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	<description>A site dedicated to the mitigation of helicopter noise in the NYC area</description>
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		<title>Low Flying Helicopter scheduled for filming West Side, today</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Friends, it has come to our attention that the mayor&#8217;s office has granted Columbia Pictures a permit to film a scene involving a low flying helicopter, today between 11 AM and 2 PM, on West 20th Street between 6th Ave, and the Hudson. The scene is for the film &#8220;The Bounty.&#8221; It is our understanding [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helifreenyc.org/2009/09/02/low-flying-helicopter-scheduled-for-filming-west-side-today/</link>
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		<title>Schumer proposes solution for Hudson River Corridor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ According to the NY Times, this week, Senator Schumer has come out with his own list of changes to help make the Hudson River Corridor safer. Although various proposals have already been made, Schumer feels that the existing proposals will not provide the increased safety that is needed.
Schumer pointed out the countless security gaps [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helifreenyc.org/2009/09/02/schumer-proposes-solution-for-hudson-river-corridor/</link>
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		<title>NTSB Says that Controller could not have prevented collision over Hudson</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to the NY Times today, the NSTB has clarified the issue regarding the Teterboro air traffic controllers that were suspended following the helicopter-fixed wing collision over the Hudson River on August 8th. A spokesperson for the NSTB stated that
it is counterproductive when an organization breaches the party agreement and publicly interprets or comments on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helifreenyc.org/2009/08/18/ntsb-says-that-controller-could-not-have-prevented-collision-over-hudson/</link>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t miss the City Council Hearing August 25, 2009 to discuss air traffic safety over New York City</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fellow New Yorkers: Please take the opportunity to have your voice heard, on the matter of air traffic over our city. The City Council will be holding a hearing to address this issue on August 25th. The details are as follows: Hearing date Aug. 25, 2pm, City  Council, Council Chambers, City Hall, Committee on Transportation, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helifreenyc.org/2009/08/17/dont-miss-the-city-council-hearing-august-25-2009-to-discuss-air-traffic-safety-over-nyc/</link>
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		<title>Helicopter Collision over Hudson Captured on Video</title>
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		<link>http://www.helifreenyc.org/2009/08/14/helicopter-collision-over-hudson-captured-on-video/</link>
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		<title>USA Today quotes Joy Held of the Helicopter Coalition of New York City</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[Photo by: USA Today]
Click here for the full article.
Here are links to some other relevant news items.

2 Air Traffic Workers Suspended in Inquiry on Hudson River Crash 
Collision Bares Longtime Rift Over Air Safety 

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		<link>http://www.helifreenyc.org/2009/08/13/usa-today-quotes-joy-held-of-the-helicopter-coalition-of-new-york-city/</link>
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		<title>Debate over Hudson River Corridor continues</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Photo: NY Times
The debate sparked by the fatal accident, involving a tourist helicopter, and a fixed wing plane, last Saturday continues this week. An editorial column in the NY Times, today, suggests that the National Transportation Safety Board be allowed to publish its conclusions, before the F.A.A. rushes into imposing any new regulation of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helifreenyc.org/2009/08/12/debate-over-hudson-river-corridor-continues/</link>
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		<title>Latest developments regarding flight regulation debate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The following is report give by Joy Held of the Helicopter Noise Coalition of New York City, regarding the Press Conference held on Monday, August 10, 2009:
I attended today&#8217;s press conference and distributed 40-some copies of the HNC press release calling upon Mayor Bloomberg to re-institute the ban of tour helicopters from city heliports enacted [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helifreenyc.org/2009/08/11/latest-developments-regarding-flight-regulation-debate/</link>
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		<title>City officials may finally ban tourist flights</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tourist Helicopter taking off at West 30th Street Heliport (Photo by: J. Breinholt)
In the wake of the fatal crash, last Saturday over the Hudson River, City officials met today at a press conference to discuss possible actions. Bloomberg held fast to his position that the City needed the revenue generated by the flights and that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helifreenyc.org/2009/08/10/city-officials-may-finally-ban-tourist-flights/</link>
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		<title>Single Engine Plane and Tour Helicopter Collide over Hudson</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nine are dead after a collision between a tourist helicopter leaving the 30th Street Heliport Collided with a single engine fixed wing plane flying low, in the Hudson River corridor. Witnesses say that the helicopter was headed southbound and that the plane appeared to strike the helicopter from the rear and side. According to the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helifreenyc.org/2009/08/08/single-engine-plane-and-tour-helicopter-collide-over-hudson/</link>
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