As we’ve reported, the New York State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) has twice found that the giant proposed 5G towers at 100 Horatio Street and 100 Jane Street (actually on West 12th Street) will have adverse effects on the adjacent Greenwich Village Historic District and Gansevoort Market Historic District.

We recently found out that Boldyn Networks is asking the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to override the State Historic Preservation Office’s finding. It’s pretty outrageous.  Boldyn initially tried to evade the Section 106 historic preservation reviews altogether. They then made a mess of their first attempt to conduct the reviews last spring and the FCC told them to start over. Then, as a result of the review, they were told by SHPO that the towers would have adverse effects. Then, after asking SHPO to review this decision, they were told again by SHPO that the towers would have adverse effects. Now, Boldyn is asking the FCC to give them a pass and reverse the SHPO’s decision.

We’re still working to find out what process the FCC will use to make a decision, what opportunities we will  have to intervene, and what the anticipated timeline will be. More information to follow…