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Cha

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1. Way cool! Mahalo ellen.. :) Mayor de Blasio.. "for a fair and just city".. from you link

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Tue Nov 18, 2014, 03:31 AM

Nov 2014

Administration officials framed the move as an extension of Mr. de Blasio’s focus on inequality. Maya Wiley, counsel to the mayor, said low-income people, particularly blacks and Latinos, relied disproportionately on cellphone browsing to get online. And data charges can add up.

“It’s going to help us close the digital divide,” Ms. Wiley said during a briefing about the plan at City Hall.

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Pay Phones in New York City Will Become Free Wi-Fi Hot Spots. [View all] elleng Nov 2014 OP

Way cool! Mahalo ellen.. :) Mayor de Blasio.. "for a fair and just city".. from you link Cha Nov 2014 #1

Makes you wonder if they will pick up on the 13th floor.... Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2014 #2

K&R ReRe Nov 2014 #3

Hmmm....As a person who has often used the payphones in Port Authority and who has no cell-phone, WinkyDink Nov 2014 #4

There's a cell phone "lifeline" service. mwooldri Nov 2014 #5

Great idea. Sienna86 Nov 2014 #6

Just try and find a Pay Phone bahrbearian Nov 2014 #7

most excellent idea... n/t annabanana Nov 2014 #8