Yonkers Among First Cities in Area to Provide Free Wi-Fi
(L-R): Dan Lipka, Executive Director of Yonkers Downtown B.I.D.; Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano; Yvette Hartsfield, Commissioner of Yonkers Parks, Recreation & Conservation; Bob Cacace, Commissioner of Yonkers Information Technologies; Yonkers City Councilman Christopher Johnson (District 1).
City of Yonkers launches Gen Y-Fi, free Wi-Fi service at and about Van Der Donck Park and the waterfront environs.
YONKERS, NY – October 7, 2014 – Mayor Mike Spano today announced the launch of GenY-Fi, free Wi-Fi service now available in Downtown Yonkers’ Van Der Donck Park. GenY-Fi allows Yonkers residents, businesses and visitors the opportunity to stay connected while enjoying outdoor spaces in the downtown.
“The addition of free Y-Fi access to Van Der Donck Park makes an already beautiful place even more attractive to residents, business owners and visitors,” said Mayor Mike Spano. “It’s not only beneficial to the businesses already in the area but a good selling point for prospective buyers looking to relocate to the second fastest growing city in New York State.”
This marks the first time the City of Yonkers has provided free wireless access to its residents. Yonkers is also one of the first municipalities in the region to provide free wireless access in a public outdoor space.
“We’ve got it all here in Yonkers,” said Mayor Mike Spano. “From our location and accessibility to New York City to our restaurants, parks, waterfront living and now Y-Fi, Yonkers is a quickly becoming the city to live, work and play in.”
GenY-Fi is an extension of the City’s “Generation Yonkers” marketing campaign targeted at increasing economic development in the area. (Learn more at www.generationyonkers.com)
The GenY-Fi initiative also builds on Yonkers’ success in attracting creative industries to the City. Last year, Mayor Spano launched the YONY Initiative focused on bringing arts and technology companies to Yonkers Waterfront. The initiative was created soon after tech company Mindspark opened its headquarters in the former Otis Elevator building, moving to Yonkers from nearby White Plains.
“The YONY Initiative is excited to see Mayor Spano’s continued commitment to bringing technology resources to the Downtown,” YONY Co-founder Peter Boodell said. “The Mayor christened the beautiful Van Der Donck Park soon after he was elected, and now he is bringing free wireless access to the Park and parts of the surrounding Downtown Waterfront. Exciting things are happening in Yonkers.”
Wireless access is free and open to the public all throughout Van Der Donck Park and extends past the Metro-North Yonkers Train Station to the surrounding Waterfront near and about X20.
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who the fuck would sit down there…………….
Who is paying for this “FREE WI-FI” ?