Brookhaven, NY – September 29, 2005 – Cablevision Systems Corporation's Power to Learn, a multi-faceted initiative dedicated to integrating technology into education, will host an interactive, educational event with Congressman Tim Bishop, The Computer Crimes Section of the Suffolk County Police Department and Computer Associates on safe and responsible Internet use for children.  School district leaders will receive valuable resources to enhance their classroom curriculum.  This workshop will take place at the Brookhaven Campus of Dowling College on Monday, October 3, from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Cablevision's Power to Learn will present an overview of its Internet Smarts program, which provides teachers with valuable resources to address important issues facing students, including keeping personal information private, cyberbullying, misinformation, music downloading and fair use. Detective Rory Forrestal will focus on the importance of being educated about appropriate online behavior by sharing facts and real experiences facing today's youth on the Internet.  A Computer Associates representative will discuss tools and software available to parents online designed to help keep their children safe in cyberspace.

"We all must play a role in teaching children appropriate online behavior and safe Internet usage," said Congressman Tim Bishop. "The Internet opens up a world of information to our children, but it also opens our homes to online predators.  I am extremely pleased to see so many people in our community come together in effort to keep our children safe online."

Power to Learn's Internet Smarts program provides a forum for teachers and parents to work with children on appropriate and safe Internet use.  Online, interactive case studies explore important topics in Internet use at school and at home, allowing students to examine issues affecting schoolwork, class papers, entertainment activities and online safety.  Additionally, students, classes and schools can become certified "Internet Smart." Family resource booklets titled, "Internet Smarts: Safeguarding your Children in Cyberspace," are also provided in both English and Spanish, offering important tips and suggestions to keep kids safe online.  Internet Smarts is a free resource offered to schools.  More information can be found at www.powertolearn.com.

"As the ISP provider to more than 2,000 schools in Cablevision's New York metropolitan service area, we know that the Internet is indispensable to education," said Trent Anderson, Cablevision's vice president of education.  "We designed Internet Smarts to provide students with guidance and guidelines to be safe, responsible and ethical Internet users, and we are extremely excited and proud to be a part of this event."

Power to Learn, Cablevision's nationally recognized education initiative, empowers K-12 learning in the tri-state area by making technology in the classroom useful and by facilitating the home-school connection.  Today, more than 2,000 schools and libraries throughout Cablevision's New York metropolitan service area receive high-speed Internet access and more than 85 percent of schools in Cablevision's service area receive free cable television service as a result of this initiative.  In addition, teachers, students and parents benefit from innovative educational content and tools available on www.powertolearn.com, a broadband Web resource dedicated to
facilitating K-12 learning and the home-school connection.

Cablevision Systems Corporation is one of the nation's leading entertainment and telecommunications companies. Its cable television operations serve 3 million households in the New York metropolitan area. The company's advanced telecommunications offerings include its iO: Interactive Optimum digital television, Optimum Online high-speed Internet, Optimum Voice digital voice-over-cable, and its Lightpath integrated business communications services. Cablevision's Rainbow Media Holdings LLC operates several successful programming businesses, including AMC, IFC, WE and other national and regional networks. In addition to its telecommunications and programming businesses, Cablevision owns Madison Square Garden and its sports teams, the New York Knicks, Rangers and Liberty. The company also operates New York's famed Radio City Music Hall, and owns and operates Clearview Cinemas.  Additional information about Cablevision Systems Corporation is available on the Web at www.cablevision.com.