As per the mayor’s press conference (https://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/698-20/transcript-mayor-de-blasio-holds-media-availabilit) with Chancellor Carranza on October 6, the city is purchasing an additional 100,000 LTE-enabled iPads for the DOE to distribute to schools for remote and blended learning. Note that the estimated timeline for delivery of these devices is the next 8–10 weeks.
Families who still need a device should fill out request form, https://coronavirus.schools.nyc/RemoteLearningDevices, if they have not yet done so.
The New York City Department of Education and the Mayor announced that more iPads will be distributed to students. Please fill in the RLD form, https://coronavirus.schools.nyc/RemoteLearningDevices, to apply for an iPad
For questions, email SchoolDevices@schools.nyc.gov.
