.nyc
| Status: | proposed |
| country: | USA |
| Manager: | DoITT |
| Registry Provider: | Neustar |
| Type: | GeoTLD |
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.nyc is one of the proposed new GeoTLD under ICANN's new gTLD expansion program, which was approved by the New York City government and submitted by its Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications. On October 5, 2009, the department issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) seeking partners to operate the .nyc TLD. According to DoiTT Commissioner Paul J. Cosgrave, the .nyc TLD is beneficial for the city government, businesses and to its constituents. It will be utilized to generate revenue, promote local businesses and tourism and it will allow New Yorkers to easily find the services provided by the city government. Prior to the RFP, the DoiTT also released a request for information (RFI) on May, 2009. Feedback regarding options on how to use and administer the .nyc TLD from different Internet stakeholders were solicited and considered.[1]
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On March 22, 2012, the DoITT selected Neustar as partner to handle and manage the application and operations of the proposed .nyc TLD. Under the agreement Neustar will pay all the required $185,000 ICANN application fee, and post application fees including the $25,000 annual fee once the TLD is approved. According to Nicholas Sbordone spokesperson for the DoITT, the registration for .nyc TLD will be limited to individuals, businesses and organizations with "substantive and lawful connections to the city." The New York City government will receive 40% from the total revenues generated from the .nyc TLD; its estimated minimum income for the first five years is $3.6 million.[2]
The .nyc string is part of the 358 total gTLD applications secured by Neustar to serve as back-end registry service provider. According to Neustar's senior vice president of Enterprise Services, Alex Berry, the company was selected by the City of New York in a competitive procurement process and promises that it will "provide a complete registry services and the necessary support to make .nyc names available to the public". [3]