Bayville Residents Against Cell Towers
Long Island Village Receives $200,000 a Year for Placing Antennas Near Schools
Monday, 25 January 2010 06:48 | 
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Courtesy 01.11.2010 by Camilla Category Electromagnetic Health Blog
Bayville, LI residents are mad. Their children have to go to school across the street from a water tower covered with cell phone antennas. Parents are distraught. It is believed that as much as 30% of the teachers, staff and employees have some type of illness, cancer, leukemia etc. Homeowners are filing a federal civil rights law suit on Monday in the U.S. District Court in Central Islip asking the court to force removal of 50 antennas attached to the water tower across the street from the elementary school.
Fortunately for this village, they may succeed. The property on which the water tower sits was donated to the town with a deed that limits use of the property: the property can not be used for any commercial enterprise or in any manner which would be “obnoxious, dangerous or offensive” to homeowners situated within one mile of the property. Homeowners are requesting a judge declare that Sec 704 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which limits state and local governments rights to restrict antennas on health or environmental grounds, does not preempt enforcement of their private property rights. While most other cases of residents opposing antennas are hard to win because of Sec. 704, Bayville may have a chance because of the terms of the deed accompanying the donated land.
The village of Bayville, a part of the greater Locust Valley area that sits on beautiful Long Island Sound,receives $200,000 per year in revenues for allowing the antennas to be placed next to the school where students and teachers are getting sick. Tremendous conflicts of interest exist when schools are offered money for this purposes. But in many cases, the schools just don’t know there is a danger.
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Last Updated (Wednesday, 09 February 2011 19:35)
A Very Serious Situation Exists in Bayville N.Y.Saturday, 23 January 2010 17:53 | | |
The Jericho Water District said “NO” to the police antenna because they felt it was a safety risk to their water supply – why doesn’t Bayville have a problem with that? The International Association of Firefighters has banned microwave radio antenna and cell sites from being placed on their firehouses due to the health risks– our antennas exist across the street from our schools. If the antennas are considered not safe for the grown men and women of the New York City Fire Department why would they be safe for a 5 year old developing brain? Los Angeles County banned cell towers near its schools – ours is 50 feet away from our school children. Why were hundreds of Bayville residents who signed petitions opposing the site of the police equipment completely ignored while the Mayor and Trustees voted YES? Any property owner who has ever wanted a variance, etc. knows of the Village’s strict requirement of certified mail within a certain radius – is the Village above its own law? We don’t think so! Nobody can tell you RFR is absolutely safe – Scientists all over the world say it is not! BRACT needs your help- Indeed, in the words of the Village’s own expert, "we should be worried about what is already up there", just as the Village expert admitted to the harmful effects of the cell phone tower, the Village of Bayville also admitted that the “Wireless Telecommunications Facilities may pose significant concerns to the health, safety, public welfare, historic character, aesthetic qualities and environment of the Village and its inhabitants.” (Local Law Number 2002-8 Section 2).
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