https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/01/27/fcc_excludes_new_york_broadband/

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is under fire from lawmakers, and one of its own commissioners, for excluding New York State from a $16bn rural broadband fund that is supposed to cover every corner of the US.

“This week, the FCC will vote on a proposal to spend $16bn on broadband for rural communities at risk of being left out of the digital age,” tweeted one of the federal regulator’s five commissioners, Jessica Ronsenworcel, on Monday. “But it plans to exclude rural home and businesses in one state entirely – and that’s New York. This isn’t right and it needs a fix.”