A lack of meaningful support for .nyc from City Hall diminished our expectations for our city’s TLD and for the civic commons. But two recent reports highlighted the need for an improved civic commons and jerked our attention back to .nyc. Creating The Civic CommonsIn creating our civic commons we can draw upon the success of commons in other realms such as fisheries and farm irrigation systems. Finally – .london, .paris, .tokyo and 30 other cities have been similarly empowered to create their own civic commons. Mayor de Blasio should collaborate with other global cities to develop governance processes and share best practices for their civic commons.