NCC
- Supporting Low-Income Access and Adoption in New York Will Have a Compound Effect In The Communities They Call Home (April 29, 2021)
- Next Century Cities Provides Keynote Remarks on Increasing Broadband Access & Adoption for Residents in Southeast Queens, New York (Nov. 16, 2020)
- NCC Makes Recommendations to Improve Broadband Connectivity for New York Residents (Nov. 13, 2020)
- Local Leaders Discuss How New York’s Broadband Commission Could Bring Connectivity Within Reach for Unserved and Underserved Populations (Aug. 4, 2020)
- Members: Albany, Jamestown, Rochester, Saratoga Springs, Schenectady, Syracuse
Other news
- Lewis County and Northern Border Regional Commission awarded grant to serve 1000 New York homes
- Assembly member who introduced pole regulation legislation earlier this year argues that the bill would reduce rural deployment costs (impacts pole replacement rates and overrides negotiation process)
- Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, and Allegany counties in New York pitched in for an ARC grant to expand broadband in the region (April 14, 2021)
- Ostego Electric Cooperative in New York awarded FCC grant (Feb. 23, 2021)
- New York Lawsuit against Verizon
- New York City Mayor’s Office Accessible Social Media
- New York broadband pole attachment bill signed into law, “will make it easier and more affordable for broadband providers to install internet service on utility poles by mandating the fair distribution of installation costs between service providers and utility corporations and streamlining the contract process for broadband expansion projects” :: Daily Freeman
- Branches to Recovery TAPPING THE POWER OF NEW YORK’S PUBLIC LIBRARIES TO ENSURE AN INCLUSIVE RECOVERY AND REBUILD A MORE EQUITABLE CITY
- New Cyber Bureau, Broadband Key to Mental Health Progress (Oklahoma), New York’s Adirondacks Behind on Broadband
- New York Internet Master Plan Centers Digital Equity: New York City announced a $156 million investment in publicly owned, open-access broadband infrastructure that it will reach up to 1.6 million New Yorkers in the next 36 months. The City is also working to provide fast, reliable, and affordable connectivity options to an additional 70,000 New York City Housing Authority residents and 150,000 residents in the surrounding communities by early 2022.
- SmartCitiesDive — NYC’s new Internet Master Plan aims to close digital divide (Jan. 9, 2020)