Tech Policy your username 3 days ago On Tuesday, Judge Alison J. Nathan of the Southern District of New York issued a stipulation and order of settlement between the plaintiffs and various New York City entities regarding internet broadband access in New York City shelters for school-aged children to participate in virtual learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Previously, the plaintiffs – shelter residents and their children – filed a class-action complaint in November over the defendants’ alleged failure to provide adequate internet access for virtual learning. In December, the court denied the defendants’ opposition to a preliminary injunction that had asked the court to require the defendants to provide adequate Wi-Fi in shelters to allow virtual learning for students during the pandemic. New York City and six of its agencies, as well as individuals associated with those agencies, moved to dismiss the lawsuit in January.