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Residents, council members decry 5G kiosk/tower siting process after installations near homes and schools
Summary
Multiple residents testified at the technology committee hearing that 5G kiosk and small cell installations were placed without adequate outreach, including a tower sited next to an elementary school; council members said they will pursue stronger community-engagement requirements.
Residents from Queens and Brooklyn told the City Council's technology committee they were not adequately informed before wireless small-cell and Link5G kiosk installations began in their neighborhoods, and several speakers said equipment was placed too close to homes and a school.
Councilmember Andrew Ressler and other members raised specific complaints about an installation on Juno Street outside PS 144 in Queens and an installation in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Parents and neighbors said they received only brief notices by email and that the franchisee or city did not contact property owners directly before work began. "There was an email to my office and a letter to the borough president but no conversation with the…
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