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Maloney asks about public contracts and seaplane KPIs

New York City Council · Oct 20, 2026 · starts 2:09:40 · 2 min 1 sec

EDC says contracts can be FOILed; some SOPs are security-sensitive; seaplane SOPs can be public; EDC focuses on safety and access and will follow up on metrics.

Virginia Maloney

In both the case of NYC Ferry and the case of seaplane operations and party boat operations with DocNYC, there are subcontractor or contracted arrangements.

Virginia Maloney

Those, you mentioned SOPs and guidelines and negotiated terms in these agreements.

Virginia Maloney

Are those agreements made public?

Virginia Maloney

And could we request copies?

Unidentified speaker

Our contract is public.

Unidentified speaker

I mean, it can be foiled to provide access to it.

Unidentified speaker

Sorry, it is, our contracts can be foiled, of course, and can be obtained.

Unidentified speaker

So we can follow up with you on that.

Unidentified speaker

In terms of specific SOPs, some of them are security sensitive.

Unidentified speaker

Some of them have certain restrictions to them.

Unidentified speaker

So depending on what we're talking about, we can follow up on that.

Virginia Maloney

And on the case of seaplane operations?

Anton Fredrickson

Yeah, those are shared with the seaplane operators and can be foiled as well or made public.

Virginia Maloney

And a similar question I asked on the ferry side, but how do you evaluate the KPIs of the seaplane operators?

Virginia Maloney

What are you measuring?

Virginia Maloney

In terms of determining or reviewing the appropriateness of a seaplane operator in the area?

Anton Fredrickson

I think we're looking at focusing on really just the safety piece and that there's, so one example is we've looked at strengthening the infrastructure there to make it more

Anton Fredrickson

right size for the facility to reduce queuing.

Anton Fredrickson

So that's one effort we've made in that area.

Anton Fredrickson

But it's really around safety and access.

Virginia Maloney

And to that point, it would be great to follow up with some of the data on the safety metrics that the operators are meeting, as well as

Virginia Maloney

instances where enforcement has led to removal of an operator that's not meeting the minimum standard.

Anton Fredrickson

Yeah, we will be in touch.

Virginia Maloney

Go ahead.

Anton Fredrickson

Yes, we will follow up with that information.