Hello Everyone,

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Agenda:

1. Sec 106 Review -- NYC Historic Preservation -- WE NEED MORE CONSULTING PARTIES!  THE GENERAL PUBLIC CAN ALSO COMMENT.  See attached document entitled "Section 106 Review ... " for instructions. Deadlines to file comments on many 5G Towers have already passed and others are fast approaching.  YOU NEED TO ACT NOW!
2. ALERTS! Your Sec 106 participation is crucial from community boards and civic associations in Washington Heights, Lower East Side, Jamaica, Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx, Staten Island.  YOU'RE GETTING CLOBBERED WITH 5G TOWERS.
3. Results: Consulting party comments opposing proposed 5G Towers have so far been largely successful in stopping the 5G Towers in the Upper West Side, Upper East Side, West Village, Forest Hills. But, where there are no consulting parties or comments from the general public, the NYS Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) has not objected to Towers in those locations. Those are missed opportunities.
4. Successes:
   1. 5G Towers on Park Avenue have been "remediated," meaning that the 5G Towers initially proposed for sites on Park Avenue are now eliminated, however, new locations may be proposed on Park Avenue although the expectation is that it is unlikely.  
   2. SHPO requested their relocation in the West Village, two on the Upper West Side, one in Forest Hills (Queens), and there may be others,  For the Tower proposed at 741 Columbus Ave, SHPO asked for further info from EBI.
5. 311 Complaint Campaign - CALL 311 TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE 5G TOWERS.  We need an official city record of complaints that city officials cannot ignore.
6. Nominate.  Looking at the bigger picture, this is a good time to nominate structures and districts for historic preservation in NYC at the LPC and to SHPO.

7.  Federal bills (60+) - several bills are now moving in Congress.  These bills will eliminate our local control over wireless permitting/placement, prohibit moratoria and eliminate environmental and historical preservation reviews. 

• SET UP MEETINGS NOW WITH: Reps. Espaillat, Jeffries, Clarke, Malliotakis, Meeks, Meng, Velazquez, Suozzi, Goldman, Torres.  Let me know when you do.  
• Every success we've had in NYC - disapprovals and moratoria on 5G Towers - are expressly prohibited under HR 3557, and our success in  envt'l and historic preservation reviews will be virtually eliminated under HR 3557, HR 4141, etc.  
• HR 6492 will carpet our national parks with cell towers, which do catch on fire. CA had 4 major fires from faulty telecom eqpt - Woolsey Fire (2018) caused $6 bil in damages, 295,000 pp evacuated, 100,000 acres of land destroyed and several deaths. See below the fold for "Cell Towers & Fires" at https://thenationalcall.org/advocacy-and-action/
• See att'd fact sheets and https://ehtrust.org/congress/
• Federal Bills committee meets every Thursday, 4-6pm ET; let me know if you're interested.

8.  Video Collage - Next week, we will record your statements on these and other issues, such as risk of adverse health outcomes, public safety hazard, cybersecurity threat, etc. of the 5G Towers and the 4G/5G pods on the street poles.  We'll outline some possible issues to mention.  Potential audience: the Mayor, Office of Technology, Dept of Health, Dept of Education, Chair Gutierrez and members of the City Council Technology Committee, our legislators.

9. National Call for Safe Technology - I am Chair of this national group of over 100 organizations and individuals.  We meed every 2nd and 4th Friday; to sign up, email me or go to thenationalcall.org