Today NY City Council Speaker Chrisine C. Quinn, along with council members and theMayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) announced that City Council Hearings will be available via live TV and Web starting May 1. According to NYC Media, the official TV network of NY, the city is now the largest municipality in the USA to offer live coverage of legislative hearings. This initiative is part of the ongoing effort for NY to become more transparent. “By bringing government directly to the people, we are encouraging greater participation by New Yorkers in city government,” said Quinn in a statement.
Nifty New Yorkers: Six (Locally Based) Apps to Navigate the City
In a big city like New York, people appreciate phone applications that help navigate the city with ease. Residents and visitors benefit from assistance when it comes to finding a great place to eat on a Monday night, and, figuring out how to get home with subway delays on the weekend. Many of the following applications were developed by local companies eager to produce a product that allows people to look up helpful information quickly and then go about their day. The following are six nifty applications Untapped staff members keep on their Android and iPhones to make life a bit easier.
- Tweat.it – New York City is now home to several pop-up food trucks that serve many foods including sushi rolls, tacos and freshly made ice cream. Tweat.it helps the public find an alternative to the sit-down restaurant by finding a truck closest to them.
- Greplin –Bloomberg Business Week and Time.com recognized this application for its utility. It allows users to store important online information in one place, which may include taxi numbers, grocery delivery services and dog-walker numbers.
- My City Way – My City Way, backed by BMW i, allows persons to have an understanding of surrounding services at a given time. According to the representatives, My City Way enables users to “find a Chinese restaurant in [a] neighborhood, locate the nearest wireless hotspot, or buy tickets for the next showing of a blockbuster movie.” The helpfulness of the application does not stop in New York. It is available in 70 cities across the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia and Australia.
- NYC Media – With hundreds of videos at your fingertips, you will never be bored while awaiting a food order. NYC Media’s application compiles information on food, news, calendars and life in NYC. A neat feature is the GPS mapping tool which allows the user to watch video related a specific location in the city.
- Roadify – Roadify, along with DontEat.At, won the 2011 NYC Big Apps 2.0 Competition and was dubbed “genius” by Tech Crunch. The application consolidates DOT, MTA and citizens on the street regarding local travel information. The useful program allows people give and receive information about what is happening on the ground.
- DontEat.at – DontEat.At is a Foursquare-based application created by Max Stroller, a student at New York University. It sends users a SMS messages after “checking into” a food place. The shared message informs the user as to whether the establishment may be at risk of being closed due to health violations.
Written by Alley Lyles; Re-Blogged from untappedcities.com
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