LinkNYC

Link5G Towers Must Historic Preservation and Environmental Reviews, Says FCC

April 25, 2023, 8:07 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 8:04 a.m.

The directive comes after Manhattan Congressman Jerry Nadler wrote the FCC that the 32-foot-tall pillars appear ‘out of context’ in historic districts like SoHo and Park Avenue.

LinkNYC

Failing Up: First Link5G ‘Smart Pole’ Stands Quietly in Queens

March 20, 2022, 7:43 p.m.March 21, 2022, 6:12 p.m.

Tech consortium CityBridge is poised to install ultrafast internet-transmitting structures to bridge the digital divide. But its earlier LinkNYC program was a debacle, ending in debt and unfulfilled promises.

City Hall

Checking Bill de Blasio’s Big Promises: THE CITY’s Scorecard on Eight Years of Ambitious Pledges

Dec. 20, 2021, 9:29 p.m.Dec. 20, 2021, 9:33 p.m.

From affordable housing to waste reduction to high-paid jobs to commercial rent control, we look at where the results stand on some of the outgoing mayor’s major plans touted in annual State of the City and Earth Day addresses.

Campaign 2021

Maya Wiley Crossed Wires with de Blasio on Failure to Bring WiFi to All New Yorkers

June 13, 2021, 10:50 p.m.May 30, 2024, 1:33 p.m.

The mayor tapped Wiley in 2014 to get broadband to low-income neighborhoods. Now, 1.5 million people are still unconnected. The mayoral candidate blames her ex-boss, but an examination suggests a more complicated history.

Connectivity

WiFi Sign of the Times as New Yorkers Gather Outside Libraries for Free Internet

Sept. 15, 2020, 10:04 p.m.Sept. 15, 2020, 10:04 p.m.

The pandemic shut branches for months. But thousands without access are going and logging in daily to go online for some outdoor computer and phone time.