Noise Abatement LGA airport
The alleged bird strike occurred over The Bronx, which has more parkland than all the other boroughs. Coincidence maybe, but it also has a bigger density of low-income people.
If a plane departs off RWY 04 (as USAir did) at LGA and flies straight the population flown over is VERY wealthy, so you get a turn left instead. For example, when RWY 22 is in use only the VOR (offset) approach is used. The ILS is allowable but the ceiling has to be below the VOR minimums. Why? The community on approach has a very effective noise-abatement lobby.
USAirways has no luck with LGA, in fact they changed their name from USAir after two fatal incidents at LGA, like changing Windscale to Sellafield. Everyone survived thankfully this time.