Getting to Know The Official New York City Web Site

http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/
This is an invaluable site for journalists. It includes information on all Mayoral and City agencies. Check out the list (A to Z). Each listing provides you with a live link to a specific department or agency where you can find up-to-date material, by borough or even by neighborhood. Clicking on the Department of Buildings (DOB), for example, takes you to the DOB web site where you can type in the address of a specific building and see relevant documents.

You can also find election results by district, facts about a neighborhood’s aging population, and information on schools and the environment–to name but a few of the sites linked to this main site. The New York City Web Site is a rich resource for journalists in Writing New York: Posts from the Boroughs and Beyond. Do make sure that you spend time there tapping its treasures.