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Cell tower laws such as Hempstead's face legal fights
Photo credit: Kevin P. Coughlin | A cell tower is seen near Nassau County B.O.C.E.S. Children's Readiness Center in North Bellmore. (Sept. 16, 2010)
With its new ordinance regulating cell phone towers and transmitters, the Town of Hempstead has entered a legal arena where hundreds of municipalities have gone before with mixed success.
Wireless companies and their surrogates say the zoning ordinance, which the town board passed unanimously Tuesday, would have the practical effect of banning new towers and transmitters, a violation of federal...
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