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On March 23-30 2026 the NYC Open Data Team at the Office of Technology and Innovation (OTI), BetaNYC, and Data through Design presented NYC Open Data Week 2026. Every March, New Yorkers come together online and across the five boroughs to celebrate public data in New York City and mark the anniversary of the City’s first open data law, which was signed on March 7, 2012. Coincidentally, the first weekend of March is also International Open Data Day. Throughout Open Data Week, NYC’s civic tech and open data communities rally to offer opportunities for more people to learn about and engage with municipal public data. The week culminates with the NYC School of Data.
Can You Trust the Story? Thinking Critically with AI and NYC Open Data
Dr. Cecilia Dones – Founder, Chief Data Officer, 3 Standard Deviations
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07 Open Data about Mobility
Hong Yuan – Open Data Administrator, NYC DOT
Esteban Doyle – Senior Planning Coordinator, NYC DOT
Lisa Mae Fiedler – Open Data Manager, MTA
Jaspreet Lal – Graduate Intern, Open Data, MTA
Alec Bardey – Mobility Data Program Lead, NYC DOT
Mark Seaman – Senior Economist, Policy Unit, NYC DOT
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08 Measuring Poverty Using Census Bureau Data
Joli Golden – Data Dissemination Specialist, US Census Bureau
Brian Glassman – Poverty Statistics Branch Chief, Economic Characteristics Social, Economic and Housing Statistics Division, U.S. Census Bureau
Monica Dukes – Data Specialist, U.S. Census Bureau
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12 Mapping Emergency Food Needs in NYC
Ora Kemp – Senior Policy Advisor, NYC Mayor’s Office of Food Policy
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16 NYC Health Department Health Data Tour
Alexa Riggs – New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Emily Torem – New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Hilary Parton – New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Kacie Seil – New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Martha Alexander – New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Sarah Permut – New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
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20 NYC Agency Maps, Tools, & Geospatial Data for 2026
Lee Ilan – Mayor’s Office of Environmental Remediation
Adam Barin – Mayor’s Office of Operations
Josh Friedman – NYC Emergency Management
Matt Croswell – Department of City Planning
Moderator: Tara Sullivan – NYC Office of Data Analytics
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22 Tracking NYC Trash: Using Open Data to Understand and Improve the City’s Waste System
Jason Ginsberg – New York City Department of Sanitation
William Klimpert – New York City Department of Sanitation
Ezra Undag – New York City Department of Sanitation
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Making Cents of It All: The City’s Budget, Its Data, and Why It Matters to You!
Logan Clark – CFO / Assistant Director, NYC Independent Budget Office
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26 Youth-Driven Map-Making with Open Data / Maps at MIXI Club
Suraj Uttamchandani – Adelphi University
Matthew X. Curinga – Associate Professor – Adelphi University
Nicole Dubin – Student – Adelphi University
Zachary Kiselev – Junior – Midwood High School
Sasha Borysova – Senior – Rachel Carson High School
Wen Chen – [affiliation not provided]
Gabrielle Dechirico – [affiliation not provided]
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27 The City That Never Sleeps: Forecasting NYC’s Noise Complaints with Bayesian Models
Moses McCall – Data Engineer
Moderator: Michael Xie – NYC Open Data, NYC OTI
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30 Forging Links Between Public Scholarship, Civic Tech, and Open Data: A Showcase of CUNY Public Scholarship Practice Space (PS2) Projects
Ian G. Williams – Doctoral Student, PhD Program in Social Welfare, CUNY Graduate Center
Seon Britton – Doctoral Candidate, PhD Program in Sociology, CUNY Graduate Center
Ezra Undag – Board Member, Manhattan Solid Waste Advisory Board
Facilitator: Aleksandr Finkel – Senior Data Coordinator, NYC OTI
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39 NYC Residential Property Sale Insight: Model Improvement and AI Integration
Chunhong (Chloe) Zhao – Professor, Tianjin Chengjian University, China
