• A new e-mail sign up, that allows you to recieve messages on everything from major traffic alerts to auctions to health warnings to job opportunities. You get to pick which topics you want, so do try this. The system also allows you to personalize the site (one nice aspect is that it's a simple registration process and isn't too intrusive, unlike a lot of other sites). About 16,000 people get the messages so far.
• Neighborhood Performance Statistics allow you to learn how your corner of the city is doing in terms of such criteria such as crime stats, noise and air complaints, "acceptably clean streets" (whatever that is) and others. You can click here to see how the area around ABC-7 stacks up.
• A place to make complaints about heat and hot water problems - just in time for our winter.
• The amount of video offered has increased as has the quality of the footage. For example, you can watch videos of the mayor's press conferences and speeches.
• For those of you concerned about the reservoir levels, there's a nice graphical representation of the current level (as of today, it's at 92.9 percent of capacity; 79.6 is normal).
  
• I also like NYCityStore.com, the official store of the city, where you can buy official publications and NYPD and FDNY products.
• And, till Feb. 2, there's plenty of info on the Winter Festival going on across the city.

Old standbys like paying your parking tickets and your real estate taxes, or reporting potholes are still there, of course.