{"id":74109,"date":"2025-12-15T12:33:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T17:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/statescoop.com\/?p=74109"},"modified":"2025-12-15T12:34:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T17:34:42","slug":"nyc-free-online-digital-learning-hub-public-housing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/statescoop.com\/nyc-free-online-digital-learning-hub-public-housing\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC announces free, online digital learning hub for public housing residents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>New York City Chief Technology Officer Matt Fraser on Friday announced the launch of a free, online digital learning hub for residents of the city&#8217;s public housing developments, providing resources for those residents to boost their digital skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The hub is available through the city&#8217;s broadband subsidy program <a href=\"https:\/\/statescoop.com\/nyc-extends-broadband-assistance-program-by-3-years\/\">Big Apple Connect<\/a>, which launched in 2022 and is the nation\u2019s largest municipal broadband assistance program. It provides access to free internet and basic cable to 330,000 New Yorkers across 220 New York City Housing Authority sites. According to the city, almost 40% of city public housing residents did not have access to in-home internet before the program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fraser announced in September that the Big Apple Connect program had been <a href=\"https:\/\/statescoop.com\/nyc-extends-broadband-assistance-program-by-3-years\/\">extended<\/a> for another three years. As part of that extension, the city\u2019s corporate partners, the internet service providers Optimum and Spectrum, made a reported $1.2 million investment in the online hub. The city&#8217;s digital literacy programming was created in partnership with <a href=\"http:\/\/lp offers free, easy-to-access, one-on-one tech support for New Yorkers to help them become more comfortable using tech devices, connecting to the internet, setting up online accounts, and improving their tech skills.\">Neighborhood Tech Help<\/a>, a program offered across New York&#8217;s three main library branches that offers free, easy-to-access, one-on-one tech support. The program is designed to help New Yorkers become more comfortable using digital devices, connecting to the internet, setting up online accounts and improving their overall technology skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Friday, the hub released its first pre-recorded learning session, called \u201cGetting to Know Your Computer,&#8221; available in English. Free live trainings are scheduled to begin this week, with an English session offered on Tuesday and another in Spanish on Thursday. Eligible public housing residents can\u00a0register for an account on <a href=\"http:\/\/techhubnyc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the hub&#8217;s website<\/a>; attendance requires registration. Instructional materials, including class recordings and learning documents, will be posted online, according to the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Future classes will be taught in additional languages, including Russian and traditional and simplified Chinese, to reflect the diversity of residents, a news release said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNew York City is more connected than ever thanks to the actions the Adams administration took over the past four years to meet the immediate needs of underconnected communities,\u201d Fraser said in the release. \u201cThis Digital Learning Resource Hub demonstrates our lasting commitment to expand upon the landmark success of Big Apple Connect to ensure public housing residents can get the most out of their free internet access. Thanks to our corporate partners, Optimum and Spectrum, for their commitment to building a more connected, equitable city for New Yorkers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Public housing residents will have access to courses and learning materials designed to improve their digital literacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133,"featured_media":74110,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"disable_grayscale_images":true,"grayscale_contrast":0,"sponsored_content":false,"display_author_bio":true,"story_type":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[20648],"tags":[4,12,310,896,1949,5287,10456,13703,25868],"people":[],"special-report":[],"authors":[23807],"class_list":["post-74109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-digital-services","tag-tech-news","tag-state-local-news","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-new-york-broadband-program","tag-broadband","tag-digital-skills","tag-digital-services","tag-big-apple-connect","author-kquinlan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.5 (Yoast SEO v24.5) - 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