, 2022 3:15 pm in Environment, Government, Noise

Last November, citing The City, we noted that there had been a large increase in complaints to 311 about helicopter noise. Now AMNY reports that City Councilmember Lincoln Restler (photo) has introduced a bill that, if enacted, would ban all “non-essential” flights from city owned heliports. This would include all commuter and tourist flights. Those […]

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