• 2019 MAYOR DE BLASIO ENCOURAGES OUTER BOROUGH BROADBAND ADOPTION

• 1/7/2020 INTERNET MASTER PLAN ANNOUNCED

• 7/7/2020 $157 MILLION INVESTMENT TO ACCELERATE INTERNET MASTER PLAN ANNOUNCED

  Goals to reach:

  600,000 underserved New Yorkers

  200,000 residents in public housing

• 11/2/2020 NYC COMPTROLLER STATES THERE ARE OVER 100,000 STUDENTS WITHOUT INTERNET ACCESS

• 12/23/2020 NEW DEPUTY CTO AARON MEYERSON ANNOUNCED TO LEAD IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERNET MASTER PLAN

• 3/3/2021 REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS ISSUED INVITING TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY TO CREATE NEW AFFORDABLE BROADBAND SERVICE OPTIONS

  The city states it will make city assets including street poles available.

• 3/4/2021 MAYOR & CTO ANNOUNCE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP TO DELIVER WI-FI, BROADBAND UPGRADES TO CORNERSTONE COMMUNITY CENTERS

  (Over 12,000 students & adults to benefit)

• 5/6/2021 NYC ANNOUNCES BROADBAND ACCESS FOR 13 NYCHA DEVELOPMENTS TO REACH 30,000 RESIDENTS

  (First activity under RFP with 5 Partner Vendors)

• 7/27/2021 CITY ANNOUNCES BROADBAND ACCESS FOR 10,0000 BRONX NYCHA RESIDENTS

  (2nd activity under RFP bringing total to 40,000 in progress)

• 10/28/2021 CITY RELEASES STATEMENT CALLING INTO QUESTION HOW MUCH, IF ANY OF THE $157 MILLLION INVESTMENT ANNOUNCED 1/7/2020 HAS BEEN SPENT

  (Also announced are goals to reach 70,000 NYCHA residents and 150,000 non-NYCHA residents by early 2022 and a public broadband infrastructure plan to cover 1.6 million residents over 36 months)

• 12/31/2021 END OF MAYOR DE BLASIO’S TERM IN OFFICE & INTERNET MASTER PLAN EFFORTS UNDER HIS DIRECTION.

  (It is unknown as of this date whether Mayor Eric Adams will continue the Internet Master Plan)

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