City residents could soon do things such as apply for affordable housing, find jobs, pay parking tickets as well as manage their city services on a mobile app or website.
Legislation proposed by Council Member Ben Kellos would require the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications to establish a “single sign-on” that allows users to find relevant government information and apply for city services across multiple agencies with only one username and password.
The proposal seeks to authenticate residents using one account to access all services on the city’s sites that usually require separate usernames and passwords. Once centralized, New Yorkers could log into a mobile app or personalized My.NYC.gov website to apply for or manage the city services they receive.
A similar system is already in use in Seattle called my.seattle.gov, which launched in 2011.