Tech:NYC Executive Director Julie Samuels released the following statement today after the House of Representatives passed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan.

In honor of Black History Month, we featured Black founders building companies with the next best ideas in design, financial literacy, and transportation.

For this edition of Companies to Watch, we’re profiling startups building tools to help start 2021 on the right foot. Check back here weekly for new conversations with the founders lending a hand.

As organizations representing tech communities across the country, we release the following statement in response to the insurrection at the Capitol on January 6, 2021.

For this Companies to Watch series, we’re profiling New York startups using their tools to support the health of all New Yorkers — and that of the entire country — over these difficult months.

These are all reasons it’s more important than ever to download COVID Alert NY, New York’s exposure notification app, if you haven’t done so already!

For this Companies to Watch series, we’re highlighting NYC tech companies supporting families through the COVID-19 pandemic

Yesterday, the New York State Department of Health and Tech:NYC, along with Google, Apple, Bloomberg Philanthropies, and a coalition of technology and research partners, launched COVID Alert NY, the state’s official exposure notification app.