Moderator: Michael Xie – NYC Open Data
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32 Establishing a Central Data Function at a Public Agency
Andrew Kuziemko – Deputy Chief, Data & Analytics, Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)
Lisa Mae Fiedler – Manager, Open Data, MTA
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37 Data for Disaster Recovery and Resilience: Exploring NYCEM’s Hazard History Consequence Tool and Recovery Dashboards
Lexi Peiponen – Recovery Program Manager, NYC Emergency Management
Gabi Medina – Resiliency Planner, NYC Emergency Management
Moderator: Claudia Milne – Director, NYC Open Data, New York City Office of Technology and Innovation (OTI)
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34 How NYC Open Data Guided a Review of Initiatives to Improve Bus Speeds in New York City
Jan Mendez – Budget and Policy Analyst, New York City Independent Budget Office (IBO)
Moderator: Brian Cain – Assistant Director of Housing, Environment, and Infrastructure, IBO
Gytis Simaitis – Fox Hall Analytics
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41 Hands-On Exploration of Child and Adolescent Mental Health with the Healthy Brain Network
Arianna Zuanazzi – Open Science and Research Collaboration Specialist, Child Mind Institute
Adam Santorelli – Scientific Software Engineering Generalist, Child Mind Institute
Nathalia Bianchini Esper – Scientific Software Engineering Generalist, Child Mind Institute
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43 Querying Big Bus Data off of the Open Data Portal
Rahnuma Tarannum – Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)
Benjamin Tannenwald – Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)
Emmalie Morisseau – Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)
Lisa Mae Fiedler – Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)
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46 Advancing Climate Compliance: How Data Informs & Challenges Building Retrofits and Decarbonization (Local Law 97)
Daphna Ezrachi – Manager, Sustainability Programs (HPD)
Joe Chavez – Director, Sustainable Buildings (MOCEJ)
Ellen Ren – Sustainability Data Analyst (DOB)
Marc Zuluga – Co-founder, Cadence OneFive
Moderator: Yuki Mitsuda – Manager, Analytics & Data Strategy (HPD)
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58 From Static to Dynamic: A Preview of NYC’s Interactive Food Policy Dashboard
Lauren Drumgold – Policy Advisor, Mayor’s Office of Food Policy
Rositsa T. Ilieva – Director of Policy. CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute
Yvette Ng – Research Fellow, CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute
Moderator: Michael Xie – NYC Open Data, NYC OTI
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59 From Open Data to Urban Impact: Data-Driven Research on Health, Safety, and Policy in New York City
Daniel de Leon – NYU GPH Department of Biostatistics
Weipeng Shao – NYU GPH Department of Biostatistics
Xuzhi Wang – NYU GPH Department of Biostatistics
Sabrina Wu – NYU GPH Department of Biostatistics
Zhiyuan Yuan – NYU GPH Department of Biostatistics
Hai Shu – NYU GPH Department of Biostatistics
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61 Feeding New York: The Hidden Burden on the South Bronx
Dan DeWitz – Data Scientist, Independent Researcher
Moderator: Aryanna Holder – NYC Open Data
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66 DATA2GO.NYC: A Data Tool to Understand Well-Being and Need in NYC
Alex Powers – Associate Director, Measure of America, SSRC
Tara Shawa – Research Analyst, Measure of America, SSRC
Kate Harvey – Research Analyst, Measure of America, SSRC
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Street Trees and Housing Markets: An Open-Data Analysis of NYC’s Urban Greening
Archy (Yaqi) Guo – NYU Center for Urban Science + Progress
Hanxue Wei · NYU Center for Urban Science + Progress
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70 Reclaiming the Night: Urban Light Pollution, Solutions, and Open Data
Ruoyu Li – Graduate Student, NYU Center for Urban Science + Progress (CUSP)
Moderator: Michael Xie – NYC Open Data, NYC OTI
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89 Exploring an Independent Perspective on Emergency Response Times
Valerie Gudino – Budget and Policy Analyst, NYC Independent Budget Office (IBO)
Ed Dolan – Economist, NYC Independent Budget Office (IBO)
