The Internet Empowerment Resolution was passed b
Queens Community Board 3 a local governance unit of the
City of New York
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the Un ...
, on April 19, 2001. The Resolution called for the acquisition of the
.nyc
.nyc is a top level domain (TLD) for New York City. It was delegated to the root zone by ICANN on March 20, 2014.
Background
New York-based company name.space, founded by Paul Garrin, began operating its own alternative root zone system in 1 ...
Top Level Domain
A top-level domain (TLD) is one of the domains at the highest level in the hierarchical Domain Name System of the Internet after the root domain. The top-level domain names are installed in the root zone of the name space. For all domains in ...
, or TLD, and for its development as a public interest resource to serve the residents and organizations of New York City
During testimony before the city council on October 17, 2008 Connecting.nyc Inc., an advocacy organization for the city's development of the .nyc TLD as a public interest resource, identified the Internet Empowerment Resolution as the origin of its existence.
The Resolution declared that "having a Top Level Domain name for our city will put us on par with other global cities that have Top Level Domain names: Singapore (.SG), Hong Kong (.HK), the Vatican (.VA), and Los Angeles (.LA) - note: Los Angeles uses the domain name originally issued to Laos. ... Having a .NYC TLD will make our community more governable, provide opportunities for small businesses, raise city revenue, and make navigating the Internet easier for our residents, prospective tourists, and businesses."
The Resolution was the first instance of a local government calling for the development of a TLD as a
public interest
The public interest is "the welfare or well-being of the general public" and society.
Overview
Economist Lok Sang Ho in his ''Public Policy and the Public Interest'' argues that the public interest must be assessed impartially and, therefor ...
resource. Since its passage, cities have increasingly begun to look upon TLDs as an important part of their digital infrastructure with Barcelona, Berlin, Istanbul, London, New York, Paris, Tokyo and two dozen other cities applying for Top Level Domains.
ICANN listing of new TLD applications submitted in 2012
References
External links
The Resolution as published by Queens Community Board 3, the city of New YorkBattle for .nyc
Gotham Gazette by Laura Forlano
Center for Future Civic Media, MITicannwiki.org/City_TLDsToward City TLDs in the Public InterestDiversity and Market Structure - For a City Friendly Internet
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Queens, New York
Top-level domains