The organization Stop The Chop EFE told EFE that there are every year 60 thousand flights of Non -essential helicopters that leave the city of New York And that, if you take into account the flights that fly over the Great apple but that leave the city of Jersey – on the other side of the river – “there are some 80 thousand flights of non -essential helicopters About the metropolitan area of New York every year”.
However, Melissa Elstein, president of the Board of Directors of the organization, stressed that the figure could be even greater because they cannot obtain the information from Private Helipuertos.
The non -essential flights that fly over the city are, on the one hand, tourist flights –as was the case of yesterday’s fatal accident-, and on the other hand flights to move from airports near Manhattan or from the Great apple to The Hamptons (beaches area of New York) either Atlantic City (New Jersey).
Elstein emphasizes that this type of transport is increasingly popular as the calls become better known ‘Air taxis‘, like Blade.
“Before, to fly by helicopters, most people I rented either He had his own. But Blade is basically like the Uber of the heavens, Only shared“Elstein scored.
The goal of Stop The Chop Since 2014 it is to make the end of the helicopter flights non -essential because “they are Too risky In the city more densely populated in the USA “
“Are Too pollutants. They waste a lot of fuel. Particles increase in the atmosphere and are excessively noisywhich also represents a health risk and a Concern for the quality of life“Elstein scored.
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They have also joined the petition voices within the Municipal Assemblylike Brad Hoylman-Signal, which represents west of Manhattan and the municipal legislator Chris Marte, from the southern end of the island.
Today, the mayor of New YorkEric Adams, ruled out prohibit tourist helicoptersbut he told Fox that what the city has to do is make sure those flights are safe. A statement that Elstein He described as insensitive.
“People come to New York To make tourism in many different ways, and a very small minority participates in tourist flights in helicopter. So we could close this business, and people would continue to do touring New York in a safer and more respectful of the environment, ”he concluded.