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Schumer And Hochul Say Funding Will Help Connect Over 60,000 Homes & Businesses In Chautauqua, Orleans, Schoharie, Cayuga, Cortland, Franklin & Sullivan Counties To Build Stronger Broadband Infrastructure
Funding For ConnectAll Grants Will Build 1,200+ Miles Of New Public Broadband Infrastructure – Funded Through American Rescue Plan Which Schumer Led To Passage In The Senate
Schumer: Fed $$ Is On The Way To Help Close NY’s Digital Divide!
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Governor Hochul today announced $140+ million to expand access to high-speed internet to over 60,000 homes and businesses throughout Upstate NY.
“Access to high-speed internet is not luxury, but a necessity, a utility as vital as electricity for everyday life. Today, Upstate NY takes a major step towards closing the digital divide. I’m proud to deliver a whopping $140+ million to help expand broadband infrastructure to boost affordable, high-quality internet access for 60,000 homes and businesses across Upstate NY,” said Senator Schumer. “This will help communities in every corner of Upstate NY from the City of Jamestown to rural parts of Schoharie, Orleans and Sullivan County. It will help families stay connected to education, to healthcare, economic opportunity, and each other. When I led the American Rescue Plan and Bipartisan Infrastructure & Jobs Law to passage, I made sure there was funding for long term investments like this that would create good paying jobs helping build the 21st century infrastructure needed to make high-speed internet reach every corner of the state regardless of zip code. I’m grateful for Governor Hochul’s work putting these federal dollars to work to ensure all New Yorkers get the equitable access to the internet that they deserve.”
“Today marks a transformative step forward in our mission to connect every New Yorker to affordable, high-speed internet,” Governor Hochul said. “By investing over 140 million dollars in public broadband infrastructure across six regions, we’re not just laying fiber optic cables – we’re building bridges to education, healthcare, economic opportunity, and prosperity. With our new interactive dashboard, New Yorkers can now track our progress as we work to ensure that no community is left behind in our digital future.”
Schumer and Hochul explained these grants are funded primarily through the U.S. Department of the Treasury Capital Projects Fund funded via the American Rescue Plan which Schumer led to passage in the Senate. Broadband infrastructure boosted through this program will be either owned by a public entity or publicly controlled. These six new grants – for Orleans County, Schoharie County, the Central New York Regional Planning and Development Board, Franklin County, Sullivan County, and the City of Jamestown – build on previous awards, bringing the program’s total to $214.7 million. NY’s ConnectAll program now supports over 2,000 miles of broadband infrastructure and reaches more than 87,000 homes and businesses statewide.
