Letter to UWS from NY State Assembly
The text below is from a letter to the Upper West Side community from the New York State Assembly, regarding helicopter noise complaints:
| THOMAS DUANE 29TH SENATE DISTRICT 322 EIGHTH AVENUE, SUITE 1700 |
STATE OF NEW YORK NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY |
67TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 230WEST 72 STREET, SUITE 2F |
March 2, 2009
Dear Neighbor,
As State elected officials representing the Upper West Side of Manhattan, we write in response to recent complaints regarding increased helicopter traffic over the neighborhood. In fact, some constituents have noted that helicopters pass overhead as often as twice every minute, disrupting their lives and overwhelming the environment with noise pollution. Read more
Letter to Gale Brewer from FAA
The text below is from a letter from the FAA to Councilperson Gale Brewer, in response to a letter from her office:
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- Mr. Gale A. Brewer
- Council Member
- The City of New York
563 Columbus Avenue at 87th Street New York, New York 10024
- Dear Mr. Brewer:
This is in reply to your letter dated December 19, 2008, to Acting Administrator Robert Sturgell, on behalf of your constituents, concerning helicopter overflights of the Upper West Side of Manhattan, NY.
- There is no law requiring helicopter pilots to follow designated routes, or preventing them from overflying or hovering over buildings in Read more
Send Updates VIA Twitter
You can now sent helicopter noise updates via Twitter, by tagging your tweets with either @helifreenyc, or by using hashmark tag #hfnyc. You can also grab these feeds from the widgets located right side of the page.
New! Discussion Board Added
In order to facilitate ease of communication between the members of communities affected by helicopter noise pollution in the NYC area, HeliFreeNYC is pleased to announce the launch of its Discussion Board. Feel free to register and participate in the discussions.
Equal Opportunity Offender
In my neck of the woods (Washington Heights) the news media, not tourist flights are the helicopters that are ruining our quality of life. For whatever reason, some of the local news networks, feel like traffic in the George Washington Bridge is newsworthy. Generally there are 1-3 helicopters hovering for a span of up to 1 hour, between 5:30 and 7:30 in the morning. It is insane! We have to use a fan, even in the winter, just for white noise purposes to keep from being awakened but the pre-dawn noise assault.
This morning the Fox 5 helicopter, rather than hovering, was flying laps over the NY side of the bridge, passing over the top of my building about every 45 seconds. This continued from about 5:45 until 6:30. This kind of offense is not welcome any time. But while I’m still adjusting to the daylight savings schedule? Come on, people, that is just abusive. My neighborhood is completely quiet and tranquil, other than the infuriating sound of helicopter rotors passing overhead, every 45 seconds. I was prompted to send an email to Fox expressing my views on the matter. With the weather beginning to thaw, it will become even more of an issue, with open windows at night, etc.. If you are affected by the media helicopters, please join me, in taking a moment to express your displeasure, by directing an email or phone call to their attention. Links for contacting the local news stations are provided here.
