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Maloney asks about accident accountability and landing frequency

New York City Council · Oct 20, 2026 · starts 2:04:24 · 1 min 22 sec

Fredrickson says first responders and federal investigations handle incidents; the July 5 incident paused operations; there were about 1,400-1,500 landings in the six-month season.

Virginia Maloney

And when you talk about some of the seaplane operators that use the space,

Virginia Maloney

Acadian seaplanes, fly the whale, tropic ocean airwines, etc.

Virginia Maloney

Who is accountable if there is an accident or an incident?

Virginia Maloney

And how does Doc NYC know, or EDC, know which company or which person or which plane is responsible?

Anton Fredrickson

But first, if there's an incident, it's first responders that are onto the scene.

Anton Fredrickson

And then there was coordination with DOC NYC and EDC to make sure that we understand all the facts before we resume operations.

Anton Fredrickson

And so there was a July 5th incident, I think it was mentioned earlier, where we did pause for the remainder of the day to make sure we understood the conditions and then before we resumed activity again.

Virginia Maloney

And the number of landings are more frequent in the summer months, is that right?

Anton Fredrickson

That's correct.

Anton Fredrickson

So you see this typically between May and October.

Virginia Maloney

And do you have a sense of the number of landings month by month in that busy period?

Anton Fredrickson

Yeah, I can give back to you on the exact month by month breakdown, but it was approximately like 1,400, 1,500 this past year.

Anton Fredrickson

Or in 2025, yeah, we're still collecting the final numbers for 2026.

Virginia Maloney

Over that entire period?

Anton Fredrickson

Over that six-month period.