Rotorcraft
Yonkers Helitour Base Debated
One operator wants to move to avoid restrictions in New York City but is meeting resistance at its planned alternate location.

A plan by New York’s Helicopter Flight Services (HFS) to offer air tours from barges anchored between a Yonkers sewage treatment plant and a Domino sugar refinery on the east bank of the Hudson River is drawing a chilly reception from residents and local politicians. Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano (D) has counseled HFS that he doesn’t think a heliport is a good use for the proposed site, the city council is considering a ban, and some local residents were verbally abusive to HFS representatives at an informational meeting on the proposal in May.


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