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Karim Camara

Karim Camara

  • Officials Discuss Next Steps in Bridging Digital Divides, Including Online Census

    Cuomo broadband for all

    (photo: governor's office)


    Leaders in civic technology, including elected and appointed government officials, appeared at a forum Monday to discuss the necessary next steps to bridge New York’s gaps in internet access and digital literacy.

    It is essential, they said, that New Yorkers not only have access to the web, for a variety of reasons including job and housing opportunities, but that they are skilled enough to use it. And both gaps must be bridged, they explained, not only in the state’s rural areas, but also in urban

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