Mayor Bloomberg Puts N.Y. Government On Facebook
New York City just launched official government pages on Facebook.
Today, New York City is getting on board with social media in a ginormous way. Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced at Tumblr headquarters the unveiling of New York government-sponsored Facebook pages.
To pull this off, the city linked arms with New York-based Buddy Media, which provided tools and page-development consultation.
The government took note how, in recent years, social media has played an increasingly imperative and useful resource during emergencies, observing that more than 400,000 impressions occurred during Hurricane Irene.
The pages, found at Facebook.com/nycgov,
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