DoITT Hosts Cable TV Franchise Renewal Hearings

• Artist: Alexis Walker
• Title: Queens Cable Franchise Hearing
• Album: DEI Public Hearings and Testimony
• Year: 2008
• Length: 00:12:55 minutes (11.83 MB)
• Format: Stereo 44kHz

NYC’s Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (DoITT) is holding a series of hearings—one in each of the five boroughs—on the renewal of cable franchises in the city.

This is the audio of last night's Queens public hearing which took place at LaGuardia Community College. It was scheduled from 3pm-7pm and structured so that anybody could give oral testimony to the panel on Time Warner’s service and problems or issues the community might have with it.

Only two people testified. Is this system adequately serving public interests?

The next three hearing will take place as follows (ideally with a significantly better turnout):

Staten Island
Date: January 24, 2008
College of Staten Island - Williamson Theatre, Center for the Arts
2800 Victory Boulevard
Staten Island, New York 10314
3:00pm-7:00pm

Brooklyn
Date: January 31, 2008
NYC College of Technology - Klitgord Auditorium
Klitgord Auditorium Building
285 Jay Street (at Tillary)
Brooklyn, New York, 11201
3:00pm-7:00pm

Manhattan
Date: February 7, 2008
Borough of Manhattan Community College
Richard Harris Terrace - Tribeca Performing Arts Center
199 Chambers St. New York, New York 10007
3:00pm-7:00pm

Otherwise, people can submit written testmony online or they can be mailed to: