NYC Broadband Advisory Committee

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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 to 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.

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 Chairman.

Meeting Aug 6 2007

  • Joshua Breitbart's notes on the meeting
  • Testimony of Ted Brodheim, Chief Information Officer for the NYC Department of Education.
  • Equity of access required for education program implementation.
  • This fall, the DOE is giving 6000 teachers (out of 90,000) laptops and broadband access as a pilot project.
  • A new system - ARIS - (achievement reporting system) is to make reporting available to teachers and principals this year and parents next year.
  • Currently 1500 schools, 400,000 high school students, 100,000 computers - 90% with access.
  • Public hearings planned for September & October
  • A report due by the end of the year may be delayed, but an overview will be presented to the committee.
  • Possible target: 20Mb affordable broadband.

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

  • Audio of the hearing. mp3
  • Kat Aaron's comments on WBAI mp3

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 mp3
David Birdsell - Gale Brewer - Letitia James - Shaun Belle - Thomas Kamber - Lester Johnson - Garrison Phillips - Greg Sutton - Carlos Pareja - Yvonne Graham - Steven Schecter - Bill DeBlasio

Part 2 mp3
Michael Sanon - Ed Michaels - Yamel Young - Jazmin Williams - Akosua Albritton - Luis Rivera - Adiatu Tarawaley - Marc Baizman - Steven D'Agustino - David Elcock

Part 3 mp3
Michael Dillon - Barney Lehrer - Bruce Kushnick - Hector Munoz - Don Chesley - Andrew Martin - Matthew Elsner - Antwuan Wallace - Shaun Belle - Gale Brewer

Video

  • Sorry to say, I had a camera malfunction for the first 15 mins. Thanks to BCAT for providing the OATS clip. Joly 16:15, 1 June 2007 (PDT)

01 David Birdsell (Facilitator)


02 Gale Brewer (NYC Council)


03 Letitia James (NYC Council)


04 Shaun M. Belle (NYCBAC Chair)


05 Thomas Kamber, Lester Johnson, & Garrison Phillips (OATS) www.oatsny.org


06 Greg Sutton & Carlos Pareja (BCAT) www.bcat.tv


07 Yvonne Graham (Brooklyn Dep. Boro. Pres.)


08 Steven Schecter (Brooklyn Public Library) www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org
Pt.1

Pt.2


09 Bill DeBlasio (NYC Council)


10 Michael Sanon (high school student)


11 Ed Michaels (formerly unemployed)


12 Yamel Young & Jazmin Williams (high school students)


13 Akosua Albritton (Our Time Press) www.ourtimepress.com


14 Luis Rivera (Southwest Brooklyn IDC) www.swbidc.org


15 Adiatu Tarawaley (Non Profit Helpdesk) www.nphd.org
Pt.1

Pt.2


16 Marc Baizman (NPower New York) www.npowerny.org


17 Steve D'Agustino (Fordham University RETC) www.retc.fordham.edu


18 David Elcock Dot Org Technologies


19 Michael Dillon (IBM) www.ibm.com
pt.1

pt.2


20 Barney Lehrer (Federation Of International Trade Assns.) www.fita.org


21 Bruce Kushnick (TeleTruth) www.teletruth.org (transcript)


22 Hector Munoz (LISTA) www.a-lista.org


23 Don Chesley (Stevens Inst. of Technology) www.stevens.edu


24 Andrew Martin (DOROT) www.dorotusa.org


25 Matthew Elsner (Brooklynite)


26 Antwuan Wallace (Graduate Student)
Pt.1

Pt.2



27 Conclusion - David Birdsell, Gale Brewer, Shaun Belle

Manhattan Public Hearing - Dec 12 2007

The New York Broadband Advisory Committee will hold itss third Public Hearing this Wednesday Dec 12th in Manhattan. Please attend and make your voice heard on this important topic.

WHEN: Wednesday, December 12th, 2007, 1pm – 4pm
WHERE: Manhattan School of Music, Greenfield Hall,
120 Claremont Avenue at 122 Street, New York, NY 10027

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

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