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To help close the digital divide, the city created Big Apple Connect — a subsidy program that provides free broadband and basic cable access to people living in NYC publichousing. So far, coverage is available in 220 publichousing developments. This article appeared in our guide, “ State and Local: Making an Impact.”
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They are crimes and they have tremendous negative effective on quality of life and publicsafety. This "Small Business PublicSafety Resources" guide was produced by two New York City Councilmembers with the aim of getting businesses to call for responses other than police.
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