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98 Festival Keynote: Rahul Bhargava on Community Data
Matt Gold – Associate Professor of English and Digital Humanities, The Graduate Center, CUNY
Dr. Joel Christensen – Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, The Graduate Center, CUNY
Lisa Gelobter – NYC CTO / Commissioner, Office of Technology & Innovation (OTI)
Tayyab Walker – Associate Commissioner, Office of Technology & Innovation (OTI)
Andrew Kittredge – Director, Civic Innovation Lab, BetaNYC
Rahul Bhargava – Assistant Professor, Northeastern University
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104 The Newest New Yorkers: How Immigrant Groups Navigate Visa Pathways
Donnise Hurley – Senior Geographic Analyst, Population Division, NYC Department of City Planning
Moderator: Oliver Bjornsson – NYC OTI
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114 Civic Media for Advocacy Across Amenity Gaps with Augmented Reality
Nick Kaufman – Head of Partnerships , inCitu
Moderator: Oliver Bjornsson
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115 Vital City: Exploring 30 Years of NYC Crime — and What Comes Next
Paul Reeping – Director of Research, Vital City, NYC
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124 NYC’s Changing Landscape: Discover What’s Being Built Around You
Bonnie Stefanick – Citizen Data Scientist
Moderator: Alicia Mathews – Implementation Manager, Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity
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106 PriceWise – A grocery prices database built by and for budget-conscious communities
Shiva Muthiah – Designer and Developer
Moderator: Shakil Assi – Systems Administrator, Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity
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116 Teaching with NYC Open Data: Publishing Student Civic Research Through Reproducible Workflows
Facilitator: Christian Martinez – Adjunct Lecturer, Brooklyn College
NYC Leading Causes of Death and Indoor Environmental Complaints – Crystal Adote
Social Infrastructure & Well-Being – Joseph Dratfield
NYC Art Meets NYC Appetite – Joyce Escatel-Flores
The Madison Square Garden Effect in the NBA – Robert Hutto
From School To Juvenile Incarceration – Isley Jean-Pierre
Toxic Homes: Exploring Mold & Domestic Violence Trends in NYC – Shannon Joyce
Environmental Stressors and Social Complaints in New York City – Emma Valentine Tupone
Beating Around the Bush: Urban Trees and Wildlife Patterns in New York City
Domestic Violence Incidents vs Resource Allocation Across NYC – Laura Werner
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134 What 13 Million 311 Complaints Reveal About New York City’s Quality of Life
David Tussey – Former Tech Executive, NYC
Moderator: Aleksandr Finkel – Senior Data Coordinator, NYC OTI
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141 Databook Update: Data Supporting Civil Service and Tech Procurement Reform
Devin Balkind – Founder, Sarapis
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145 Building Applications with NYC Open Data and Open Source Tools
Christian Casazza – Data Developer
Moderator: Nathan Storey – Director of Data Governance, NYC OTI
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149 Build It, Use It, Own It: Making Language Data Work For You
Young Kwon, MSW – Deputy Director, Interagency Partnerships/ Language Access, NYC Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA)
Erica Maurer – Assistant Director, Population Division, NYC Department of City Planning
Charles Cristonikos – Geographic Analyst, NYC Department of City Planning
Alice Castillejo – Director of Influence and Language Justice, CLEAR Global
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151 Teaching Google Sheets Functionality to High School Students through Open Data
Ethel Khanis – High School Chemistry Teacher, Virtual Innovators Academy
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155 How Maps Speak: Mapping Commons Hackathon
Parisa Setayesh – PhD Candidate, CUNY Graduate Center
Shokran Rahiminezhad – -PhD Candidate, CUNY Graduate Center
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164 PLUTO and City of Yes: How NYC Planning turns legislation into data
Damon McCullough – Data Engineering Team Lead, NYC Department of City Planning
Alex Richey – Data Engineer, NYC Department of City Planning
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