Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images For Christlie, a 33-year-old mother of two living in the Regents Family Residence on the Upper West Side, getting on the internet is an exhausting daily battle.
Lack of wifi access has been plaguing New York City’s shelters for unhoused families for seven months now, where some 13,500 school-aged children of the 100,000 students in temporary housing citywide, have been enrolled in remote education since March.
That families would not only be burdened by remote schooling during a deadly pandemic but by the lack of something as basic as internet access seems hard to believe in 2020. “You’re providing the street, the literal street, Wi-Fi,” says Christlie, “but you won’t provide the shelters? Not just for the kids’ education. The whole purpose [of temporary city shelters] is to help assist residents here to find permanent housing.
bridgetgillard Now this is where some millionaires' money can truly make a difference. Wiring up these shelters for WiFi would make an incredible difference for what amounts to pocket change for them.
bridgetgillard You would think one wealthy individual would have the heart to donate WiFi to a homeless shelter. I guess the saying how do you think he got so rich applies here.
bridgetgillard this isn't a good thing .. our children are not getting the education they need to develop into healthy adults ... betsy devos & trump have corrupted our community government
bridgetgillard comcast Xfinity optimum AlticeUSA so many providers in the NY area and not one of you willing to provide free access for students. That's disgraceful.
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bridgetgillard What’s the difference between unhoused and homeless?
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