
TIM GANNON PHOTO Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley), left, at a press conference Monday in Riverhead.
A Federal Aviation Administration official recently told a group of East End leaders that a decision to approve a four-year extension of the current North Shore helicopter route was done as a result of political pressure from U.S. Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY), according to Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley). (more…)