New York – New York City is launching a digital assessment advisory council to take Fintech’s works to the Big Apple, Mayor Eric Adams announced Tuesday.
New York City is “open for business, he said at the beginning of an organized summit in the official residence of the mayor, Gracie Mansion. The Council will be composed of individuals in the industry, with a president who will be announced in the coming weeks.
“We want to use tomorrow’s technology to better serve New Yorkers today,” Adams said in their opening comments. “We have experts here, and they will help us navigate solutions that serve our city. We are lucky to have this type of human capital here in New York City.”
The Summit, which included a public press conference followed by round door tables, had participants of the family offices and the new unicorn companies, said Richard Hecker of Traction and Scale, a logistics firm involved in the event.
Leaving commercial interests aside, the city will explore the birth and death records in a block chain to help the families of New York to easily access this type of documents, Adams said.
Andrew Durgee, the Republic co-zo, which supports other new companies, said that his company remained in New York despite concerns about regulators and other problems, even when other companies left the country.
“Now the first time in 15 years, we are in this scenario, we have no idea how it will look,” Durgee said. “Now you have all these people, these intelligent and brilliant people who now return to the United States, and are looking for a place to land.”
