Judge Signs Settlement Order Resolving Verizon’s Cell Tower Dispute vs. N.Y. Town

U.S. District Judge Mae D'Agostino for Northern New York in Albany granted the stipulation and order Wednesday (docket 1:22-cv-00107) that settles Verizon’s cell tower dispute with the town of Saugerties, New York. Saugerties was alleged to have violated the Telecommunications Act by refusing to act on Verizon’s cell tower application before the expiration of the statute’s shot clock (see 2301190046). In the settlement, Verizon and co-plaintiff Tarpon Towers agreed to withdraw their complaint without prejudice, conditioned on the town’s approval for the construction of a 125-foot tower, plus a 4-foot lightning rod, to accommodate the antennas of local emergency services.