.nyc

.nyc is a proposed city-level top-level domain for New York City.

The .nyc top-level domain was proposed in 2000 by J. William Semich in an application to ICANN. Name-Space, founded by Paul Garrin, filed unsuccessfully for .nyc during the ICANN's 2000 new TLD round.

The first municipal support for the .nyc TLD was put forth as the Internet Empowerment Resolution by Queens Community Board 3, a neighborhood governance unit of the City of New York, on April 19, 2001.

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. Connecting.nyc Inc. is a New York State 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]

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 New York City Department of Information 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. A Request for Proposals (RFP) was issued by the City of New York on October 5, 2009.

Antony Van Couvering partnered with Semich to create Dot NYC LLC to apply again in ICANN's 2010 application window.

Connecting.nyc, Dot NYC, and Name-Space, submitted comments in response to the April 2009 RFI. Connecting.nyc's comments are available online.^[2] Dot NYC LLC submitted a proposal in response the October 2009 RFP.

See also

• .la – TLD for Laos, but marketed as the TLD for Los Angeles
• .berlin – The proposed TLD for Berlin

References

External links

• Connecting.nyc Inc.
• Dot NYC LLC
• Minds + Machines - Antony Van Couvering
• Name-Space
• Proposed City Council Resolution on .nyc TLD.
• Queens Community Board 3's Internet Empowerment Resolution

Video

• Connecting .nyc forum ISOC-NY discussion May 21, 2008
• .nyc hearing NY City Council public hearing Oct 17, 2008
• Ed Koch Supports Dot NYC LLC Ed Koch announces support of .NYC June 11, 2009