New York Budget Bill Includes Net Neutrality
Net neutrality is in a proposed 2020-2021 New York budget bill floated Wednesday in each chamber (AB-9508, S-7458). The rules would build on a 2018 executive order, requiring ISPs to disclose practices and certify compliance. It would provide for enforcement…
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by the Public Service Commission, state attorney general and individuals through a private right of action. ISPs would have to certify by July 1, 2021, and agencies wouldn’t be able to contract with ISPs that don’t. The PSC “shall be authorized to promulgate any rules or regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this article,” the bill said. ISPs could be liable to pay a civil penalty of at most $500 per violation plus a maximum $500 for each day. The commission declined to comment on the legislation. USTelecom referred us to its previous calls for Congress to pass a national open-internet law. Other telecom companies and associations didn’t comment. Nor did the FCC. The Assembly and Senate plan joint budget hearings on the bills Monday-Feb. 13.