F.C.C. says 5G megatowers need ‘historic preservation’ review

New York City Street with no 5g graphic.

After weeks of prodding by Congressmember Jerrold Nadler, the Federal Communications Commission recently wrote to CityBridge, the private consortium the city has contracted with to install 2,000 of the 32-foot-tall towers. About one-third of the sci-fi-looking structures are slated to be erected in 13 “equity districts” around the city, including the East Village and Lower East Side.

But there has been pushback from various parts, especially from areas including historic districts, such as Greenwich Village, where nine of the towers are initially planned and where earlier this year Community Board 2 called for a moratorium on the new infrastructure’s rollout. Parts of Brooklyn have seen opposition, as well.

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