QUESTION
What is the current cap on the number of helicopter flights allowed at the downtown Manhattan heliport, and will this cap remain the same under the new Request for Proposals (RFP)?
1:06:43
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The current cap on the number of helicopter flights permitted at the downtown Manhattan heliport is 30,000.
- The New York City Economic Development Corporation confirmed this flight cap of 30,000 flights.
- The new Request for Proposals (RFP) being discussed maintains the same 30,000 flight cap as the previous agreement.
- Despite a proposed 30% reduction in operating hours in the new RFP, the number of allowed helicopter flights would remain at 30,000.
Lincoln Restler
1:06:43
But and to that, what's the current number of flights that are permitted under their current agreement.
Mikelle Adgate
1:06:50
I'm gonna differentiate Anton for the specifics.
Anton Fredriksson
1:06:53
Yeah.
1:06:53
We've a flight cap at the gentleman having held a port of 30,000.
1:06:56
30,000.
Lincoln Restler
1:06:57
And in the new RFP allows for
Anton Fredriksson
1:06:59
It's the same flight count.
Lincoln Restler
1:07:00
Same.
1:07:01
So despite the 30% reduction in hours.
1:07:04
We're talking about the same number of helicopter flights that communities are gonna be burdened by as a result of the wildfires early.
Anton Fredriksson
1:07:10
They also have to operate we we we don't wanna create a situation where they're we're concentrating all that that they should be reaching that flight cap still within the hours.
1:07:20
They should operating safely within those others.
Lincoln Restler
1:07:23
I hope that everything's operating safely, but I just mean facts, numbers.
1:07:27
It's the same number of flights from the old RFP to the new RFP.
1:07:30
Is that right?
Anton Fredriksson
1:07:30
That's correct.
1:07:31
Yeah.
1:07:31
Okay.
Lincoln Restler
1:07:32
So I just for me, that's really disappointing because we've seen complaint skyrocket And yet, we're not doing anything to actually rein in the number
Anton Fredriksson
1:07:41
of complaints.
1:07:41
Point out that that that 1% of all complaints are tours from the downtown in how how Singapore.
1:07:46
So although we're seeing