The Internet Master Plan, which was announced in January 2020 by former Mayor Bill de Blasio, was designed to help more than 1.5 million city residents who do not have any kind of internet access.“Eleven service providers, many minority-owned, are ready and waiting to lay the necessary fiber optic cables for major broadband expansion,” said Danny Fuchs, managing partner at HR&A Advisors, which worked on the Internet Master Plan.Spearheaded by then-CTO John Paul Farmer, it proposed teaming up with local businesses to extend fiber optic infrastructure to underserved neighborhoods and give New Yorkers the choice of multiple internet service providers.The broader range of service and wealth of new providers could save New Yorkers up to $40 per month, the plan’s authors projected, and would bring affordable internet access to as many as 1.2 million households.The city also teamed up with six internet service providers to bring affordable internet access to 45,000 residents of New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) buildings."