New York A 6311: Relates to restrictions on certain flight operations at municipal facilities; relates to the use of certain heliports

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A06311 Summary:

BILL NOA06311 

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SAME ASSAME AS S10417

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SPONSORSimone

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COSPNSRSeawright

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §98-c, Gen Muni L; amd §§3 & 7, Chap 592 of 1998

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Prohibits municipal corporations from permitting the use of publicly owned land for helicopter air transportation operated for the primary purpose of conducting sightseeing tours over New York city or conducting photography, videography, or similar production activities over New York city; relates to the use of certain heliports in the city of New York.

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BILL NOA06311 

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03/03/2025referred to judiciary

01/07/2026referred to judiciary

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6311

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 3, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SIMONE -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Judiciary

 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to restrictions
 on certain flight operations at municipal facilities; and to amend
 chapter 592 of the laws of 1998, constituting the Hudson river park
 act, in relation to the use of certain heliports in the city of New
 York

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 98-c to read as follows:
 3 § 98-c. Restriction on certain flight operations at municipal facili-
 4 ties. No municipal corporation shall permit the use of publicly owned
 5 land for helicopter air transportation operated for the primary purpose
 6 of conducting sightseeing tours over New York city or conducting photog-
 7 raphy, videography, or similar production activities over New York city.
 8 § 2. Paragraph (v) of subdivision (g) of section 3 of chapter 592 of
 9 the laws of 1998, constituting the Hudson river park act, as amended by
 10 chapter 211 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
 11 (v) a non-tourism/non-recreation heliport for [commercial and emergen-
 12 cy] permitted transportation use;
 13 § 3. Subdivision (j) of section 3 of chapter 592 of the laws of 1998,
 14 constituting the Hudson river park act, as amended by chapter 211 of the
 15 laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
 16 (j) "Prohibited use" means any of the following uses:
 17 (i) residential;
 18 (ii) manufacturing, except in furtherance of and incidental to park
 19 uses, provided that small scale creation of artisan foods or other craft
 20 products shall not be considered manufacturing;
 21 (iii) warehousing;
 22 (iv) hotel;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03903-01-5

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 1 (v) incompatible governmental uses;
 2 (vi) casino and riverboat gambling, and the docking of vessels to be
 3 used substantially for gambling or for transportation to such a vessel;
 4 (vii) any facility for motorized aircraft, including a heliport except
 5 a heliport which is defined as a park/commercial use, provided the use
 6 of any heliport in the park by any operator, individual, business enti-
 7 ty, organization or association, or any member, parent, subsidiary or
 8 affiliate thereof, that conducts or arranges prohibited flight oper-
 9 ations, whether or not originating from a heliport in the park, shall be
 10 prohibited;
 11 (viii) commercial office, except office space that is incidental to a
 12 permitted use, and further provided that such prohibition shall not
 13 apply to piers 57 and 76; and
 14 (ix) other uses determined by the trust to be incompatible with the
 15 purposes of this act.
 16 § 4. Section 3 of chapter 592 of the laws of 1998, constituting the
 17 Hudson river park act, is amended by adding two new subdivisions (o) and
 18 (p) to read as follows:
 19 (o) "Permitted transportation use" means air transportation other than
 20 prohibited flight operations:
 21 (i) for purposes of heavy-lift operations in support of construction
 22 and infrastructure maintenance;
 23 (ii) for purposes of public health and safety, including law enforce-
 24 m