On Tuesday, Mayor Bloomberg announced the launch of Notify NYC, a pilot program to deliver emergency public information by email, text messages and reverse-911 alerts in four City community districts.

You sign up for Notify NYC through www.nyc.gov and receive information about significant emergency events in four pilot communities: Lower Manhattan, the Northeast Bronx, the Rockaways, and Southwest Staten Island.

No Brooklyn? What’s the story here? After last summer’s tornado, we should have been included.