Richard Gere has upset many wealthy upstate New York neighbors over an impending cell phone tower. The star is co-owner of the Bedford Post Inn in Bedford, New York, an eight-room luxury inn that opened in 2019. Gere has offered a parcel of land on his 14-acre estate to install a 130-foot cell phone tower. But many wealthy nearby residents - including the parents of Kate Mara and Rooney Mara, and Jerry Seinfeld's sister - are furious about the move. Verizon filed a lawsuit against the town of Bedford in July 2021, after it shot down two proposed sites for the cell tower, which would fill gaps in coverage for cell phone service and emergency responders, as mandated by the Federal Telecommunications Act. Now the lawsuit has been put on pause, as Gere's proposal to put the cell tower on the land his inn sits on is in review. Carolyn Liebling, Seinfeld’s sister, said: “The decision you make will affect the life of our family if you put the cell tower practically in our backyard.” Carolyn and her husband have owned 12 acres near the hotel for the past 17 years, and say their “sanctuary” is no place for a cell tower.