NYC Becomes Home to Twitter's East Coast HQ

Mayor Bloomberg joined Twitter Chairman Jack Dorsey last Thursday, along with City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, NYC Chief Digital Officer Rachel Sterne and others for the opening of Twitter's new, official East Coast headquarters, located at 340 Madison Avenue in New York City.

The new office will be home to 40 full-time employees, including engineers, designers and advertising executives, with plans to expand in the coming months.

“We are proud to welcome Twitter to New York City’s growing technology sector,” @MikeBloomberg said.

“New York City has always been a place where big ideas are born, and we are working to ensure it’s the place where the next great tech success story is written – from incubating dozens of start-up ventures to bringing a new Applied Sciences school here. Companies like Twitter provide us with an important way to engage with citizens, informing and serving them in real-time.”

“Twitter and New York share the same constant pulse of energy,” @jack said. “We’re looking forward to growing our presence in a city that has more Twitter users than any other city in the world and is led by innovators like Mayor Bloomberg who engage, inform and serve residents in realtime.”

Currently, there are over 300,000 followers of City Twitter accounts, and over 65 City Twitter accounts are operated by the City of New York. Additionally, @NYCMayorsOffice answers questions with the hashtag #askmike, which allows individuals to pose questions to the Mayor. 

During Hurricane Irene, Mayor Bloomberg held nine press conferences over the course of five days, which were streamed online and to iPhones and iPads. During that time, @NYCMayorsOffice, which became the go-to place for real-time updates on the hurricane, more than doubled its followers, from more than 24,000 to more than 54,000.