City Opens .NYC availability to all New York City residents and businesses
More than 10,000 New Yorkers have already claimed their own personalized .nyc web address
The de Blasio administration has announced the public availability of the city’s top-level domain, .nyc, for all businesses, organizations and individuals with a physical address in New York City. New Yorkers can register their own personalized .nyc web addresses by visiting www.OwnIt.nyc and selecting an independent retailer of their choice. Domain names are available on a first come, first served basis.
For the past several months, individuals, businesses and nonprofit organizations had the opportunity to request .nyc domains during the Sunrise and Landrush periods. More than 10,000 New Yorkers — representing thousands of small businesses, organizations and dozens of business improvement districts and cultural institutions across the five boroughs — successfully secured their own .nyc domain during this early registration phase.
During this same time period, the city launched Neighborhoods.nyc, an open application process for community groups to receive a premium neighborhood domain name like WestVillage.nyc, Flatbush.nyc or ForestHills.nyc.
In recent weeks, the first group of .nyc websites went live, highlighted by the high-profile launch of Digital.nyc. The owners of these domain names, officially called “.nyc Founders,” represent a diverse group of New Yorkers — including First Lady Chirlane McCray, chair of the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City; the Birdland Jazz Club; small businesses like the Bronx’s Il Forno Bakery; publications like Gay City News; and nonprofit organizations like the Coalition for Queens, among others. Additional information on .nyc Founders is available at http://www.ownit.nyc/whos-using-it.php.