Homeless families sue the city
over Wi-Fi installation, demand
internet by January 2021
Posted By: Ribicon, 11/24/2020 2:06:03 PM
A group of homeless families is suing the city over the de Blasio administration’s plan to install Wi-Fi in family homeless shelters across New York, arguing the plan won’t get students internet fast enough, the Daily News has learned. The lawsuit, filed in Manhattan Federal Court, calls for a judge to force the city to get Wi-Fi in all family shelters across the city no later than Jan. 4, 2021—the first day of school after winter break. “My son still struggles with completing his classes.(Snip) “I’m frustrated that the mayor isn’t doing something faster because my son is suffering,”
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won't let fawning media off bus
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It might be called a metaphor -- Joe Biden getting off to his purported presidency -- on the wrong, or broken, foot.
Which might explain why Biden didn't want to let the news get out.
Biden blocked reporters from taking pictures of him and his broken foot, something he claims to have sprained with hairline fractures while playing with his dog named 'Major.'
According to RedState, which has an excellent curation of various reporter tweets, Biden attempted to hide from press scrutiny of his condition, this time by refusing to allow reporters to get off the bus. Here's a screenshot sample
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The wifi vendor will gain from this, as will whoever is lined up to provide "free" computers when the complaint shifts to The Homeless not having the best equipment. Someone's always standing by to profit from social ills that should not exist to begin with, with lawyers circling overhead for their cut.