NYC Broadband Advisory Committee
In 2005, Local Law 126 passed the City Council and was signed by the Mayor, and it created a Citywide Broadband Advisory Committee (NYCBAC) to get public input on this issue as well as advise the Mayor and the City Council on how bring affordable broadband to all New York City residents, nonprofit organizations and businesses.[1]
A series of public hearings in each borough are now underway. A blog has been set up at http://nycbroadband.blogspot.com/
Prior to the first hearing the committee issued a briefing paper.
Contents
New York City Broadband Advisory Committee
The committee is comprised of 15 members, seven Council appointees and eight Mayoral appointees.
The Council appointees are:
- David Birdsell, Dean, Baruch College Graduate School of Public Affairs, City University of New York
- Neil Pariser, Senior Vice President, South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation (SoBRO)
- Andrew Rasiej, Founder of Personal Democracy Forum and MOUSE
- Jose Rodriguez, President and Founder, Hispanic Information and Telecommunications Network (HITN)
- Elisabeth Stock, President and Co-Founder, Computers for Youth (CFY)
- Nicholas Thompson, Senior Editor, WIRED Magazine
- David Wicks, Founding Partner, Alwyn Group, Former Cablevision executive
The Mayoral appointees are:
- Mitchel Ahlbaum, General Counsel and Deputy Commissioner for Telecommunications Services, New York City Department of Information Technologies and Telecommunications (DoITT)
- Shaun M. Belle, President and CEO, Mount Hope Housing Company
- Thomas Dunne, Vice President of Public Affairs, Policy and Communications, Verizon New York
- Avi Duvdevani, Chief Information Officer / Deputy General Manager, New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA)
- John J. Gilbert III, Executive Vice President / Chief Operating Officer, Rudin Management Company
- Wendy Lader, Vice President Telecommunications Policy, New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC)
- Howard Szarfarc, President, Time Warner Cable of New York and New Jersey
- Anthony Townsend, Research Director, Institute for the Future
Bios are available here.
Meeting Apr 17 2007
- Shaun Belle was voted in as Committee Chairmman.
Public Hearings
Bronx Public Hearing - Mar 30 2007
Video
NYC Public Broadband Hearing Pt.1
NYC Public Broadband Hearing Pt.2
NYC Public Broadband Hearing Pt.3
NYC Public Broadband Hearing Pt.4
Audio
Testimony
- Testimony from Gary Axelbank, Director of Public Relations at Monroe College
- Testimony from Joshua Breitbart, Policy Director for People's Production House (PPH)
- Testimony from Angel Aracena, M.A., Director of Educational Technology for West Farms Technology & Career Center, Bronx
- Testimony from Seth Johnson, Coordinator, Dynamic Platform Standards Project
- Testimony from Andrew Gallagher, Public school teacher from the Bronx
- Testimony from Kayza Kleinman,Director, Nonprofit Helpdesk, Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island
Brooklyn Public Hearing - May 22 2007
Audio
Part 1 mp3David Birdsell - Gale Brewer - Letitia James - Shaun Belle - Thomas Kamber - Lester Johnson - Garrison Phillips - Greg Sutton - Carlos Perreia - Yvonne Graham - Steven Schecter - Bill DeBlasio
Part 2 mp3
Michael Sannen - Ed Michaels - Yamel Young - Jasmine Williams - Akousa Albritton - Luis Rivera - Adiatu Tarawaley - Marc Baseman
Part 3 mp3
Michael Dillon - Barney Lehrer - Bruce Kushnick - Hector Munoz - Don Chesley - Andrew Martin - Matthew Elsner - Antoine Wallace - Shaun Belle - Gale Brewer
Testimony
Comments
- Apr 6 2007: Comments from Older Adults Technology Services (OATS)
More
- Mar 1 2006: Gale Brewer - 'What Price New York City Wireless: The Politics of Technology' ISOC-NY webcast
- Feb 24 2007: Bruce Lai spoke about the NYCBAC at the NYC Grass Roots Media Conference mp3
Articles
- Jun 6 2006: NY Times Wi-Fi and the Cities
- Apr 18 2007: Huffington Post - Bruce Lai The Future of Digital New York City
