TLD Specifications
.nyc
Registration Time
real-time
Registration period
1-10 years
Renewal period
1-10 years
Allowed character length
1 - 63 characters
Allowed characters
a-z, 0-9, -MUST NOT contain two consecutive hyphens in the third and fourth character positions and MUST NOT start or end with a hyphen.
TLD supports
IPv6
DNSsec
IDN
Transfer locks possible
yes
Renewal on transfer
yes
Transfer time
5 days
Authcode length
8 - 32 characters
Handle updates
yes
Preconfigured DNS
no
Allowed Nameservers
1 - 13
Autorenew Grace Period
35 days
Deletion Timeframe
35 days after expiration date
Redemption Period
30 days
Domain Eligibility
The City of New York desires to have only those individuals or entities having a substantive and lawful connection to the city be permitted to register for .nyc domain names ("Nexus Policy").
- Registrants in .nyc must be either:
- A natural person whose primary place of domicile is a valid physical address in the City of New York (“Nexus Category 1”); or
- An entity or organization that has a physical street address in the City of New York (“Nexus Category 2”).
- The existence of a P.O. Box address in the City of New York shall not qualify for purposes of meeting the Nexus Policy.
Furthermore all other recommendations of the .nyc Nexus Policy need to be followed too.
.nyc Proxy Registration Policy: .nyc does NOT allow use of proxy, private or anonymous domain name registrations.