Earlier this week, Mayor Eric Adams, NYPL and HPD announced ‘Liberty Link,’ a new pilot program to provide free and low-cost WiFi to low-income New Yorkers in Section 8 and other affordable housing buildings. The program will build upon Adams’ ‘Big Apple Connect’ that’s already delivered free Wi-Fi to 330,000 NYCHA residents.
Thanks to $3.25 million in funding from HPD, the network will span 35 affordable housing buildings in both the Bronx and Upper Manhattan. NYPL will establish building-wide Wi-Fi infrastructure with fiber internet. Liberty Link will provide 2,200 households with access to high-quality Wi-Fi at little to no cost.
Deputy Mayor for Housing, Economic Development, and Workforce Adolfo Carrión, Jr. said:…