ICANN has produced a revised version of its gTLD Applicants Handbook.
Many alterations/additions have been made in provisions for “community-based” and “geographic name” applicants that will be of particular interest to potential applicants for a .nyc TLD. In particular details of ‘comparative evaluation’ procedures for competing applications are enumerated, as are the processes for individual or community based objections to applications.
Initial application fees will be $185,100. Notably, those repeating applications from the 2000 round will get a $86,000 discount.
An edited version of some relevant provisions is below.
