{"id":282745,"date":"2025-10-06T23:35:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T23:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/282745\/"},"modified":"2025-10-06T23:35:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T23:35:10","slug":"continuing-digital-equity-efforts-nyc-kicks-off-digital-inclusion-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/282745\/","title":{"rendered":"Continuing digital equity efforts, NYC kicks off Digital Inclusion Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following an expansion of efforts to bolster digital equity across the five boroughs, New York City\u2019s Office of Technology and Innovation on Monday kicked off its Digital Inclusion Week<\/a> as part of a national collection of events co-hosted by the National Digital Inclusion Alliance to raise awareness.<\/p>\n

The week\u2019s festivities come several months after the city published its NYC Digital Equity Roadmap<\/a> and hired its first chief digital equity officer<\/a>, Paolo Balboa, to lead its implementation. The city also recently launched an interagency Digital Equity Working Group, as laid out in the roadmap, consisting of member from 25 city agencies. The roadmap was accompanied by a $2.4 million initiative promoting digital equity efforts at older adult centers, libraries and for-public housing.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, the city is hosting a free forum at Civic Hall in Manhattan titled \u201cConnecting NYC: Advancing Digital Equity,\u201d which will bring together a number of city and state leaders, community organizations, researchers and advocates to speak about digital equity in the era of artificial intelligence, strategies to address the broadband affordability gap and digital navigation in New York. The theme of NYC\u2019s Digital Inclusion Week this year is \u201cCommunity-Driven Digital Futures,\u201d which aims to recognize the direct impact that communities and organizations have on closing the digital divide.<\/p>\n

In addition to this week\u2019s celebration of digital equity efforts, New York City has announced a number of investments and initiatives this year under Mayor Eric Adams aimed at close the digital divide, through programs such as\u00a0Big Apple Connect<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Gigabit Centers<\/a>. And last month, the city announced it would distribute 350,000 internet-enabled Google Chromebooks<\/a> to public school students across all five boroughs during the 2025\u201326 school year. Adams announced at the end of September he will not seek reelection<\/a> for mayor.<\/p>\n

\u201cNew York City is more connected than ever thanks to the Adams administration\u2019s sustained efforts to bridge the digital divide,\u201d NYC Chief Technology Officer Matthew Fraser said in a news release. \u201cWe recognized the urgent need for greater access to the internet, devices, and digital skills training for our underconnected communities \u2013 and took decisive action to make these essential services available for free. Under Mayor Adams, New York City provides free internet access to more residents than any other city. \u2026 This Digital Inclusion Week, I invite all New Yorkers to join me in celebrating our city government\u2019s vital contributions toward enhancing technology access for those who need it most.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\"Keely<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tWritten by Keely Quinlan
\n\t\t\tKeely Quinlan reports on privacy and digital government for StateScoop. She was an investigative news reporter with Clarksville Now in Tennessee, where she resides, and her coverage included local crimes, courts, public education and public health. Her work has appeared in Teen Vogue, Stereogum and other outlets. She earned her bachelor\u2019s in journalism and master\u2019s in social and cultural analysis from New York University.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following an expansion of efforts to bolster digital equity across the five boroughs, New York City\u2019s Office of…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":282746,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,74692,38238,86226,405,403,86229,5226,5225,5228,5227,13781,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-282745","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-data-analytics","10":"tag-digital-equity","11":"tag-digital-services","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-city","14":"tag-new-york-city-office-of-technology-and-innovation","15":"tag-newyork","16":"tag-newyorkcity","17":"tag-ny","18":"tag-nyc","19":"tag-tech-news","20":"tag-united-states","21":"tag-united-states-of-america","22":"tag-unitedstates","23":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","24":"tag-us","25":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115329848214403707","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282745\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}