Notify NYC is the City of New York’s official source for information about emergency events and important City services. It is a free service launched by the

NYC Emergency Management New York City Emergency Management (NYCEM) (formerly the New York City Office of Emergency Management (OEM)) was originally formed in 1996 as part of the Mayor's Office under Rudolph W. Giuliani. By a vote of city residents in 2001 it became an i ...

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New York City Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications The New York City Office of Technology and Innovation (OTI), formerly known as the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (DoITT), is the department of the government of New York City that "over awthe City's use of existing an ...

(DoITT)] in 2007, allowing users to receive alerts through various communications devices, such as Mobile phone, cell phones,

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. Users can specify which alerts they would like to receive, and determine their specific location of interest with zip codes. Registration is free and simple. Notify NYC services residents and visitors to all five boroughs of the City of New York:

Manhattan Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state ...

Brooklyn Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...

Queens Queens is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York. Located on Long Island, it is the largest New York City borough by area. It is bordered by the borough of Brooklyn at the western tip of Long ...

Staten Island Staten Island ( ) is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Richmond County, in the U.S. state of New York. Located in the city's southwest portion, the borough is separated from New Jersey by the Arthur Kill and the Kill Van Kull an ...

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Bronx The Bronx () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the state of New York. It is south of Westchester County; north and east of the New York City borough of Manhattan, across the Harlem River; and north of the New Y ...

. Sponsored by New York City Emergency Management (NYCEM) and the Department of Information Technology & Telecommunications (DoITT), Notify NYC was launched in May 2007 as a four-area

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. Participants provided feedback through surveys, customer service emails and calls to

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. Based on feedback from the original pilot, the first phase of Notify NYC services was launched citywide on May 28, 2009, offering free access to a variety of alert and notification services. Notify NYC has extended its capability, allowing for any New York City agency to send out group-specific alerts and notifications. Interested candidates can contact Notify NYC to develop this free service for their agency. As of January 1, 2010, Notify NYC has partnered with the New York City Department of Education (DOE) to provide expanded information on school delays, closings, and early dismissals. To receive school notifications and alerts, users must add the address of their child's school, to their areas of interest in account settings. School addresses can be found by visiting th
Department of Education
website. Users can view real time messages on the website with options to view it in different languages, which enables them to stay up to date and alert. In 2011 a scheme for emergency notifications to mobile phones was announced. In September 2017, the City got its first emergency notification mobile application, which can be downloaded by smart phone users on Apple's App Store and Google Play for real time updates. These updates include both natural disasters such as storm warnings, as well as traffic updates and public health and missing person alerts.

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