As many as 300,000 NYC public housing residents will be eligible for free internet access by 2023, provided by large cable providers. That's fewer eligible New Yorkers than a prior plan by Mayor de Blasio—partially provided by small, local businesses.
It’s unclear what will become of the new program once its initial three-year contracts are up.
But the Adams administration has been sitting for months on a well-regarded internet strategy laid out by de Blasio. The “Internet Master Plan,” released in 2020, promised to use a mix of large companies and smaller, local providers to close the digital divide for 1.5 million New Yorkers. Almost 10 months into this new administration, it’s unacceptable that OTI does not have a comprehensive roadmap...“Almost 10 months into this new administration, it’s unacceptable that OTI does not have a comprehensive roadmap toward connecting more New Yorkers to the internet,” she told Gothamist in a written statement.
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