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City Eyes More Tour Flights From Downtown Heliport With Electric Aircraft
The city isn't stopping the chop anytime soon.
December 9, 2024
Thursday’s Headlines: The Way of Water Edition
The "Blue Highways" campaign wants the mayor to convert a downtown heliport into a freight delivery hub. Plus more news.
April 25, 2024
Komanoff: A ‘Noise Tax’ Can Ground NYC Helicopters
A proposed $400 “noise tax” on “nonessential” flights is a start — and it will work.
April 18, 2024
‘Blue Highway’ Blues: A Maritime Freight Pier is Coming to Downtown Heliport … By 2029
It's progress, but does it really take five years to build a barge — especially one that's been in talks for five years already?
November 14, 2023
HELL-IPORT: Climate Protesters Arrested For Blocking Blade Landing Pad
"Luxury emissions destroy our future," the protestors chanted in front of Manhattan's "V.I.P Heliport."
September 14, 2023
Hochul Vetoes Bill Letting New Yorkers Sue For Helicopter Noise
Stop the chop? The governor says, "No."
December 16, 2022
OPINION: Here’s How the Council Will ‘Stop the Chop’ in New York
A council member from Brooklyn offers a common-sense bill to curtail helicopter havoc.
June 27, 2022
Tuesday’s Headlines: Helicopter Misery Edition
On Monday, we asked Mayor de Blasio why the city even allows helicopters — with their noise and pollution — when the total benefit to the city coffers is a mere $2- to $3-million in rent at two city-owned heliports. That plus all the other news of the day.
February 23, 2021
Lander: City Must Study Whether the ‘Benefit’ of Helicopters Covers Their Egregious Health Costs
It's time to put a price on the cost of losing one's mind.
February 22, 2021