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Friday, May 28, 2021
Vol. 70, No. 22
OBSERVING MEMORIAL DAY
CUOMO NOMINATES SINGAS TO TOP COURT
OFFICIALS REACT TO TIMES SQUARE ATTACK
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W.P. telecomm proposal met with pushback
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AT&T pitches 12 antennas atop water tower; residents see safety concerns BY S A M U E L E PETRUCCELLI A proposal to install telecommunications equipment on a water tower in Williston Park was met by pushback from residents at a public hearing on Monday. Twelve antennas, the tops of which would rise 181 feet above ground level and be painted to match the color of the tower, have been proposed by AT&T. Additionally, the proposal includes a diesel generator installed at ground level to operate once a week for approximately an hour. Anna Mercado Clark, a partner at Phillips Lytle LLP and an adjunct professor of law at Fordham University, represented AT&T and answered questions from the public and the Village of Williston Park Board of Trustees. “Not only does AT&T want to provide an adequate service to its subscribers, but also it is obligated to provide those services and rem-
edy this service gap,” Clark said. “We propose that this is the least intrusive means by which we can address this.” Besides any aesthetic intrusions, representatives for AT&T also offered their calculations of potential electromagnetic energy that would reach ground level. Dan Penesso, a radio frequency engineer for the company, said: “Electromagnetic energy that would be at ground level is 0.05%. FCC guidelines allow up to 100% to be compliant.” Clark added that the technology that would be installed would stay within safe exposure levels for humans. “FCC has recently as of December of 2019 reevaluated its safe exposure levels and reaffirmed those safe exposure levels and those are the levels we use for our calculations,” Clark said. “The American Cancer Society has also abided that this type of technology as Dan mentioned is non-ionizing which means it does not have the capability to modify human cells.” Continued on Page 34
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Wheatley softball senior Jaclyn Denicker was honored before the Wildcats’ game against Lynbrook last week.
Israelis, Palestinians rally support on L.I. BY S A M U E L E PETRUCCELLI Two demonstrations, one in support of Israel and another in support of the Palestinians, were held in Nassau County on
Sunday afternoon after days of violent clashes between Israel and Hamas. In Great Neck’s Firefighters Park, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, among other local elected officials, attended a
demonstration to show support for Israel. Further south, demonstrators in support of the Palestinians closed part of the intersection of Old Country Road and Continued on Page 35
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