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Maloney questions compliance monitoring across waterfront

New York City Council · Oct 20, 2026 · starts 0:43:39 · 1 min 31 sec

Fredrickson says operators must follow Coast Guard and FAA rules; DOC NYC checks licenses and can revoke for repeat violations; EDC focuses on infrastructure compliance.

Virginia Maloney

And how do you monitor compliance across the waterfront portfolio?

Anton Fredrickson

So depending, so with DocNYC, the operators have to first follow all U.S.

Anton Fredrickson

Coast Guard regulations on the seaplanes.

Anton Fredrickson

That's U.S.

Anton Fredrickson

Coast Guard, but also FAA when in the air.

Anton Fredrickson

And then DocNYC does its own checks that all the licenses and certifications are in place with each of those operators.

Anton Fredrickson

We also monitor for potential violations, and there is a penalty system in place depending on the offense.

Anton Fredrickson

There is even the possibility, for example, with third-party street ticket selling, that if you're found to commit the same violation twice, we do revoke that license.

Anton Fredrickson

And yeah, so that really incentivizes strong behavior from the operators to not lose that access to the peers, which ultimately is a source of income for that business owner.

Virginia Maloney

And do you see any gaps in the city's authority?

Anton Fredrickson

Within the city's authority, we have a strong, robust program in place.

Anton Fredrickson

We focus on what we can control, which is the management of the infrastructure and the compliance of vessels or aircraft that access our infrastructure.

Anton Fredrickson

The regulation and safety of the vessels or the aircraft are up to federal regulators, and we defer to them.

Virginia Maloney

Thank you.