Media Center
Welcome to the NYS Broadband Program Office Media Center where you will find the latest news on how New York State government is working to close the digital divide that exists throughout our State. Through our press releases, publications, newsletters and reports, we provide our visitors with information on our state’s efforts to ensure affordable high-speed broadband services are available to all New Yorkers.
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Press Releases
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced $4.4 million in New NY Broadband... Read more
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced $43.6 million in New NY Broadband... Read more
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced $22.8 million in New NY Broadband... Read more
Broadband: Deploying America’s 21st Century Infrastructure
The Federal Energy and Commerce subcommittee, Communications and Technology, held a hearing on March 21, 2017 to discuss national broadband deployment, and discussed the success of the New NY Broadband Program. The Broadband Program Office’s own cost modeling expert, Jim Stegeman, President of CostQuest, testified before the Communications and Technology subcommittee. Jim Stegeman is an industry leader in network-cost models used by wireline and wireless companies, as well as State and government agencies, in support of broadband deployment analysis. Below is a clip from that hearing. To view the full hearing, click here.