Internet Price Law Isn’t Rate Regulation: NY AG

New York "exercised its police powers to protect its most vulnerable residents" when it required affordable internet plans, said Attorney General Letitia James (D) Monday. The AG opposed (in Pacer) ISP groups asking the U.S. District Court for Eastern New York (case 21-cv-2389) to stop the state law taking effect June 15 (see 2104300065). ISP plaintiffs “overstate the effect of federal statutes and regulations, which expressly preserve rather than displace the States’ exercises of their police powers,” said James. This isn’t rate regulation but "an accessibility requirement,” the AG said. Don't OK a preliminary injunction, she asked.