East Hampton Village Board Asked East Hampton Town to Stop Accepting FAA Grants

The East Hampton Village Board joined many neighboring municipalities last week in asking East Hampton Town to stop accepting Federal Aviation Association grants by the end of the year, 27east reports.

On Thursday, Sept. 4, the village’s resolution was approved and stated that the town should “adopt a comprehensive aircraft limitation policy applying to helicopters, jets, seaplanes...including evening and weekend curfews and all other reasonable airport access restrictions...immediately after December 31,” according to 27east.

Currently, the airport receives grant money from the FAA, so the FAA must give approval for the town to implement a mandatory curfew or quota flights.

“In recent days, the Town Board had a public hearing as it relates to the airport issue,” said East Hampton Village Mayor Paul F. Rickenbach Jr. during Thursday’s meeting as reported by 27east. “At that particular time and place, we didn’t want to issue a statement but rather listen to what others had to say. This is a culmination of listening to what others had to say, and we feel like it’s the right thing to do at this time,” the mayor said of the resolution.

Read the full story at 27east.com.