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The Participatory Budget Results Are In!

From Uptown Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez: Dear Friends and Neighbors, Our fourth participatory budget cycle in District 10 has come to a close and the results are in.Over 2,000 District 10 residents voted for their top projects during Participatory Budgeting Vote Week from April 7th to April 15th, 2018, to help us determine how we would invest $1 million in capital funds.Continue reading

Mayors From Across The Country Join Mayor de Blasio In Supporting Net-Neutrality Protections

Today, Mayor de Blasio, joined by 11 mayors and city leaders from across the country, signed on to the Cities Open Internet Pledge in coordinated resistance to the federal government’s repeal of net-neutrality protections.Continue reading

The Record Breaking LinkNYC From Harlem To Hollis

LinkNYC announced today that the world’s largest and fastest free public Wi-Fi network has added its millionth user less than a year after publicly launching on the streets from Harlem to Hollywood.Continue reading

Join The Broadband Matters! Silicon Harlem Conference 2016

Over 250 Technology and Media professionals from both the private and public sector join together to envision the technological future of urban markets. Continue reading

Landmarks Approves LinkNYC Wi-Fi Kiosks For Historic Districts And More

For a long time, with the proliferation of cell phones, the payphone has been mostly just a historical curiosity. For years now, they have actually been disappearing from New York City streets.Continue reading

NYC’s Free Wi-Fi Might Not Be As Secure As We Thought

NY Curbed reports that the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) is raising concerns about the city's free, public Wi-Fi system, Fast Company reports, just a month after program went live from Harlem to Hollis. Continue reading

Wi-Fi kiosks Coming To A Harlem Pay Phone Near You

The citywide network of Wi-Fi stations known as LinkNYC begins its $200 million rollout from Harlem to Hollis Tuesday with the unveiling of two "links," or kiosks, on Third Avenue (downtown for some reason).Continue reading