Local outcry over tourist invasion on Roosevelt Island tram: 'I hate it'

NEW YORK (PIX11) – When it comes to the Roosevelt Island tram, it’s a battle of the tourists versus the local residents.

And to some residents, the tourists are winning.

To many, it’s one of the best-kept secrets in New York City.

For the swipe of a MetroCard, you can ride the Roosevelt Island Tram from 6 AM to the wee hours of the morning seven days a week.

It’s the only aerial tramway in the busiest city in the world, and it has exploded on social media in the past few years, so tourists can’t wait to jump on board and take videos of the view.

And Roosevelt Island residents are fed up.

“They are taking over the trams. I hate it and most people hate it,” Magella Samory, a Roosevelt Island resident, told PIX11 News.

“I am in a Roosevelt Island mothers’ group, and we will talk about