New York City Office of the Mayor
Mamdani Administration, Rep. Ritchie Torres Announce $2 Million to Expand Free Broadband Internet Access
Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Rep Ritchie Torres (D-NY), The New York Public Library President Anthony Marx, and Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner Dina Levy celebrated a $2 million expansion of the Neighborhood Internet program at an affordable housing development in the Bronx. Neighborhood Internet is a groundbreaking partnership between the City and NYPL that extends free, high-speed broadband to low-income New Yorkers.
Mayor Adams, HPD, NYPL Announce new Program to Deliver Free and Low-Cost Wi-Fi to Thousands of Low-Income New Yorkers in Affordable Housing
New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development Acting Commissioner Ahmed Tigani announced “Liberty Link,” a groundbreaking program that will deliver high-quality internet to thousands of low-income New Yorkers in 100-percent affordable housing buildings at little to no cost to tenants. Through the pilot program—which is being led by HPD and the New York Public Library system—NYPL will connect the buildings to fiber internet and deploy building-wide Wi-Fi infrastructure.
New York City Announces Accelerated Internet Master Plan to Support Communities Hardest-Hit by COVID-19
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and other city leaders announced that NYC will accelerate broadband deployment in all five boroughs, prioritizing public housing communities, which have suffered disproportionately during the COVID-19 pandemic. NYC will make a historic $157 million investment in ending digital redlining and providing high-speed internet, including $87 million redirected from the NYPD budget. This investment will extend new internet service options to 600,000 underserved New Yorkers, including 200,000 NYCHA residents over the next 18 months.