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|  MAYOR BLOOMBERG AND CHIEF DIGITAL OFFICER STERNE JOIN INTERNET WEEK FOUNDER DAVIES TO UNVEIL "MADE IN NY" DIGITAL JOBS MAP SHOWING CITY'S GROWING TECH SECTOR AND LINKING JOB SEEKERS TO EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES MappedinNY.com Charts Hundreds of Digital Companies Throughout City, Including over 325 Who Are Hiring Nearly 500 Tech Startups Have Launched in New York City Since 2007 Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Chief Digital Officer Rachel Sterne and Internet Week New York Chairman David-Michel Davies today unveiled the “Made in NY” Digital Jobs Map, an interactive guide to the City’s startups, investors, incubators, and coworking spaces, including over 325 digital companies that are currently hiring for thousands of jobs. Highlighting the vibrant state of New York’s digital industry, Mayor Bloomberg invited startups and job seekers around the country to get on the map by moving to New York City. Created by Internet Week New York in partnership with the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment and the New York City Economic Development Corporation, the Made in NY Digital Map already plots more than 500 digital companies across the five boroughs. The map offers direct links to the companies’ jobs listings pages and pinpoints the city’s hottest tech hubs, from the Flatiron District to DUMBO. The Mayor made the announcement at Internet Week headquarters and was also joined by Economic Development Corporation President Seth Pinsky and Branch CEO Josh Miller. |  |
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| MAYOR BLOOMBERG ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF NYC BIGAPPS 3.0, THIRD ANNUAL COMPETITION TO CREATE APPS USING OFFICIAL CITY DATA Best Overall Application Awarded to NYCFacets, Which Seeks To Streamline the Process for Accessing and Utilizing the NYC Open Data Portal Year One Winner MyCityWay Also Announces the Official Launch of Their Brand New Mobile App, MyCityWay NOW Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today announced the winners of NYC BigApps 3.0, the third annual competition for software developers and members of the public to create web or mobile applications using official City data. A total of 11 winning applications were selected from a record 96 eligible applications that were submitted for this year’s contest. The Best Overall Application was awarded to NYCFacets, which seeks to streamline and simplify the process for accessing, understanding, and utilizing the tremendous amount of data available in the City’s NYC Open Data portal. Additional winning applications focused on simplifying trips to New York City, travel on the City’s subway system, and finding the best locations to do work around the City. | |
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| MAYOR BLOOMBERG AND SCHOOLS CHANCELLOR WALCOTT ANNOUNCE 54 NEW SCHOOLS WILL OPEN NEXT FALL Academy for Software Engineering in Union Square Will Build on City’s Applied Sciences Capacity New Schools Will Serve More than 21,000 Students in all Five Boroughs, Grades K-12 Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Dennis M. Walcott today announced that 54 new schools will open in the coming 2012-2013 school year, bringing the number of new schools opened under the Bloomberg Administration to 589. The new schools will welcome more than 7,000 students next year, and over 21,000 when they grow to full size. Evidence shows that new schools rank higher on parent satisfaction surveys than other schools across the City; perform better than schools they have replaced on the state’s annual math and reading exams; and graduate students at significantly higher rates, on average by 20 points and in some cases more than doubling that of schools they replace. The Mayor and Chancellor made the announcement at Washington Irving, the future site of the Academy for Software Engineering – a new 9-12 school where students will get deep exposure to a variety of career options in technology and programming and learn what it takes to be innovators in those industries. | |
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| NYC ISSUES REQUEST FOR PROPSALES TO ESTABLISH THE "MADE IN NY" MEDIA CENTER In an effort to build on and expand the City’s thriving entertainment industry and bridge it to new opportunities in digital media, the New York City Economic Development Corporation, in connection with the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment, will issue a request for proposals for an operator and physical space to establish the “Made in NY” Media Center. The media center will provide media entrepreneurs with affordable workspace and serve as a central meeting place where traditional media companies and new media entrepreneurs can meet, interact and collaborate. It will host educational workshops and training sessions catered to segments across the media industry and intended to encourage the type of cross-sector learning and creative cooperation that will ensure that the media industry is well-positioned for the digital age. It will also support new businesses in the field of emerging media, like interactive entertainment, digital advertising and mobile apps, by providing high-quality, ready-to-use office space that will accommodate numerous companies and a variety of employees. The space will also include conference rooms, production office space and a screening room. | |
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| NEW IPHONE APP LETS DINERS LOCATE "A" RESTAURANTS FROM THE STREET CORNER Beginning today, New Yorkers can check a restaurant’s letter grade from any street corner throughout the City using ABCEats NYC, a free iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch application that offers easy access to restaurant inspection grades and detailed inspection reports for each of the City's 24,000 restaurants. | |
