File #: Int 0551-2022    Version: * Name: Prohibiting non-essential helicopters from operating at heliports owned or operated by the city.
Type: Introduction Status: Filed (End of Session)
Committee: Committee on Economic Development
On agenda: 6/16/2022
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to prohibiting non-essential helicopters from operating at heliports owned or operated by the city
Sponsors: Lincoln Restler, Amanda Farías, Gale A. Brewer, Shahana K. Hanif, Alexa Avilés, Crystal Hudson, Jennifer Gutiérrez, Christopher Marte, Carlina Rivera , Shekar Krishnan, Shaun Abreu, Rita C. Joseph, Lynn C. Schulman, Sandy Nurse, Chi A. Ossé, Carmen N. De La Rosa, Julie Won, Tiffany Cabán, Marjorie Velázquez, Mercedes Narcisse, Robert F. Holden, Justin L. Brannan, Kristin Richardson Jordan, James F. Gennaro, Oswald Feliz, Vickie Paladino, Ari Kagan, (in conjunction with the Manhattan Borough Preside, (in conjunction with the Brooklyn Borough Presiden
Council Member Sponsors: 27
Summary: This bill would require the Department of Small Business Services to require the New York City Economic Development Corporation to prohibit all non-essential helicopter operations at heliports owned or operated by the City.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 551, 2. Int. No. 551, 3. June 16, 2022 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 4. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 6-16-22, 5. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - June 16, 2022

Int. No. 551

 

By Council Members Restler, Farías, Brewer, Hanif, Avilés, Hudson, Gutiérrez, Marte, Rivera, Krishnan, Abreu, Joseph, Schulman, Nurse, Ossé, De La Rosa, Won, Cabán, Velázquez, Narcisse, Holden, Brannan, Richardson Jordan, Gennaro, Feliz, Paladino and Kagan (in conjunction with the Manhattan and Brooklyn Borough Presidents)

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to prohibiting non-essential helicopters from operating at heliports owned or operated by the city

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Subchapter 2 of chapter 8 of title 22 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 22-827 to read as follows:

§ 22-827. Heliport operations. a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:

Covered helicopters. The term “covered helicopter” means a rotary-wing aircraft capable of vertical takeoff and landing. Such term does not include helicopters operated by or on behalf of (i) the United States armed forces, (ii) the fire department, (iii) emergency services, including any air ambulance, (iv) the police department or other law enforcement entity, or (v) a newsgathering organization.

Heliport. The term “heliport” means a designated land area used for helicopter operations and any appurtenant areas, including fueling facilities, terminal buildings and maintenance and repair facilities.

Newsgathering organization. The term “newsgathering organization” means an organization or entity that gathers and reports the news by publishing, broadcasting, or cablecasting articles, commentaries, books, photographs, video, film, or audio by electronic, print, or digital media such as radio, television, newspapers, magazines, wire, books, and the Internet.

b. The commissioner shall require any contracted entity operating, managing or otherwise responsible for a heliport on any property owned by the city of New York to prohibit any covered helicopter from taking off or landing at such heliport, except in an emergency.

§ 3. This local law takes effect 180 days after enactment.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Session 12

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LS # 7048

6/3/2022