digital divide Archives

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Aug 2024

1 Million NYC Households Lost Their Internet Subsidies. Plans to Revive the Aid Are in Political Purgatory

The Affordable Connectivity Program, which offered up to $30 a month towards broadband service for low-income and other eligible households, ran out of funds early this summer.

ByAnastasia Tomkin 2Comments

27

Nov 2023

Education Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Why We Must Fund the Affordable Connectivity Program

“The ACP is not just a program; it’s an acknowledgement that the internet is a public utility and will increasingly become as fundamental as electricity.”

ByJennifer Gutiérrez 0Comments

26

May 2022

Economy Government Health Opinion

Opinion: What Older New Yorkers Deserve In the Next Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic

“We must ensure that New York City’s growing population of 1.25 million adults ages 65 and older can access high-quality services, resources, and opportunities that accommodate their needs and preferences,…

ByMarie Spence

ByDanni Spencer-Laitt

ByNicole Levy 0Comments

25

May 2022

Education Government Housing and Homelessness Justice

NYC Installs WiFi at Every Family Homeless Shelter Following Legal Settlement

In November 2020, after months of pandemic-induced school closures and remote learning, Legal Aid and the law firm Milbank filed a lawsuit on behalf of three families with children in…

ByDavid Brand 4Comments

16

Sep 2021

Education Opinion

Opinion: As a New Pandemic School Year Begins in NYC, Digital Learning is Key

‘It is unacceptable for NYC schools to continue to expect students to succeed knowing that access to reliable internet connection and devices still remains spotty at best.’

ByKaty Knight 0Comments

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Jan 2019

ARTS and CULTURE

Using Electronic Music to Shrink the LES’s Digital Divide

The Lower East Side boasts a rich artistic past and present cut off from traditional cultural support. A program for area youth hopes to change that.

ByGiulia Hjort 0Comments

20

Mar 2015

In Depth

UrbaNERD: Who’s Afraid of LinkNYC?

It’ll be so convenient to have hundreds of looming digital advertising devices collecting data about New Yorkers’ browsing and emailing habits that we really ought to declare it school holiday…

ByAndrew Leidal 1Comment

27

Feb 2015

NYCHA Uncategorized

Vote Delayed on Cable Deal that Could Involve NYCHA

The state’s Public Service Commission on Thursday delayed its vote on the proposed Comcast-Time Warner merger and is likely to decide on the deal next month.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

25

Feb 2015

Government NYCHA

NYCHA Factors into Comcast-Time Warner Merger Bid

As New York regulators face a tough decision on the proposed merger between the country’s two biggest cable companies, some want free Internet access for NYCHA residents to be a…

ByJay Cassano 2Comments

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