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Deputy Mayor for Twitter
Wolfson takes to the Twittersphere to defend the Bloomberg administration When Mayor Michael Bloomberg is under attack, one trusty weapon in Deputy Mayor Howard Wolfson’s arsenal is the tweet. Wolfson,...
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Rep. Tonko Predicts Transition to Water-Based Economy
Rep. Paul Tonko At a City & State panel discussion yesterday, Rep. Paul Tonko, a former engineer and a member of the House Natural Resources Committee, said he was in favor of hydraulic fracturing...
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Building The Future: A Q&A With Seth Pinsky [CORRECTED]
Seth Pinsky, the president of the New York City Economic Development Corporation, speaks at a City & State Newsmakers breakfast event. There are only 15 months left in Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s...
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The Tech Effect: New York Looks To High-Tech To Boost Upstate Region
Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is pushing for high-techinvestment in New York, has touted the University of Albany’s College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering. (Photos from College of Nanoscale Science and...
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Cable Guys: New York City Builds Up Its Telecom Infrastructure
Mike Conneen, a Verizon outside plant technician, checks the length of fiber optic cable to install a FiOS fiber network in Maryland. Verizon is installing another fiber network in New York City to...
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Spotlight Technology: Expert Roundtable
GEORGE MAZIARZ Chair, Senate Energy and Telecommunications Committee Q: What has your committee been working on, in terms of telecommunications? GM: What we’ve been working on is expanding broadband...
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Spotlight Technology: Scorecard
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Poli-Tech: The digital tools politicos need to gain an edge in 2013
Imagine if you had an app that could identify voters when you walk through a crowd—and then mobilize them to join your political campaign. You could add strangers to your voter files when you hand out...
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Is New York Prepared For A Cyberwar? [UPDATED]
For years cyberwarfare was discussed in the abstract—the next frontier of military operations, where guns and tanks would be rendered obsolete in favor of a strategically circulated virus or a...
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RealPolitech
This is not your parents’ government. Thanks to ongoing advances in technology, everything from campaigning to government operations to keeping constituents informed is not what it once was. At City...
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Communication Breakdown: Improving Cell Phone Infrastructure Post-Sandy
People in New York’s Tribeca neighborhood, without power because of Superstorm Sandy, waited for a chance to charge their mobile phones on an available generator setup on a sidewalk. (AP Photo/Richard...
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Scorecard: Technology and Telecommunications
The Players The City In the Cuomo administration, Brian Digman is the chief information officer and director of the Office of Information Technology Services. Digman, who was named by Government...
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Expert Roundtable: Technology and Telecommunications
Rahul Merchant New York City’s Citywide Chief Information and Innovation Officer Q: What role is your office playing in making sure New York City is prepared for future storms? RM: As part of Mayor...
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911 in the Digital Age
On March 13, 2011, a suspect under arrest for domestic violence shoved New York City Police Officer Alain Schaberger over a stoop in Brooklyn. Tumbling nine feet, Schaberger broke his neck and died....
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Replicable Results: Could Albany’s Nanotech Success Be Repeated?
Gov. Andrew Cuomo, right, talks with Alain Kaloyeros, the chief executive officer of the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering at the University at Albany, during a meeting of Cuomo’s Tax-Free...
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Inside the Capitol: The Governor’s Next Adirondack Challenge
The natural beauty of the Adirondack Park is one of the region’s assets. (Photos: Susan Arbetter) It was Monday. Vacation was over. After pancakes with maple syrup at Chrissy’s Diner in Indian Lake, I...
View ArticleHas Anything Changed? A Year After Sandy, Are We Ready for the Next Big Storm?
In June Mayor Bloomberg’s office released a $19.5 billion plan with over 250 recommendations for preparing the city in the face of climate change and severe storms. The proposals included building a...
View ArticleAt Bloomberg’s CityLab Summit, Mayoral Nominees Offer Few Innovative Ideas
Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s CityLab summit on “Urban Solutions to Global Challenges” was designed to get city leaders, planners, scholars, architects and artists from all over the world in one room for a...
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