<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Another marathon NYC PSC public hearing -  3hours+. With a strong contingent from <a href="http://www.cwa1109.org/" tabindex="-1">CWA Local 1109</a> in attendance, sentiment was strongly supportive of not only halting the deprecation of New York's utility wire infrastructure - widely seen as current Verizon policy - but actually reinforcing it, whether through subsidy, divestiture, or competition. Apart from our own representatives there were strong statements from Bruce Kushnick of New Networks, Bob Masters of CWA, Chuck Bell of the Consumers Union, and NYC Council Member Ben Kallos.  Go to 'see more' on <a href="https://youtu.be/nCnUtaDyEp0" tabindex="-1">YouTube</a> for an index, There will be three more of these hearings - Syracuse Aug 6; Poughkeepsie Aug 11; and Albany Aug 13.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br><u></u><div style="direction:ltr;background:#ddd;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:#666;text-align:center;margin:0;padding:0"><table style="width:100%;background:#dddddd" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#DDDDDD"><tbody><tr><td><span style="display:none!important"> joly posted: "On Wednesday June 15 2015 the New York State Public Service Commission held a Public Statement Hearing at the NY Institute of Technology in NYC on the recently issued Department of Public Service Assessment Report on the State of Telecommunications in New" </span><table style="width:100%;padding:10px" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td><div style="direction:ltr;max-width:600px;margin:0 auto;overflow:hidden"><table style="width:100%;background-color:#fff;text-align:left;max-width:1024px;min-width:320px;margin:0 auto" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><td><table style="width: 100%; background-image: ; background-color: #43a4d0; height: 8px;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width:100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><td><table style="width:100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><div style="direction:ltr;margin-top:1em;max-width:560px"><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em">On Wednesday <strong>June 15 2015</strong> the <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://www.dps.ny.gov/" tabindex="-1"><strong>New York State Public Service Commission</strong></a> held a <strong>Public Statement Hearing</strong> at the NY Institute of Technology in NYC on the recently issued <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://www.dps.ny.gov/TelStudy/" tabindex="-1"><strong>Department of Public Service Assessment Report on the State of Telecommunications in New York</strong></a>. The nearly three hours of testimony included statements from ISOC-NY President <strong>David Solomonoff</strong> and Board member <strong>Joe Plotkin</strong>. Video is below - click through to the YouTube description for an index.</p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em"><a href="https://youtu.be/nCnUtaDyEp0" tabindex="-1"><strong style="line-height:1.4em"><img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/nCnUtaDyEp0/mqdefault.webp" alt="thumbnail" width="263" height="148"></strong></a></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em"><strong style="line-height:1.4em">Vie</strong><strong style="line-height:1.4em">w on YouTube: </strong><a style="line-height:1.4em;color:#2585b2" href="https://youtu.be/nCnUtaDyEp0" tabindex="-1">https://youtu.be/nCnUtaDyEp0</a></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em"><strong>Transcript</strong>: will be forthcoming from NYS DPS<br> <strong>Twitter:</strong> <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%40NYSDPS%20%23Telecom&src=typd&vertical=default&f=tweets" tabindex="-1">@NYSDPS + #Telecom</a></p></div><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#666;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em;padding:0;width:auto;padding-top:1em;padding-bottom:0em;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-left:0"> </p><table style="width:auto" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="width:10px"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#fff;border-radius:10em;border:1px solid #11729e;background-color:#2585b2;padding:5px 15px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:H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