On Feb. 1, the New York City Economic DevelopmentCorporation (NYCEDC) and the Helicopter Tourism and JobsCouncil (HTJC) announced an agreement to significantly reducethe impact of tourism helicopters on New York City residentswhile simultaneously preserving an industry thatbrings in millions of tourism dollars each year.Under the agreement, tour operators will reduce the numberof flights to and from the Downtown Manhattan Heliportat Pier 6 in Lower Manhattan by 50 percent by January 2017,resulting in the elimination of nearly 30,000 flights per year.In addition, operators have agreed to end all flights onSundays and prohibit flights over Governor’s Island off thesouthern tip of Manhattan, part of which is an historic sitemanaged by the National Park Service.
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