In an effort to make City Hall more accessible and connect with Spanish-speaking residents, New York City launched a new WhatsApp channel and Spanish-language Instagram account.<\/p>\n
The WhatsApp channel, El Chisme Oficial de NYC<\/a> (translated to “NYC ‘s Official Gossip”), will provide New Yorkers with news, service updates, community resources, immigration information, transit alerts and other announcements about programs and events. <\/p>\n Subscribers will also receive exclusive photos and videos from community events, behind-the-scenes moments from across the five boroughs and occasional voice notes from Mamdani and other local leaders. Using WhatsApp does not come as a surprise since it is one of the most popular messaging platforms among the Hispanic community in New York City. <\/p>\n “Every New Yorker deserves to know what their city is doing for them in the language they speak at home,” Mamdani said. <\/strong>“Spanish-speaking New Yorkers are on WhatsApp and Instagram every day, so that is where City Hall should be, too. You should not have to chase down a dozen agencies to find the information you need. We\u2019re bringing it together in one place, in Spanish, and delivering it directly to your phone. That\u2019s what a city government that works for working people looks like.”<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the relaunch of City Hall’s Spanish-language Instagram account<\/a> will allow New Yorkers to find updates on City services, policy announcements, plain-language explainer, public safety information and livestreams all in Spanish under one account as opposed to following numerous accounts..<\/p>\n To subscribe to El Chisme Oficial de NYC go to on.nyc.gov\/ElChismeOficialNYC<\/a>.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t