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With federal broadband subsidies expiring, this court decision could have lasting implications for state mandates going forward.

This Brooklyn neighborhood built a disaster-proof mesh Wi-Fi network. It was a crucial lifeline after Hurricane Sandy hit New York City in 2012. Will it be ready for the next storm?

The center was the fifth to open in the city.

This week in broadband builds: NTIA awards tribal broadband funding; altafiber to build in Warren County, Ohio; TDS grows in Wisconsin; NYC expands Big Apple Connect - and more.

Big Apple Connect is now available at all NYCHA developments on Staten Island.

In January 2020, former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced New York City’s Internet Master Plan, setting a path to deliver broadband for low-income New Yorkers by investing in public fiber infrastructure. The plan was a clear response to the gap created from systemic digital redlining (an industry practice EFF has called for governments to ban) that every American

Ten things the NYC mayor got done in his first year – and some of the items he hasn’t followed through on yet.

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As the first effort by a large U.S. city to strategize equitable internet access is tabled, the community-based providers that New York City had tapped to build infrastructure have been left high and dry.