On Saturday March 29, 2025, BetaNYC hosts NYC School of Data 2025 at CUNY School of Law in Queens. This year’s event celebrates the 13th anniversary of the City’s transformative open data law and concludes NYC Open Data Week 2025. NYC School of Data is a community driven conference with a focus on open data, civic technology, and service design.
The main stage will be webcast via ISOC.LIVE. ASL interpretation will be provided. Other tracks will be recorded and made available via the BetaNYC YouTube channel. Much appreciation to Reinvent Albany for the funding support.
01 Opening Session Jazzy Smith – Chief of Staff, BetaNYC Martha Norrick – Chief Analytics Officer, Office of Technology and Innovation. NYC Hon. Kristen Gonzalez – Chair, Internet and Technology Committee, New York State Senate Noel Hidalgo – Executive Director, BetaNYC
02 Congestion Pricing: Data Lessons From the First Three Months Matt Yarri – Data Science Manager, MTA
11 Creating a Multimodal Urban Planning Simulation for Diverse Publics using NYC Open Data Katie McMillan Culp – Chief Learning Officer, New York Hall of Science Jenna Lang – Content Producer, Trivium Interactive Andrew Kittredge – Civic Innovation Lab Director, BetaNYC Amelia Merker – Exhibits Manager, NYSCI
20 Beyond the Data: The Tech Driving City Council Programs Johnathan Chei – Assistant Deputy Director, Web Development Unit Alaa Moussawi – Chief Data Scientist Frank Perez – Community Engagement Division Brad J. Reid – Deputy Director, Legislative Division Yogi Rosario-Doran – Community Engagement Division Ahmad Zaki – Full-stack Developer, Legislative Division
28 In Code We Trust: Volunteering and Careers in Government & Public Interest Technology Meli Glenn – Experience Design Strategist, Digital Transformation Office, Human Centered Design Team, NYS Office of Information Technology Services Noel Hidalgo – Executive Director, BetaNYC Martha Norrick – Chief Analytics Officer, Office of Technology and Innovation Gabe Paley – Assistant Secretary for Technology, Office of Governor Kathy Hochul Jai Rodgers – Talent Community Manager, U.S. Digital Response
07 Explore NYC Population MapViewer and best practices for mapping population data Charles Christonikos – Geographic Analyst, Population Division, NYC Department of City Planning (DCP) Erica Maurer – Senior Demographic Analyst, Population Division, NYC Department of City Planning (DCP)
08 Landscape of Rodent Sightings in New York City: A Data Science Showcase Jun Yan, Professor, University of Connecticut Vincent Xie, University of Connecticut Pratham Pathel, University of Connecticut Isabelle Perez, University of Connecticut Joshua Lee, University of Connecticut
09 WeGovNYC’s DataBook: Combining 40+ NYC Open Data Sets into One Interface Devin Balkind – Director, Sarapis
13 Explore Your Community Through U.S. Census Bureau Data Joli Golden – U.S. Census Bureau David Kraiker – U.S. Census Bureau
19 Redesigning DATA2GO.NYC: An Interactive Session Alex Powers – Associate Director, Measure of America, SSRC Cara Wohnsigl – Research Associate, Measure of America, Social Science Research Council Kristen Lewis – Director, Measure of America, Social Science Research Council Tara Shawa – Program Assistant, Measure of America, Social Science Research Council
20 Equity in Action: Opportunity and Accountability Through EquityNYC Bermet Kydykova – Technical Product Manager, Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity (NYC Opportunity) Oonagh Jordan – Product Specialist, NYC Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity (NYC Opportunity) Pavel Ilin – Software Engineer, NYC Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity (NYC Opportunity)
21 Navigating MTA’s Open Data with SoQL: A Comprehensive Workshop Lisa Mae Fiedler – Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Niki Keramat – MTA Rahnuma Tarannum – MTA
23 Mapping Environmental Justice and Flood Vulnerability Hayley Elszasz – Climate Science Advisor, Mayor’s Office of Climate & Environmental Justice (MOCEJ) Carlos Piedad – Policy Advisor, Environmental Justice, Mayor’s Office of Climate & Environmental Justice
24 Data in Action: Bridging the Public Benefits Enrollment Gap Sophia Tareen – Senior Product Manager, ACCESS NYC Sourabh Chakraborty – Software Developer, ACCESS NYC Zoe Bordenet – Product Specialist, ACCESS NYC
26 Mapping Open Data with QGIS Ryan Yeung, Director of Performance Evaluation and Analytics, Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS)
27 Exploring the NYC Workforce Development System through an Integrated Data Portal Adam Santos – Senior Data Scientist, Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity (NYC Opportunity) Claire Reynolds – Data Scientist, Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity (NYC Opportunity) Jelynne Morse – Digital Services Director, Mayor’s Office of Talent and Workforce Development (NYC Talent)
