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Jun
GLOVERSVILLE - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has announced New York state will receive $664,618,251 million in federal funding to expand high-speed broadband services throughout the state. The funding is provided through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act and, according to Schumer’s office, is the largest single investment for broadband in the state’s history. A 2021 report conducted by the state Department of Education found half of New York’s lowest income residents do not have broadband subscriptions and half of those do not own a computer. Rural households are also less likely than metropolitan dwellers to have broadband…