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NEW YORK CITY BROADBAND ADVISORY COMMITTEE
The Brooklyn Public Hearing Announcement
On Tuesday, May 22nd from Noon to 3 pm, in the Courtroom hearing room in the
Brooklyn Borough Hall, the New York City Broadband Advisory Committee will
convene its second public hearing to hear testimony from Brooklyn residents,
nonprofit organizations and businesses. Gale and I would like to thank the
Office of the Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz for their help in
securing this beautiful space. Brooklyn Borough Hall is located at 209
Joralemon Street in downtown Brooklyn. Here is a link to a Google map of where
the hearing location, including where the closest subway stops are:
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<http://www.google.com/maps?q=209+Joralemon+St,+Brooklyn,+New+York+11201,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title>http://www.google.com/maps?q=209+Joralemon+St,+Brooklyn,+New+York+11201,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title
If you would like to testify at this hearing, please contact Jeff Baker
(<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] / 212-788-9193), Counsel to the
Committee on Technology in Government. Brooklyn residents, nonprofit
organizations and businesses are particularly encouraged to testify.
If you would like to help do community outreach for this hearing, please
contact Ryan Merola (<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] /
212-788-6975).
If you are a member of the press and would like more information about the
Advisory Committee, please contact Bruce Lai, (<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL
PROTECTED] / 212-788-6975), Chief of Staff to Council Member Gale A. Brewer.
For more information, visit the unofficial website of the NYC Broadband
Advisory Committee:
<http://nycbroadband.blogspot.com/>http://nycbroadband.blogspot.com/.
Recap of the Bronx Public Hearing
On Friday, March 30th, more than 200 people joined us on at Bronx Community
College for the first-ever public hearing on broadband in New York City. Over
30 members of the public testified, including Bronx residents, public school
students, leaders of nonprofit organizations and small business owners.
The press release for the Bronx hearing is at the following web link:
<http://nycbroadband.blogspot.com/2007/04/press-release-is-available.html>http://nycbroadband.blogspot.com/2007/04/press-release-is-available.html.
The following are links to articles about the hearing in the Bronx on March
30th:
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<http://www.nydailynews.com/boroughs/bronx/2007/03/27/20070327_air_your_views_at_wifi_public_hearing.html>NY
Daily
News:<http://www.nydailynews.com/boroughs/bronx/2007/03/27/20070327_air_your_views_at_wifi_public_hearing.html>
http://www.nydailynews.com/boroughs/bronx/2007/03/27/20070327_air_your_views_at_wifi_public_hearing.html
* Newsday:
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/newyork/ny-nybroa305151459mar30,0,4224312.story
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<http://ny.metro.us/metro/local/article/Bridging_the_digital_divide/7717.html>Metro:
http://ny.metro.us/metro/local/article/Bridging_the_digital_divide/7717.html
* NY1
http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?&aid=68237&search_result=1&stid=12
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<http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=198100613&subSection=Breaking+News>Informationweek:
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=198100613&subSection=Breaking+News
* Norwood News: http://www.bronxmall.com/norwoodnews/news/N70419page3.html
* <http://www.chelseanow.com/cn_27/chelseahighschool.html>Chelsea Now:
http://www.chelseanow.com/cn_27/chelseahighschool.html
* Civil Defense: http://breitbart.wordpress.com/2007/04/03/bac-audio/
* following web link:
http://www.bronxnet.org/c_program/whats_new/whats_new.htm. (Thank you
BronxNet!)
An audio report (or podcast) of the Bronx hearing (2-hour integral format,
or 3-minute summary) is also available at the following web links:
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<http://nycbroadband.blogspot.com/2007/04/press-release-is-available.html>http://nycbroadband.blogspot.com/2007/04/press-release-is-available.html
* http://www.retc.fordham.edu/broadband.html
Here's a list of the members of the Advisory Committee along with their
bios:
<http://nycbroadband.blogspot.com/2007/03/list-of-members-of-committee.html>http://nycbroadband.blogspot.com/2007/03/list-of-members-of-committee.html.
Finally, here's a briefing paper on the subject of broadband:
<http://nycbroadband.blogspot.com/2007/04/broadband-briefing-paper-type-here-full.html>http://nycbroadband.blogspot.com/2007/04/broadband-briefing-paper-type-here-full.html.
(Thank you Colleen Pagter!)
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