Dear Safe Tech Friends,
There is so much to relate as always.
The good news is that the City Council’s LinkNY Oversight Committee’s hearing on June 7 lasted six hours, with the public testimony predominantly in opposition. Over the last months 16 Community Boards have issued some form of disapproval of the Link5G proposal, and CityBridge, the franchisee, is now enaged in a Section 106 National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) as well as National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) review, as per the FCC’s directive.
While more and more local voices are raising questions and demands for proper telecom ordinances, the US Congress is trying to undo all hard won progress through HR 3557, the American Broadband Deployment Act, which would eliminate any local control over wireless decisions, as well as further weaken NHPA and NEPA review. There is a long list of industry-friendly bills that have come out of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, but the main one to oppose right now is HR 3557. Please read and listen to these important words from Americans for Responsible Tech:
https://www.americansforresponsibletech.org/stop3557
Contact your House Representatives and tell them to VOTE NO on H.R. 3557, The American Broadband Deployment Act. And ask your local representatives to exert their influence on their Washington D.C. counterparts.
Meanwhile Odette Wilkens of Wired Broadband is setting off her summer series of town halls with the first being this Wednesday, that will feature the best alternative to this streamlined all wireless all the time world. They will be discussing Chattanooga’s great success story with its municipal fiberoptic deployment to every premises, and discuss how it could become a reality in New York City. Please see further information below and how to register.
Please do pay close attention as events unfold in the coming months and let your local and federal representatives know your thoughts.
New Yorkers 4 Wired Tech
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