A business improvement district in Lower Manhattan will install free hot spot and hot zone service: The service will encompass a number of areas to begin with -- City Hall Park; the South Street Seaport area; Bowling Green; Vietnam Veterans Plaza on Water Street north of Broad Street; in Liberty Plaza, at Broadway and Liberty Street; and in Rector Park in Battery Park City.
Interestingly, the article also contains the first mention I've seen of Emenity, a for-profit group headed by one of NYCwireless's founders, Anthony Townsend. Emenity is working hand-in-hand with NYCwireless, a group that itself lacks charitable status but works with the Earth Pledge Foundation to receive donations.