After many months of work and extensive consultations with the community , the Departement of Information Technology just  issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the creation of a robust, citywide network of Internet hotspots that will constitute one of… Read more “Phone Booths: City issues RFP calling for ubiquitous free Wi-Fi”

In the last four weeks, our volunteers in Chelsea and Hell’s Kitchen took an inventory of sidewalk obstructions. They identified  423 (!) illegal obstructions. The obstructions include storm enclosures as large as a studio apartment, the ubiquitous sandwich boards in… Read more “Reclaiming Sidewalk Space”