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The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday it plans to create three separate corridors, each with their own specific regulations, over the busy airspace.

Aircraft flying between 2,000 feet and 1,300 feet would have to be under air traffic control supervision. The two lower corridors below 1,300 feet will require pilots to tune their radios to specific frequencies and restrict their speed to 140 knots or less.

Pilots would also have to announce their description, location, direction and altitude when entering the area.

It's all part of an effort to eliminate questions as to whether visual flight rules or air traffic controllers guide pilots through their flights.

"I think that what FAA has done is helpful. The debate about improving safety in airspace like this has to be more considered because there are many more issues than regulations alone can address," said Aviation Expert Maxine Luber.

To ease congestion, the FAA is mandating southbound planes use the west shore of the river and northbound pilots use the east shore. It is also developing training for pilots and air traffic controllers and businesses that operate helicopters.

New Yorkers said they welcomed the changes.

"Something needed to be done, especially considering accidents, horrible accidents that have happened in the last couple of years," said one New Yorker.

"It's about time. We need to cut down in congestion in the sky," said another.

The new regulations are not sitting well with local politicians. Congressman Jerry Nadler put out a statement Wednesday night calling the plan "fundamentally inadequate," and Senator Charles Schumer went further, urging the FAA go back to the drawing board and come back with more sweeping changes to make the corridor over the Hudson safer.

The adjustments come as part of the fallout from last month's deadly collision between a small plane and sightseeing helicopter which killed nine people.

The FAA says the new regulations will go into effect on November 19th.