New York to Require Internet Providers to Charge Low-Income Residents $15 for Broadband

A sign welcomes motorists to New York, on the border with Connecticut, near Rye Brook, N.Y., on March 29, 2020. Seth Wenig/AP Photo

NEW YORK—New York can move ahead with a law requiring internet service providers to offer heavily discounted rates to low-income residents, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.

The decision from the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan reverses a lower court ruling from 2021 that blocked the policy just days before it went into effect.