Ivy received an e-mail yesterday from the Mayor’s Office of Emergency Management, letting her know that the office “values the cultural community’s commitment to emergency preparedness and response.” Besides offering the compliment, the office was also encouraging cultural partners, their employees, friends, families, and patrons to sign up for Notify NYC. The OEM folks are the smart people who brought you Ready New York, which encourages New Yorkers to have go bags, emergency kits, and household disaster plans, just in case.
Notify NYC provides timely, accurate information that can make a world of difference in an emergency. The system allows the City to deliver important information about emergencies and City services affecting New Yorkers at home, at work, and in the community. The program was piloted in Lower Manhattan and three other communities, and has now expanded citywide. It will come as no surprise that I have been a subscriber since the beginning. Going through my voluminous e-mail over the past few months, I have received notifications about car fires, military flyovers, emergency response exercises, film productions, and road repairs. I did notice that these alerts have come more frequently, especially since the Boeing 747, sometimes called Air Force One, buzzed our little corner of the world in April.
This service provides subscribers with real-time information about emergencies throughout the five boroughs. You can specify the zip codes that interest you most, like your home zip code and your office zip code, as well as the zip code of your mom, sister, boyfriend, bff…essentially the zip codes of people you worry about and who worry about you; you can register for a maximum of five zip codes. Register for free online or by calling 311 to start receiving your e-mails, text messages, or recorded phone calls.
You’ll be glad you did.
Notify NYC provides timely, accurate information that can make a world of difference in an emergency. The system allows the City to deliver important information about emergencies and City services affecting New Yorkers at home, at work, and in the community. The program was piloted in Lower Manhattan and three other communities, and has now expanded citywide. It will come as no surprise that I have been a subscriber since the beginning. Going through my voluminous e-mail over the past few months, I have received notifications about car fires, military flyovers, emergency response exercises, film productions, and road repairs. I did notice that these alerts have come more frequently, especially since the Boeing 747, sometimes called Air Force One, buzzed our little corner of the world in April.
This service provides subscribers with real-time information about emergencies throughout the five boroughs. You can specify the zip codes that interest you most, like your home zip code and your office zip code, as well as the zip code of your mom, sister, boyfriend, bff…essentially the zip codes of people you worry about and who worry about you; you can register for a maximum of five zip codes. Register for free online or by calling 311 to start receiving your e-mails, text messages, or recorded phone calls.
You’ll be glad you did.
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