Negotiations: Putting the Cart Before the Horse In New York, the engineering study and the Environmental Assessment (SEQRA) are supposed to happen before the board starts negotiating a 30-year lease for a cell tower on public land. Doing it in reverse—negotiating the deal first and ‘checking the box’ later—diminishes the concerns of residents and can...
Important Update on 5G & Cell Tower Safety According to Trustee Masch, the families living near the proposed cell tower do not need to be concerned about health risks. Masch and other board members may have missed the major shift happening in how our government views the potential health risks of cell towers—and we all...
As residents and taxpayers of Wappingers Falls, we deserve to know how our money is being spent. Unfortunately, a critical piece of that puzzle—the Annual Financial Report (AFR)—is missing. The last AFR available for fiscal year 2022. WHAT IS AN AFR AND WHY DOES IT MATTER? The Annual Financial Report (AFR) is a comprehensive report...