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New York City Council Hearings on 5G Jumbo Towers and the Digital Divide, Aesthetics, Property Value and Health

Jul 5, 2023

Watch the New York City Council Committee on Technology Hearing on jumbo 5G cell towers. 

Below are 6 Youtube videos of the entire 6 hour hearing on the Link 5G jumbo towers. In the hearing Councilmembers grilled the New York Office of Technology and Companies on numerous issues including transparency, health effects and privacy.

 

New York City is slated to get dozens of new huge 30 foot 5G and 4G poles! Many residents are opposed. 

The new jumbo LINK5G poles are very large, tall and have five tiers for transmitting antennas. Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile are adding 5G technology in New York City with a combination of “macro” sites (wireless transmitters generally located on the rooftops), “small cells ” which are typically located on street poles and these jumbo 5G towers.

16 New York City Community Boards Have Passed Moratoriums and/or Letters of Disprovals

Community Boards across the city are having meetings to provide input, and numerous boards have issues disapprovals or moratoriums. Community Board 8  which includes areas of Upper East side of Manhattan and Roosevelt Island passed a  5G moratorium and several other Boards have followed suit.

Community Boards that have passed moratoriums or disapprovals for the 5G poles

Download PDF of Resolutions/Letters/Opposition

  1. Manhattan CB8:  moratorium resolution (12/14/22)
  2. Manhattan CB5:  disapproval and request for moratorium (1/12/23)
  3. Manhattan CB 9: disapproval (1/19/23)
  4. Brooklyn CB10:  deny support without more information minutes pg 7-8 (1/23/23)
  5. Manhattan CB2: –moratorium (1/19/23)
  6. Queens CB1–  letter of denial (2/28/23)
  7. Queens CB #6 rejects all future requests for 5G towers  until they pass proper historic preservation and environmental review. Video of May 10, 2023 Meeting 
  8. Brooklyn CB4 – moratorium (2/15/23)
  9. Queens CB14– letter of disapproval (2/7/23)
  10. Brooklyn CB1 – disapproval (3/14/23)
  11. Queens CB12- opposition to the 5G poles (March 15, 2023 Committee meeting)
  12. Bronx CB6: letter of rejection of 5G polesl March 16, 2023
  13. Queens CB3 – disapproved 4 out of 5 Link5G Towers
  14. Manhattan CB10 – Economic Development & Technogy Committee approve letter calling for a ‘hold’ on the proposal & a Public Hearing (4/13/23) – to be approved by Full Board in May
  15. Manhattan CB11 – Public Safety Committee approved Letter of Dis-Support for installations in MCB11 ratified by Full Board on 4/26
  16. Brooklyn CB9 – moratorium (3/23/23) Full Board

Where can I find the science on 5G and 4G cell towers that indicates safety is not assured ?

 

Where Can I find a Map of Proposed New York 5G LinkNYC Poles ? 

 

New York City Office of Technology OTI Slide Presentations Link 5G presentation 

What can we do?

1. Contact your community board and your City Councilperson. Send them EHT’s briefing. 

2. Contact Mayor Eric Adams and the NYC Office of Technology and Innovation.

3. Sign the petition to halt the 5G rollout in New York City here. 

4. Sign these local petitions as well