- The President is due to fly to New York's Westchester County
- The timing could not be worst as it is during the Labor Day weekend
- The no-fly zone will last from Friday afternoon and all day Saturday
- But it will be an eternity for high-powered Wall Street types who want to fly
- By car, a trip to the Hamptons takes two hours from Manhattan
President Obama has angerd wealthy jet-setting New Yorkers with his travel plans this weekend because much of New York’s airspace will be shut down during his visit to the state.
The timing of the President’s trip to New York's Westchester County today for a series of weekend fundraisers could not have come at a worst time because it will be during the Labor Day weekend.
According to CBS, the Federal Aviation Administration will put the skies over New York City on lock down until Saturday.
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President Obama’s plan to schmooze Wall Street honchos at a Westchester fund-raiser Friday is grounding wealthy weekenders who planned to fly to the Hamptons or Nantucket for the Labor Day holiday.
The FAA has issued a no-fly warning that extends for most of Friday and all day Saturday through Sunday, grounding seaplanes to East Hampton, Montauk, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket.
On Friday, Obama will be feted at the home of one of his top bundlers, 32 Advisors’ Robert Wolf, in the aptly-named Purchase, NY, with 250 high-rollers paying up to $32,000 each to bend Obama’s ear.
Obama will then fly to Newport, R.I. for an event to benefit House Democrats. Melissa Tomkiel, president of seaplane companies, Fly the Whale (which flies from NYC to the Hamptons and Nantucket) and Tailwind (NYC to Boston and DC), told us, “A flight restriction was issued banning operations in the NYC area due to the president’s visit on Friday for practically the whole weekend, causing major business losses and inconvenience for our passengers on the busiest weekend of the year. It is frustrating. We have had to move at least 10 flights and cancel a number of private charters, costing us thousands of dollars. We count on this weekend to get us through the quieter months of the year. This will create a perfect storm on a holiday Friday, creating air space havoc between New York City and Boston.”
As of Wednesday, the flight restrictions occur from 2 p.m. until 5:45 p.m. Friday, then start again at 9:15 p.m. Friday night and extend until Sunday at 10:30 a.m.
The White House didn’t immediately get back to us last night.
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Well-wishers wait at T.F. Green Airport for arrival of President Obama
WARWICK, R.I. — A small crowd of well-wishers have queued up outside the T.F. Green Airport Fire Station to wish President Obama hello.
“This is a great opportunity to meet our Commander-in-Chief,” said James Gubata, 54, of Tiverton more than an hour before the President was set to arrive. He was there with his good friends Beth Morin and Joanna Krystman, both also of Tiverton.
“I would never pass up the opportunity to see the President of the United States,” Morin said.
Obama is coming to Rhode Island for a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee fund raiser in Newport Friday evening.
Sally Vincent of Plainville, Mass., who was also by the fire station, said, “Who wouldn’t want to see him? We saw President Clinton at West Point, and it was a thrill. I pray for President Obama every night.”
Her husband, Paul Vincent, said he likes pomp and circumstance and he’s also excited to see Air Force One.
“This is a big deal,” Mattie Edwards-Kemp of Portsmouth said. “It’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience. I’m a huge supporter of the President. He has made it possible for kids to dream. I feel really blessed.”
Robert Kelley of Portsmouth said, “I’m here to see the most powerful man in the world. I’m amazed he can fly here for three hours and fly back out. I’m thrilled he’s coming to Rhode Island.”
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