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By: Shenal Tissera<\/a><\/p>\n

New York City Mayor Eric Adams said his administration is looking to expand a program that provides high-speed internet access to those living in New York City Houring Authority (NYCHA)\u00a0complexes, just as a federal program that has provided about 1 million low-income New Yorkers with broadband access expires.<\/p>\n

During the regular Tuesday mayoral press conference at City Hall, First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright said Chief Technology Officer Matt Fraser was working on a digital equity plan that require \u201cadditional stages” and internet access for low income New Yorkers was \u201ca huge priority for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

The federal\u00a0Affordable Connectivity Program<\/a>, launched in 2021, will sunset at the end of May, spelling the expiration of affordable internet access for just under 1 million households in the city.<\/p>\n

The program provided a discount of up to $30 a month toward internet service for people that qualified based on income. It also included a one-time discount of up to $100 for a laptop, desktop or tablet if they contributed more than $10 and less than $50 towards the purchase.<\/p>\n

The mayor noted his efforts to provide high-speed internet service to New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) residents through\u00a0Big Apple Connect<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe’re giving free high-speed broadband to every NYCHA resident for free. We’re looking to expand it even further. Don’t forget that,\u201d said Adams. \u201c330,000, not paying for high-speed broadband. What does that mean? They can use those dollars to provide the services for food, for child care, for other things inside the community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Adams addressed the ongoing power struggle between City Hall and the City Council. Last week, the mayor launched a Charter Revision Commission to look into modifying the City Charter.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0creation of the commission came after City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams introduced a bill to amend the\u00a0City Charter<\/a>\u00a0to expand Council oversight over mayoral appointments. If the bill is adopted by the Council and voted into law through a ballot referendum, many agency commissioner appointments made by the mayor would require advice-and-consent from the Council.<\/p>\n

Commissioners at uniformed agencies like the New York City Police Department\u00a0will not be included in the potential expanded oversight.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s a good partnership and there are going to be areas that we disagree on. That’s okay,\u201d said Adams. \u201cFor the most part, I’m really proud of what Adrienne and I have done during difficult times.\u201d<\/p>\n

As it stands, only a few commissioner-level appointments are subject to approval from the City Council. However, the mayor\u2019s commission stands to play spoiler for the proposed bill. Much like the speaker\u2019s bill, any changes to the charter proposed by the commission would need to be put up for a public vote\u00a0through a ballot referendum.<\/p>\n

The mayor did not give specifics as to what would be proposed by the newly-created commission.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want them to look and come up with suggestions around fiscal stability and how decisions we make, how it impacts the city financially,\u201d said Adams. \u201cThere’s a host of other things, but those were two of the topics that they raised.\u201d<\/p>\n

The mayor also came under fire for a recent\u00a0piece published by The City<\/a>\u00a0that detailed, among other things, hotel stays made by his son and top aide Winnie Greco paid for by taxpayer dollars. Greco and his son stayed at a Queens hotel owned by Weihong Hu, who had thrown two separate campaign fundraisers for Adams during his mayoral bid in 2021.<\/p>\n

Greco, the Director of Asian Affairs,\u00a0was one of the several mayoral aides whose homes were\u00a0raided by the FBI<\/a>. Greco stayed at the hotel for eight months as she recovered from surgery and cost taxpayers $50,000 or more, according to the article.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe DOI is doing a review of all of those things that you’re talking about. I’m going to let them do their job, follow the process,\u201d said Adams. \u201cThe review will follow its course.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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