29 Using R to Create Dynamic Documents, Maps, and Charts: A Case Study Using American Community Survey Data Donnise Hurley – Senior Geographic Analyst, Population Division, NYC Department of City Planning (DCP)
31 NYC Agency Maps, Tools, and Geospatial Data for 2024 Lee Ilan, Mayor’s Office of Environmental Remediation (moderator) Matt Croswell, NYC Department of City Planning Josh Friedman, NYC Emergency Management Chris Gettings, NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene Carlos Piedad, Mayor’s Office of Climate & Environmental Justice
32 Jamming with Environmental Data Kiley Matschke – Post-Baccalaureate Fellow, CSC, Barnard College Marko Krkeljas – Senior Software & Applications Developer / CSC Technical Manager, Barnard College
34 Humanizing heat experiences through an open source data approach Emily Torem – Health Content Manager, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) Liv Yoon – Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia Matthew Montesano – Director of Data Communication, DOHMH Thomas Zinckgraf – Software Engineer
35 Extreme Heat and Aging Exchange: Data for Climate Adaptation Research and Action Anthony Townsend – Senior Research Associate, Cornell Tech Nikhil Garg – Assistant Professor, Cornell Tech Deborah Estrin – Professor of Computer Science and Associate Dean for Impact, Cornell Tech
37 IntegrateUSA: A New Tool to Visualize School Segregation Jesse Margolis – Managing Partner, MarGrady Research Theo Kaufman – Data Analyst
41 Navigating the NYC Climate Dashboard Stephanie Fox – Office of the New York City Comptroller
45 Is your data really that dirty? An in-depth look at NYC 311 data to determine its “cleanliness” David Tussey
48 Intro to SQL Meghan Maloy – Staff Analytics Engineer at Datadog
53 Tis the Season: Understanding employment data and its seasonal adjustments Dr. Rodney Chun – Chief Economist, NYC Office of Management and Budget
55 Where to Park? Using Python to Map Parking Regulation Signs to the Curb in Near Real-Time Maddalena Romano – Analytics & Performance Management, New York City Department of Transportation David Arcement – Traffic Control & Engineering Matthew Garcia – Parking Administration Suzanne Zopf – Information Technology Jada Grandchamps – Department of Geography
58 Data in Action: Insights, Industries, & Career Paths Suporna S. – Computer Literacy Instructor – Queensbridge Tech Lab
59 Cracking the Code: Making Sense of Data in Today’s World Anthony Szeto – Digital Literacy Training Consultant, Queens Borough Public Library
60 Data Tracks: A Guided Tour Through Your Information’s Lifecycle Mohamed Khan – Queens Public Library
64 NYC Health Data Tour Matthew Montesano – NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) Martha Alexander – DOHMH Clarissa Solis – DOHMH Hilary Parton – DOHMH
82 Building Safer Communities – Evaluating Cure Violence Program’s Impact in NYC Jeffrey A. Butts, Director of the Research and Evaluation Center, John Jay College of Criminal Justice Althea Stevens, Chair, Committee on Children and Youth, NYC Council Dr. Yusef Salaam, Chair, Committee on Public Safety, NYC Council R. Brent Decker, Chief Program Officer, Cure Violence Global Hector Cuevas, Vice President of Education & Youth Development programs, CAMBA Melissa Nunez, Data Scientist, NYC Council Data Team
Moderator: Rose Martinez, Assistant Deputy Director, NYC Council Data Team
97 Explore Open Data Standards for Representative Government with Democracy Works and the Google Civic Information API Ursula Kaczmarek – Data Scientist, Democracy Works Danny Pease – Engineering Manager, Democracy Works
98 Mapping open school and census data in New York City Matthew Curinga – Associate Professor, MIXI Institute Jacob Grier – Graduate Researcher Assistant, Adelphi University
162 Data Trends in NYC Immigration: A Dialogue on Ethics and Insights Carman Nareau – Portfolio Manager, Immigration Product, Emerson Collective Justino Mora – Senior Software Engineer, Emerson Collective
164 The Many Lives of NYC’s CityMap: Past, Present and Possible Future Tim Calabrese – Professional Services Consultant, Esri
178 Using data to close gender and social inequality gaps Nathifa Forde – Executive Director, NYC Her Future Deirdre Appel – Communication and Advocacy Manager, Open Data Watch Mercedes de los Santos – Projects Director, Open Data Charter
On Saturday March 23 2024 BetaNYC hosts NYC School of Data 2024 at CUNY School of Law in Queens. This year’s event celebrates the 12th anniversary of the City’s transformative open data law and concludes NYC Open Data Week 2024. NYC School of Data is a community driven conference with a focus on open data, civic technology, and service design.
