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| Introduced | Passed by city 2001. To be proposed to ICANN in 2009. |
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| TLD type | Sponsored top-level domain |
| Status | Unofficial proposal |
| Registry | TBA |
| Sponsor | DotNYC.NET or Connecting.NYC Inc |
| Intended use | New York City residents, institutions, and businesses |
| Structure | Direct second-level registrations will be allowed |
| Documents | TBA |
| Dispute policies | TBA |
| Website | dotnyc.net or Campaign for .NYC |
.nyc is a proposed city-level top-level domain for New York City. The concept of a public interest .nyc TLD was put forth as the Internet Empowerment Resolution by Community Board 3, Queens, a governance unity of the City of New York, on April 19, 2001. An official proposal to ICANN for .nyc is expected to be made in 2010.
Advocates for .nyc have differing goals for the TLD that include providing good domain names to improve tourism, marketing of local businesses, encourage a sense of community between city residents, the creation of a series of public service web portals and search engine.
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn indicated in her February 12, 2009 State of the City address that the city of New York will be supporting the acquisition of the .nyc TLD. On April 15, 2009 the city's Department of Information and Technology and Telecommunications issued a Request for Information (RFI) potentially leading towards the issuance of a Request for Proposals. Several entities responded to the RFI.
Name-Space, founded by Paul Garrin, which originally filed for .nyc during the ICANN's 2000 new TLD round, submitted comments in response to the April RFI. William Semich of DotNYC.net was originally an applicant to ICANN for the .nyc top level domain in the 2000 round of applications. Antony Van Couvering partnered with him on applying for it again in the 2010 application window.
Connecting.nyc Inc. is a NYS not-for-profit campaigning for the TLD's acquisition as a public interest resource. It has the following mission statement:
| “ | To promote civic, commercial, community, and cultural improvement in New York City through the acquisition, operation, and development of the Internet's .nyc top level domain (TLD), and to educate all sectors about the techniques and opportunities the TLD offers for improving our city. | ” |
ICANN approved a new TLD policy at its Paris meeting in June 2008.[1]
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See also
- .la – TLD for Laos, but marketed as the TLD for Los Angeles
- .berlin – The proposed TLD for Berlin
References
- ^ Reardon, Marguerite (27 June 2008). "ICANN relaxes domain-name rules". ZDNet UK. http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,1000000097,39440158,00.htm.
External links
- Name-Space
- DotNYC
- Connecting.nyc Inc.
- Queens Community Board 3's original proposal "Internet Empowerment Resolution"
- Proposed City Council Resolution on .nyc TLD.
- Names At Work - Antony Van Couvering
Video
- Connecting .nyc forum ISOC-NY discussion May 21, 2008
- .nyc hearing NY City Council public hearing Oct 17, 2008
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