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New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg Gets The Big Apple An App

First Posted: 12/03/09 05:12 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 03:15 PM ET

Michael Bloomberg New York

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Yesterday, New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg announced his "Connected City" initiative, rolling out a series of programs aimed at transforming how New Yorkers interact with and get services from city government. Building on his administration's valuable 311 program, he promised to make government more accessible by translating city websites into six languages, distributing more information via Twitter (follow @311nyc) and social networking sites, enabling users to fine-tune their usage of NYC.gov around their personal information needs, and creating a free iPhone application allowing people to submit quality-of-life complaints to 311 directly from their phone.

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Yesterday, New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg announced his "Connected City" initiative, rolling out a series of programs aimed at transforming how New Yorkers interact with and get services from city...
Yesterday, New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg announced his "Connected City" initiative, rolling out a series of programs aimed at transforming how New Yorkers interact with and get services from city...
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02:22 PM on 10/04/2009
What app is that? One that makes you appear taller?
03:34 PM on 10/04/2009
u want 1 then
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03:53 PM on 10/04/2009
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the pilgrim has landed
01:49 PM on 10/03/2009
The Bloomberg for President in 2012 thing seems to be right on track.