The main stage will be webcast live via a partnership with the Internet Society New York Chapter. Other tracks will be recorded and made available via the BetaNYC YouTube channel.
10:00 Opening Session Noel Hidalgo, Executive Director, BetaNYC Martha Norrick, Chief Analytics Officer, NYC Kate Nicholson, Director of Partnerships and Programs, BetaNYC Jazzy Smith, Director of Fellowship, BetaNYC Ashley Louie, Chief Technology Officer, BetaNYC
11:00 Public Interest AI: the Future of Generative AI in Civic Technology Mark Levine, Borough President of Manhattan, Office of the Manhattan Borough President Elan Silver, Counsel and Committee Director, Internet and Technology Committee, New York State Senator Kristen Gonzalez Reshma Saujani, Founder, Girls Who Code, Moms First Jeannette M. Wing, Executive Vice President for Research and Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University
Moderator: Ashley Louie, Chief Technology Officer, BetaNYC
12:15 Opening NY’s Criminal Courts – Expanding Access to Court Decisions and Criminal Data Rachael Fauss, Senior Policy Advisor, Reinvent Albany Oded Oren, Founder and Executive Director, Scrutinize Raelynn Walker, Assistant Director of Research and Data Processing, Measures for Justice Terry Ding, Staff Attorney, New York Civil Liberties Union
14:30 Presenting the 2023 NYC Hayes Innovation Prize Winners Ruby Choi, Deputy Commissioner for Strategic Initiatives, NYC Office of Technology and Innovation Dean Labowitz, NYC Office of Technology and Innovation Will Hsiao, Mayor’s Office of Operations: Capital Dashboard Project Sridhar Doraikannu, Office of Tech and Innovation: Automated Lifecycle Management Anne Schuster, Deptarment of Health and Mental Hygiene: NYC Health Panel
15:45 The inside story from New York City’s top data journalists Derek Kravitz, Editor, MuckRock Bianca Pallaro, Senior data reporter, THE CITY Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky, Data reporter, WNYC/Gothamist Jesse Coburn, Investigative reporter, Streetsblog Max Siegelbaum, Co-executive director, Documented NY
On Saturday March 18 2023 BetaNYC hosts NYC School of Data 2023 at CUNY School of Law in Queens. This year’s event celebrates the 11th anniversary of the City’s transformative open data law and concludes NYC Open Data Week 2023. NYC School of data is a community driven conference with a focus on open data, civic technology, and service design.
