Stop the Chop NYNJ! Stop tourist helicopters in NYC/NJ!

Hundreds of thousands of New York City and New Jersey residents have to suffer through the noise of 300+ daily helicopter tours flying out of the City-owned Downtown Manhattan Heliport. They fly up and down the Hudson River polluting our skies with noise and toxic emissions all day, every day, 365 days a year. The good news is that more than two dozen elected officials in New York want a complete ban on these non-essential tours. The bad news is that Mayor de Blasio refuses to do so despite the fact that these tours bring almost no benefits to New York or New Jersey. They only serve to enrich the for-profit tour operators at the expense of the health, welfare and safety of the many communities underneath their flight path.