NEWBURGH – Those small satellite dishes that are most visible in city settings, lining the facades and roof lines of houses that have been converted to apartments, should be banned from highly visible areas, says one Newburgh official. Councilwoman Genie Abrams would like the city to require those devices to be place out-of-sight.
She lives in an historic district of Newburgh and she said they are eyesores.
“They are just pustules on our civic face,” Abrams said. “There are these gorgeous buildings, they are just, clap, clap, clap, right on the front. Anybody driving by, walking by, trying to enjoy themselves, there are these ugly, inappropriate, metal things, these modern devices on the front of the building.”
City Corporation Counsel Michelle Kelson noted they are not state regulated
utilities and are placed for the best TV reception. Having said that,
Kelson said she would research the issue when time permits due to her
workload, to determine if the city could regulate their placement in less
obvious locations on buildings.
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