10:00 Opening Session and Keynote Kristen Gonzalez, Chair, Internet and Technology Committee, State Senate Julie Won, Chair, Committee on Contracts, NYC City Council Jennifer Gutiérrez, Chair, Technology Committee, NYC City Council Sudha Setty, Dean, CUNY Law School Martha Norrick, Chief Analytics Officer, NYC Office of Data & Analytics Keesha Gaskins-Nathan, Program Director, Democratic Practice–United States, Rockefeller Brothers Fund Noel Hidalgo, Executive Director, BetaNYC
11:30 How to Advocate for Transparency Laws: Lessons from the MTA Open Data Act Danny Pearlstein, Policy and Communications Director, Riders Alliance Robert Carroll, Assemblymember, New York State Assembly Jessica Ramos, Senator, New York State Senate Rachael Fauss, Senior Policy Advisor, Reinvent Albany
13:45 Open Data Discotech: Lightning talks about open data, tools and analyses BY and FOR our community! Erik Brown, BetaNYC Lizzie Alvarado Ford, Solutions Engineer, Retool Jonathan Gao, CUNY Joel Natividad, co-founder/principal, DatHere Kyla Browne, Civic Innovation Fellow, BetaNYC
MOD: Dimitri Mimy, Civic Innovation Apprentice, BetaNYC
15:00 How THE CITY Uses Open Data to Cover the City Suhail Bhat, The City Sam Rabiyah, The City Anjali Tsui, The City
MOD: Scott Klein
16:15 Transforming Data into Action: How Planners, Agencies, and Organizations are Using Open Data to create Spatial Equity Winnie Shen, NYC Department of City Planning Sara Shoener, NYC Mayor’s Office for Economic Development Juan Restrepo, Senior Organizer – Transportation Alternatives Dr. Shango A. Blake, Co-Executive Director, NYC Speaks
MOD: Andrew Buck, AICP – Moderator | Senior Urban Planner & Technology – VHB
5:30pm Closing Session Kate Nicholson, Director of Partnerships and Programs, BetaNYC Gabby Langston, Civic Innovation Apprentice, Beta NYC Aryanna Holder, Data Coordinator, NYC OTI Zachary Feder, Open Data Program Manager, NYC Noel Hidalgo, Executive Director, BetaNYC
On Wednesday March 30 2022 the ISOC-NY TV show features the 2022 NYC School of Data. We have keynotes from Noel Hidalgo and Gabby Langston of Beta NYC, Zachary Feder of NYC Open Data, NYC Comptroller Brad Lander, Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine, Council Member Gale Brewer, plus presentations on the Cornell Tech ‘Rebooting NYC‘ report from Michael Samuelian, and Open Broadway Data from Yaakov Bressler.
What: ISOC-NY TV – NYC School of Data 2022 – Keynotes + Rebooting NYC + Open Broadway Data
Where: Manhattan Neighborhood Network
When: Wednesday March 30 2022 2pm-3pm EDT | 18:00-19:00 UTC
Manhattan Cable: SPECTRUM 56 / 1996 | RCN 83 | FiOS 34
Webcast: http://www.mnn.org/live/2-lifestyle-channel
Today, Thursday August 1 2019, at 7:30pm EDT (23:30 UTC) ISOC-NY joins BetaNYC for a #BikeNYC themed #civictech meetup to discuss a plethora of tools and tactics to keep you informed and safe on your bike. Find out about tools to analyze your ride, how to document your ride, how to best provide government better data on safety / infrastructure, cycling with cameras, & which laws are applicable in NYC vs NY State.
Join us on June 25th 2019 as BetaNYC reports back from the Code for America Summit, Open Government Partnership and Personal Democracy Forum – an evening of lightning talks from members of NYC’s civic tech community, who will share personal reflections and insights from recent civic tech events in North America.
At the end of May, several notable summits convened. In Oakland,Code for America convened its eighth summit to explore what works and imagine what’s possible using technology and design in government. In Ottawa, the sixth Open Government Partnership Global Summit delivered concrete action items addressing themes of gender and inclusion, civic space, and democratic governance in the digital age. In New York City, the Personal Democracy Forum held an intimate day-long event exploring ways in which we can make tech more ethical, civic, and inclusive. These events are focal points for international communities that intersect civic and public interest technology, service design, and open government.
BetaNYC
BetaNYC is a civic organization dedicated to improving lives in New York through civic design, technology, and data. We envision an informed and empowered public that can leverage civic design, technology, and data to hold government accountable, and improve their economic opportunity. https://beta.nyc/
Internet Society New York Chapter(ISOC-NY)
ISOC-NY, as part of the Internet Society’s global mission to assure the beneficial, open evolution of the Internet, works to to promote local initiatives and maximize the societal benefits which the Internet can bring to the New York area. http://isoc-ny.org</a>
What: ISOC-NY TV Show – NYC Planning: the future of open source & digital service design
Where: Manhattan Neighborhood Network
When: Wednesday Apr 18 2018 2pm-3pm EST | 1900-2000 UTC
Manhattan Cable: TWC 56 / 1996 | RCN 83 | FiOS 34
Webcast: http://www.mnn.org/live/2-lifestyle-channel
On Saturday March 29, 2025, BetaNYC hosts NYC School of Data 2025 at CUNY School of Law in Queens. This year’s event celebrates the 13th anniversary of the City’s transformative open data law and concludes NYC Open Data Week 2025. NYC School of Data is a community driven conference with a focus on open data, civic technology, and service design.
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