A lawsuit involving Verizon and the city of New York, which originated in 2017, was quietly settled over the Thanksgiving holiday, resulting in the operator pledging to provide high-speed internet service to 500,000 additional NYC households, prioritizing the least-connected communities.
While NYC didn’t officially sue Verizon until three years ago, the dispute between the two entities dates all the way back to 2014, when NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio accused the operator of not fulfilling its promise to expand its Fios fiber-optic service citywide. Verizon cited the high cost of fiber-optic network buildout as its reason for halting the expansion.
