Hello Everyone,

We're holding our weekly
meetings on Wednesdays rather than Tuesdays.  

Here’s the link for today’s meeting:
                        https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMoce6orD8vHdLvbH-ouFd-ZMb05s_s29FX

Quick agenda:
                        1. Feedback on Town Hall #4 Broadband Freedom of Choice held on 9-6-23 https://youtu.be/106MSEZE6NY

2. Follow up on Section 106 review and any updates  

3. Upcoming educational outreach -- community board
meetings and presentations in September - MCB3, MCB7, MCB12, BkCB5, BxCB2, BxCB5, SICB1, SICB3 (see attached list of Equity Districts getting the most 5G towers)

4. IMPORTANT - Federal bills that threaten our local control over wireless placement; House Energy & Commerce Committee
9-19-23 hearing for all House members to voice constituent concerns.  See Fact Sheet.  Updated Fact Sheet will be sent out shortly.  Educate our US Reps on the issues -- Rep Nadler and the entire NYC delegation of US Reps.  Here's Town Hall #3 held on 8-16-23 on the Federal Bills:

https://www.bbilan.org/blog/2023-08-16-wbi-town-hall-on-federal-bills                     

Background on the federal bills:  The 90+ federal bills, which includes HR 3557, that will prohibit moratoria, and, along with HR4141, virtually eliminate environmental and historic preservation review.  This is an unprecedented consolidation of federal power in favor
of the wireless industry.
                                                

More on HR4141: HR4141 virtually eliminates environmental and historical preservation reviews. Comments submitted to the Natural Resources Committee on HR4141 are attached.

These bills represent an unprecedented consolidation of power within the federal government in favor of the wireless industry and threatens to take away local government control over wireless permitting. It runs contrary to the rule of law and threatens, with surgical precision, to undermine the successes we've had in NYC in opposing the irresponsible placement of 5G towers.   These bills run against the tide of opposition in NYC and the rest of the country and is meant to silence our voices. For NYC residents, may eliminate the very environmental and historical preservation reviews that the site developer for the 5G towers is required to undergo in NYC.