NYC Safe Tech Alliance -- ALERT! First NYC Rally to Oppose 5G Towers

Published: Tue, 04/08/25

NYC Alliance for Safe Technology

FIRST 5G RALLY IN NYC

OPPOSED TO 5G TOWERS

AT P.S. 144, FOREST HILLS, QUEENS

The first rally in NYC opposing the installation of a 5G Tower was held on Tuesday, April 1^st in the Van Court section of Forest Hills, Queens.

NYC has already broken ground on the sidewalk in front of PS 144 at 69-20 Juno Street in Forest Hills for a 5G Tower which it claims will provide needed broadband coverage.

But Queens Community Board 6 wrote to the city in October 2024 that there were no complaints of gaps in coverage, and that there was a lack of transparency, other than the telecommunications carriers’ preference, to site the 5G Tower at PS 144.

Concerned residents in Forest Hills, Queens voiced their concerns about the adverse effects a 5G Tower will have on their community -- decreased property values, attracting vagrants, encouraging cell phone use at a time when the city is looking to reduce childhood addiction to social media, and adverse biological effects – especially on the children at elementary school PS 144.

A resident commented: “The 5G towers are banal eyesores that sharply contrast with the historic facades that convey great beauty. Most importantly, they present health hazards that we should not be exposed to . . . The community’s wishes must not be ignored, if this is truly a democracy. Installing one on the [sidewalk] of PS 144 will set a negative precedent by leading to the installation of others that we do not need. The technology exists without these risky eyesores anyway. What a waste of funds and an obliteration of our streets.”