New York City Sets Hearing on Plan to Deploy Wi-Fi at Phone Booths
New York City’s Franchise and Concession Review Committee plans a hearing Monday on the CityBridge consortium’s plan to install a Wi-Fi hot spot system in place of up to 10,000 obsolete payphone booths across the city. The agreement, announced last…
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month, would end June 24, 2026, and would initially give New York City 50 percent of gross revenue. The city would later receive 55 percent of gross revenue, with a minimum annual guarantee of $20 million per contract year, the review committee said. The hearing begins at 2:30 p.m.