{"id":103042,"date":"2019-04-29T13:29:34","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T17:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=103042"},"modified":"2019-04-29T10:33:45","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T14:33:45","slug":"sen-rachel-may-to-co-host-public-meeting-on-rural-broadband-access","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=103042","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Rachel May to Co-Host Public Meeting on Rural Broadband Access"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Rachel-May-for-State-Senate.jpg?resize=240%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-97264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Rachel-May-for-State-Senate.jpg?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Rachel-May-for-State-Senate.jpg?resize=120%2C150&amp;ssl=1 120w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Rachel-May-for-State-Senate.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><figcaption>Senator Rachel May<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senator Rachel May (D-53rd) will join the Madison County Public Utilities Committee for a public meeting at 7 p.m. May 2 at Hamilton Central School Auditorium. The meeting will focus on access to rural broadband in Madison County. It is one in a series of such meetings that Senator May has scheduled for the coming weeks to address concerns relating to broadband access and the digital divide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn today\u2019s digital world, the lack of access to reliable high-speed internet services poses distinct challenges for citizens and businesses,\u201d says Senator May. \u201cThe problem is especially acute in our rural upstate communities, including areas of Madison County. We want to have as many voices as possible in the dialogue as we work to ensure that our rural communities have the same digital access as those in more populous regions of the state.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The meeting is open to all. The school is located at 47 West Kendrick Avenue, Hamilton. For more information or questions, contact Senator May\u2019s office at 315.478.8745 or via email at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:may@nysenate.gov.\" target=\"_blank\">may@nysenate.gov.<\/a><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Rachel May (D-53rd) will join the Madison County Public Utilities Committee for a public meeting at 7 p.m. May 2 at Hamilton Central School Auditorium. The meeting will focus on access to rural broadband in Madison County. It is one in a series of such meetings that Senator May has scheduled for the coming [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Rachel-May-for-State-Senate.jpg?fit=400%2C500&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-qNY","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=103042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/97264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=103042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=103042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=103042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}