Finalist
Troy Walcott
Striking Spectrum workers launching a cooperative to build community-owned broadband networks that bridge the digital divide for 2.2 million low-income New Yorkers
- Year
- 2021
- Organization
- People's Choice
- Sector
- Jobs & Economic Growth
- Borough
- Brooklyn
Troy, a long-time Spectrum worker, led a strike when the company erased employee benefits after its purchase by Time Warner. Today, he’s organizing that same coalition to build a new kind of high speed internet service provider — one that serves low income communities and leverages state-of-the-art technology to minimize costly hardline construction. He envisions including the community in network ownership, giving marginalized neighborhoods control and increased economic independence.