into the roof of a building on 51st and 7th, what went through your mind? first, great sadness for the loss of this pilot. second, that this was entirely predictable. when you have this much nonessential helicopter traffic in such crowded air space over the most densely populated city in america, tragedies are bound to happen. the fact that this is the second crash in three weeks, the second fatal crash in less than a year and a quarter, say, there s been a huge proliferation of nonessential commercial tourist flights and commuter flights and even flights to the airport that you re just setting up a very dangerous situation for new yorkers. you have been raising alarm about this for years. what is it about helicopter flights that is so concerning to you? you know, i don t have a problem with essential helicopter flights. medevac, news choppers, police, obviously, police and military, security, coast guard.