"The state also announced that the ConnectALL program is awarding $5.2 million to four projects under its Connectivity Innovation Program. The goal is to expand mobile service, close rural and urban coverage gaps, and create replicable models for future deployments, according to the press release. They projects are in Otsego ($843,357), Schenectady ($1,627,430), Warren ($1,996,408), and Nassau ($731,192) counties. ConnectALL also will launch three requests for applications (RFAs). Two are under the Connectivity Innovation Program and one under the Regional and Local Assistance Program."
""Reliable mobile service is vital to New York's economy and critical to driving innovation, jobs and opportunity statewide," New York Governor Hochul said about the broadband and mobile grants and RFAs. "These new awards and innovative RFAs, combined with our groundbreaking wireless drive testing, will ensure every New Yorker - no matter where they live - has access to the connectivity they need to learn, work and thrive.""
New York is allocating $15.5 million across mobile service, broadband infrastructure, and related funding opportunities. The largest award is more than $10 million through the ConnectALL Municipal Infrastructure Program and the Affordable Housing Connectivity Program, supporting Allegany County ($10,034,234) and greater Binghamton ($320,379). These awards will serve 810 households and create 85 miles of new fiber. ConnectALL is directing $5.2 million to four Connectivity Innovation projects in Otsego, Schenectady, Warren, and Nassau counties. ConnectALL will issue three RFAs—Fiber Optic Deployment Solutions, Business Model, and Regional and Local Assistance—totaling up to $15 million to expand service and close coverage gaps.
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