1 million NYC households set to lose high-speed internet

The looming expiration of the Affordable Connectivity Program could mean the end of high-speed internet access for just under 1 million low-income households in New York City, a new analysis from the Center for an Urban Future shows. The new analysis shows that the federal subsidy program was most popular in East Harlem, a wide swath of the South Bronx, and Long Island City, which contains the country's largest public housing complex in the country. East Harlem and the South Bronx were among the areas with the lowest broadband access citywide in 2021, before the program launched, according to data compiled by the City Council. Around two-thirds of households in East Harlem and the South Bronx received discounted internet through the federal program. Roughly 44% of all Bronx households were enrolled in the program.