Elected Officials Call on City to Address Increased Helicopter Traffic Over Downtown Manhattan and Brooklyn Heights.

New York, NY— Congressman Jerrold Nadler, State Senator Daniel Squadron and other elected officials and community leaders from Manhattan and Brooklyn will join today, Friday April 9^th at 10:30 am to urge the City to reexamine regulation and enforcement of tourist helicopter traffic. After the West 30th Street Heliport ended all tourist flights last Thursday, communities in Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn Heights experienced a sudden uptick in noise from helicopter traffic at the Downtown Manhattan Heliport. The elected officials will call on the City to address the safety implications of unregulated tourist helicopter flights and the impact on quality of life in communities that experience take-offs and landings or heavy flyover traffic.

 

Who: Congress Member Jerrold Nadler, State Senator Daniel Squadron, Congress Member Nydia Velazquez, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz. Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, Assembly Member Joan Millman, Council Member Gale Brewer, Council Member Margaret Chin, Council Member Steve Levin, Brooklyn and Manhattan community board leaders and neighborhood organizations

 

 

When: Friday, April 9, 2010, 10:30 a.m.

 

Where: Downtown Manhattan Heliport 

 South Street/East River Waterfront between Broad St. and William St.