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| MAYOR BLOOMBERG LAUNCHES FOUR NEW YORK CITY SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS DURING SOCIAL MEDIA WEEK City Will Use NYCGov Handle on Facebook, Foursquare, Tumblr and Twitter to Make Vital Information Available to New Yorkers Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today announced that the City is launching four new central digital media channels for City information as part of Social Media Week. The NYCGov social media channels will allow the City to effectively engage with residents by providing instant access to relevant and useful information about life in the City. | |
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| MAYOR BLOOMBERG OPENS NEW HEADQUARTERS FOR SEAMLESS, DIGITAL SERVICE FOR ORDERING DELIVERY AND TAKEOUT FOOD Homegrown New York Technology Company Expands Office; Still Hiring With 50 Open Positions Mayor Bloomberg today joined Seamless, the nation’s leading digital service for ordering delivery and takeout food from thousands of top restaurants, to announce the opening of its New York City headquarters. The 28,000-square-foot office, located at 1065 Avenue of the Americas at 40th Street overlooking Bryant Park, is home to more than 140 of the company’s 240 total employees including the executive team, engineers, the marketing team, customer support and sales. | |
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| NYC WINS CITY OF THE YEAR AND BEST USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN 2011 GOVFRESH AWARDS The City of New York took the top prize in the 2011 GovFresh Awards, winning City of the Year in addition to Best Use of Social Media. The GovFresh Awards honor tech innovations within city governments that foster communication and collaboration between citizens and municipalities. GovFresh founder Luke Fretwell cited the City’s comprehensive approach to citizen engagement and technology implementation as reasons for its success. | |
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| FACEBOOK TO OPEN ENGINEERING OFFICE IN NEW YORK CITY IN 2012 WEEK To keep up with its rapid growth, Facebook today announced plans to establish an engineering presence in New York City and tap into the remarkable technical talent that the region has to offer. The Facebook NYC engineering office, the company's first outside the West Coast, will open in early 2012 and will begin accepting applications immediately. | |
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| MAYOR BLOOMBERG AND SPEAKER QUINN OPEN EAST COAST HEADQUARTERS OF YELP, ONLINE SERVICE THAT CONNECTS USERS TO LOCAL BUSINESSES Yelp Joins Growing List of Tech Companies Opening New York City Offices, In Addition to Homegrown Start-Ups 65 New Employees Located at Union Square Headquarters; Company Is Still Hiring Mayor Bloomberg today joined online review company Yelp to announce the opening of their new office in New York City. The new Yelp East Coast headquarters, located at 104 Fifth Avenue between 15th and 16th Streets, is already home to over 65 full-time employees – 20 of whom joined Yelp just this past month – and includes local and brand sales executives and a marketing team. | |
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| MAYOR BLOOMBERG OPENS TWITTER'S NEW EAST COAST HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK CITY City’s Tech Sector Continues to Grow and Create Jobs, As High-Tech Employment and Establishments In the City Have Increased by More than 30 Percent Since 2005 City Twitter Accounts Have 300,000 Followers Mayor Bloomberg today joined Twitter to announce the opening of the first-ever New York City Twitter office. Located at 340 Madison Avenue, the office will serve as the official East Coast headquarters for the company and will be home to 40 full-time employees, including engineers, designers and advertising executives, with plans to expand in the coming months. Twitter works with countless media companies in New York City and a growing number of start-ups that create useful business tools based on the Twitter platform and Twitter-related idea. The City of New York and @NYCMayorsOffice use Twitter to communicate with citizens, and City Twitter accounts have an aggregate following of more than 300,000. | |
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| MAYOR BLOOMBERG LAUNCHES NYC BIGAPPS 3.0 COMPETITION, ANNOUNCES NEW TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL AND IMMIGRATION SEMINARS FOR START-UPS More Than 60 City Agencies, Commissions, and BIDs Will Provide Nearly 750 Data Sets, Including More Than 230 New Sets for BigApps 3.0 Council Of Industry Leaders That Will Work To Grow and Create Jobs in Technology Sector, New Initiative for Entrepreneurs to Harness Talent Within the City's Immigrant Community Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Deputy Mayor for Economic Development Robert K. Steel, and Deputy Mayor for Operations Cas Holloway today launched NYC BigApps 3.0, the third annual contest for software developers and members of the public to create web or mobile applications using official City data. Originally launched in 2009, the BigApps competitions aim to improve government transparency, as well as improve the daily lives of New York City residents and visitors. | |
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| NYC DIGITAL HOSTS ENGAGE NYC: SOCIAL MEDIA IN GOVERNMENT The City's First Annual Social Media Summit featuring speakers from Bitly, Facebook, Foursquare, Tumblr, Twitter Engagement is one of the four core tenets of New York City's Road Map for the Digital City. As part of NYC Digital mission's to empower agencies to leverage social media to the fullest, and in partnership with the Mayor’s Office communications team, on September 27, 2011 NYC Digital hosted Engage NYC, our first annual social media summit. Held at the Paley Center for Media, over 100 people from across city government participated in the event, which featured presentations and strategic training on how to effectively use social media platforms to engage, inform and serve New Yorkers. | |
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