Overview

• Mayor Eric Adams launched the program at DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx, where some students received devices as distribution begins across 1,700 schools.
• Each Chromebook includes T-Mobile LTE or 5G service for off‑campus use, with Dell Technologies supplying the hardware.
• City Hall set the cost at $327 million covering purchases and four years of operations, financed in part by savings from city-issued cell phone plans.
• The rollout will prioritize schools with devices older than five years, students in temporary housing, high-poverty schools, new schools, and campuses that requested replacements.
• The Department of Education says all targeted students will have devices by the end of the 2025–26 school year, a move intended to replace outdated equipment and ensure access during the statewide school-day cellphone ban while Big Apple Connect expands broadband for low-income housing.