In Washington Heights and Inwood — two neighborhoods where the island of Manhattan narrows — generations of Dominicans have called the area home. As the largest Latino group in the five boroughs, Dominican communities exist across the city, though the population is concentrated in Manhattan and the Bronx, located just across the Harlem River.

A GOP lawmaker has called for ending New York City helicopter tour flights in the wake of Thursday's deadly tragedy on the Hudson River.

The pilot of the helicopter that crashed into New York City's Hudson River made a chilling call warning that they were out of fuel just before the tragedy that killed all six on board

New Yorkers have slammed sightseeing flights as a nuisance for years and, although almost all operate smoothly, a few end in tragedy.

Six people were killed Thursday in the latest string of aviation disasters after a sightseeing helicopter broke apart and crashed into the Hudson River between New York City and

But an anti-helicopter advocacy group told the Advance/SILive.com that the chopper traffic here and over other parts of the city isn’t just a nuisance but could be a deadly disaster waiting to happen.

Much of the money was to go toward flood mitigation in vulnerable areas of New York City that were struck hard by Hurricane Sandy and the remnants of Hurricane Ida.