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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 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.[http://nyccouncil.info/issues/intros_act.cfm?intro=Int%200625%2D2005]
 
In 2005, Local Law 126 passed the City Council and was signed by the Mayor, and it created a Citywide Broadband Advisory Committee 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.[http://nyccouncil.info/issues/intros_act.cfm?intro=Int%200625%2D2005]
  
A series of public meetings in each borough are now underway. A blog has been set up at [http://nycbroadband.blogspot.com/]
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A series of public hearings in each borough are now underway. A blog has been set up at [http://nycbroadband.blogspot.com/]
  
 
==New York City Broadband Advisory Committee==
 
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Bios are available [http://nycbroadband.blogspot.com/2007/03/list-of-members-of-committee.html here].
 
Bios are available [http://nycbroadband.blogspot.com/2007/03/list-of-members-of-committee.html here].
  
==Public Meetings==
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==Public Hearings==
  
 
===Bronx Public Hearing - Mar 30 2007===
 
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* Audio of the hearing. [http://odeo.com/show/11062763/4/download/NYCBroadbandAdvisoryCommitteeMarch302007PublicHearing.mp3 mp3]
 
* Audio of the hearing. [http://odeo.com/show/11062763/4/download/NYCBroadbandAdvisoryCommitteeMarch302007PublicHearing.mp3 mp3]
 
* Kat Aaron's comments on WBAI [http://odeo.com/show/11062793/4/download/KatAaronReportsOnNYCBroadbandAdvisoryCommittee.mp3 mp3]
 
* Kat Aaron's comments on WBAI [http://odeo.com/show/11062793/4/download/KatAaronReportsOnNYCBroadbandAdvisoryCommittee.mp3 mp3]
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Revision as of 14:08, 5 April 2007

In 2005, Local Law 126 passed the City Council and was signed by the Mayor, and it created a Citywide Broadband Advisory Committee 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 [2]

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.

Public Hearings

Bronx Public Hearing - Mar 30 2007

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