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St Lawrence County legislators continue work providing broadband to unserviced areas

St Lawrence County legislators continue work providing broadband to unserviced areas
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The answer may be a little bit of both. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been quick to say the broadband access gap has been closed by his Broadband for All program, though many including state Sen. George Borrello, R-Sunset Bay disagree with Cuomo’s assessment. The governor is looking to boost broadband access by requiring private companies to provide a $15 rate so that low-income residents can have access to broadband internet. There are pockets of Chautauqua County lagging behind in internet access according to a fall 2020 survey compiled by the state Education Department. The New York Civil Liberties Union recently filed a Freedom of Information Law request for the survey, which showed that more than 165,000 students in New York state (6%) lacked internet access. In Chautauqua County, 1,058 of the county’s 18,353 students (5.76%) had no access to internet. The same percentage of students had no access to a device to access the internet.

Cuomo Signs Legislation To Provide Affordable Internet

The Governor signed the Comprehensive Broadband Connectivity Act in Buffalo today. He says all Internet Service Providers operating in New York State must offer $15 a month high-speed internet to low-income families across the state. Cuomo says a basic high-speed internet plan, on average, costs more than $50 per month. To further bridge the internet gap in New York, the State has partnered with Schmidt Futures and the Ford Foundation to launch an emergency fund to provide approximately 50,000 students in economically disadvantaged school districts with free internet access through June 2022. High-speed internet is essential to our everyday lives, and as we continue to reopen our state and adjust to new norms that have been shaped by the pandemic, we need to make sure every household has access to affordable internet,   Cuomo said.  Remote learning, remote working, and telemedicine are not going away. This program - the first of its kind in the nation - will ensure that n

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