New York City’s new MyCity portal offers residents a single digital space to check eligibility for and gain access to city services and benefits across city agencies, starting with child care.
Plus, the White House announces $25.7 million in new Internet grants for tribal communities in two states, Delaware names an executive director for its newly created broadband office and more.
Gov. Hochul joined White House officials, as well as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, both New York Democrats, on Wednesday to announce that funding from 2021′s American Rescue Plan Act will be used to boost broadband access to about 100,000 households.
In the pandemic’s early days, when New York City was the virus’ global epicenter, our city’s public school system supplied hundreds of thousands of students