City Canceled People’s Choice Melrose Houses Contract
NYC-Office of the Public AdvocateCity · New York, NY- Document date
- May 1, 2026
The 30-second brief
New York City hired People’s Choice Communications to build a community-owned internet network at NYCHA’s Melrose Houses. The City later canceled the engagement after launching Big Apple Connect, leaving PCC to dismantle infrastructure purchased for the project.
People’s Choice Communications (Pcc) holds this utilities contract with NYC-Office of the Public Advocate.
Term as filed: Historical Internet Master Plan engagement; later canceled after Big Apple Connect was implemented.
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Contract details
- Contract type
- Utilities
- Document date
- May 1, 2026
- Term
- Historical Internet Master Plan engagement; later canceled after Big Apple Connect was implemented
- Vendor
- People’s Choice Communications (Pcc)
- Source document
- Office of the Public Advocate Report Get Connected: Digital Equity and Municipal Internet in NYC 2026-05-01 (Report)
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Who was awarded the utilities contract by NYC-Office of the Public Advocate?
People’s Choice Communications (Pcc) was awarded this utilities contract by NYC-Office of the Public Advocate, as recorded on May 1, 2026.
What type of contract is this?
This is a Utilities contract, documented as a report record.
Where was this contract approved?
This contract appears in Office of the Public Advocate Report Get Connected: Digital Equity and Municipal Internet in NYC 2026-05-01 (Report), dated May 1, 2026 from NYC-Office of the Public Advocate. Civic IQ extracts contract records directly from agency meeting documents and solicitations.
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