A New York congresswoman is renewing calls to ban helicopters from flying over Manhattan after an emergency crash-landing in midtown on Monday turned fatal.

“I truly deeply believe that nonessential flight should be banned from New York City,” Rep. Carolyn Maloney Carolyn Bosher MaloneyPelosi, Democrats unveil bills to rein in alleged White House abuses of power Government watchdog recommends creation of White House cyber director position Top Democrats call for DOJ watchdog to probe Barr over possible 2020 election influence MORE (D-N.Y.), who represents the district where the crash took place, said Monday in a video posted on Twitter. “It is just too densely populated. It is too dangerous and there is absolutely no safe place to land."

Live from my DC office on today’s Manhattan helicopter crash https://t.co/PJam2sG4l3 — Carolyn B. Maloney (@RepMaloney) June 10, 2019

Maloney said she’s been “fighting for better & stronger safety regulations for Manhattan helicopter use” for years because of her concerns that an incident like Monday's crash could happen.

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New York banned helicopters from landing on rooftop helipads after a 1977 incident with a helicopter on top of what’s now the Met Life Building. Today, there are a handful of heliports that allow the vehicles to travel to and from the island, and Maloney wants officials to put an end to the practice.

“We will start the negotiations with the [Federal Aviation Administration] FAA, will call for public hearings, we will call for public meetings, we will call for what safety procedures were violated and we will continue to hold them accountable for what happened,” she said.

My staff & I are actively monitoring the helicopter crash in Midtown. My thoughts & prayers are w the pilot's family & everyone affected.



For yrs, I've been fighting for better & stronger safety regulations for Manhattan helicopter use b/c of my concern about an event like this. — Carolyn B. Maloney (@RepMaloney) June 10, 2019

Tim McCormack, the helicopter pilot who died in the crash, was flying during poor weather conditions including rain and low visibility. Maloney said, “If he hadn’t been flying in fog over the most densely populated area in the world, he would have not crashed.”

“A lot of it is nonessential — it’s tourism, it’s totally not needed, it’s unnecessary and it’s very, very dangerous,” Maloney said. “One death is just too many.”