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Huge 5G Poles May Come to 18 Upper East Side Blocks, City Says
UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — More than a dozen blocks around the Upper East Side may soon be outfitted with enormous 5G transmission poles as part of a city plan to expand internet access — alarming at least one local leader who says the poles will overwhelm their low-rise neighborhood.
The 18 potential sites for LinkNYC kiosks will be presented Wednesday to a Community Board 8 committee by the Office of Technology and Innovation, which since 2015 has been replacing the city’s old payphones with hundreds of 9-foot-tall “links,” emitting free Wi-Fi and bearing advertising on both sides.
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