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What Happened To New York City’s Internet Master Plan?
In January 2020, under former Mayor Bill de Blasio (D-NY), New York City released an ambitious $2.1 billion plan for universal broadband across the city — the first effort of any large US city to strategize delivery of equitable internet access to all its residents. The proposal was to build a “neutral host” infrastructure that could be shared by multiple internet operators rather than a single company, increasing competition to the entrenched private companies that had failed to address New York’s digital divide.
New NYC Affordable Housing Must Come With Internet Service, City Says
New York City is making broadband access a necessary component of new affordable-housing projects that use city funds.