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9:15 am on July 16, 2026 · betaNYC (31), civictech (22), digital inclusion (15), nyc (131)

RECAP 14 JUL 2026 – NYC PIT CREW LAUNCH

July 16, 2026 by ISOC Live

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On 13 July 2026 at Coney Island’s Luna Park go-kart track, Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani and Chief Technology Officer and Office of Technology & Innovation (OTI) Commissioner Lisa Gelobter announced the launch of ‘Public Interest Technology (PIT) Crew,’ a new initiative that will deploy teams of technologists alongside City agencies to tackle public problems with in-house digital solutions.

The first PIT Crew will team up with the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) to build an online portal that allows New Yorkers to easily file complaints against companies that trap customers in hard-to-cancel, costly subscriptions. OTI will deploy a total of five PIT Crews: the first to support Click to Cancel, three more to advance Mayor Mamdani’s agenda of affordability and public excellence, and an additional team developed with support from The Rockefeller Foundation to the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City. Recruitment information is at nyc.gov/pitcrew.

SPEAKERS
Zohran Mamdani – Mayor, City of New York
Lisa Gelobter – Commissioner and Chief Technology Officer, NYC Office of Technology and Innovation (OTI)
Dr. Rajiv Shah – President, The Rockefeller Foundation
Carmen De La Rosa – Council Member, New York City Council; Chair, Committee on Technology
Kristen Gonzalez – New York State Senator; Chair, Senate Internet and Technology Committee

#PublicInterestTech #NYC #DigitalGovernment #ClickToCancel

1:18 pm on May 19, 2026 · 2026 (278), betaNYC (31), civictech (22)

RECAP 8 May 2026 – BetaBagels 015: ’25-’26 Civic Innovation Fellows’ Showcase & Celebration

May 19, 2026 by ISOC Live

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On May 8, 2026, BetaNYC hosted a BetaBagels conversation with its 13th cohort of Civic Innovation Fellows, Ayela Janjua and Jillian Melough. The session traced the Fellows’ journey from the College of Staten Island to organizing digital and data literacy events across New York City, including BetaNYC’s inaugural Mapping for Equity events on Staten Island, and how public interest technology influenced their academic and professional growth.

SPEAKERS
Esther Caroline – Director of Policy, Manhattan Borough President’s Office
Ishrat Chowdhury – BetaNYC Alum and Consultant, Accenture
Ayela Janjua – Civic Innovation Fellow, BetaNYC
Jillian Melough – Civic Innovation Fellow, BetaNYC
Rev. Kathleen (Katie) M. Cumiskey, PhD – Director, CUNY Public Interest Tech Lab

MODERATORS
Dimitri Mimy – Manager, Educational Programs and Community Initiatives, BetaNYC
Naeema Haque – Development and Strategy Manager, BetaNYC

HOST / FACILITATOR
Jazzy Smith – Chief of Staff, BetaNYC

#CivicTech #OpenData #PITech #MappingForEquity

2:48 pm on April 13, 2026 · 2026 (278), betaNYC (31), nyc (131), Open Data (12)

Mar 23-28 2026 – NYC Open Data Week 2026.

June 18, 2026April 13, 2026 by ISOC Live

Colorful illustrated banner of a stylized New York City with neon-like buildings, transit, and street activity. Large central text reads “OPEN DATA WEEK 2026,” with “March 22–30” and “Powered by NYC Open Data” alongside. A banner at the bottom displays the URL “open-data.nyc.”

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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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11:26 am on March 16, 2026 · 2026 (278), betaNYC (31), civictech (22), school of data (6)

Mar 28 2026 – NYC School of Data 2026

May 3, 2026March 16, 2026 by ISOC Live

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On March 28, 2026, BetaNYC hosted NYC School of Data 2026 (NYCSoData) at CUNY School of Law NYC. NYCSoData is a community conference that demystifies the practices and policies around open data, technology, and service design. This year’s conference concludes NYC’s Open Data Week 2026 and was the TENTH edition of both NYCSoData and Open Data Week! The mainstage sessions were livestreamed with ASL translation provided. Other sessions were recorded and will be posted here as they are edited.

01 Opening Session
Kristen Gonzalez – State Senator, District 59 / Chair, Internet and Technology Committee and Elections Committee, New York State Senate
Carmen De La Rosa – Council Member, District 10 / Chair, Technology Committee, New York City Council
Tayyab Walker – Associate Commissioner,Office of Data Analytics, New York City Government
Noel Hidalgo – Executive Director, BetaNYC
Martha Norrick – Principal, Backbone Strategies / Senior Fellow, Reinvent Albany
Naeema Haque – Development and Strategy Manager, BetaNYC
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02 From Connectivity to Connection, Transforming Digital Equity Into Action
Jennifer Gutiérrez, Council Member, New York City Council
Joshua Breitbart – Senior Vice President, New York State’s ConnectALL, New York State Government
Paolo Balboa – Chief Digital Equity Officer, New York City Office Of Technology and Innovation
Moderator: Noel Hidalgo – Executive Director, BetaNYC
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03 Building the Public Interest Tech Workforce
Julie Won – Council Member – District 26, New York City Council
Lauri Goldkind – Professor of Social Work. Fordham University / founder, PAIRED Lab, Fordham University
Aankit Patel – University Dean, City University of New York
Jazzy Smith – Chief of Staff, BetaNYC
Moderator: Meisha Porter – Senior Visiting Fellow, Center for Educational Innovation
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04 AI in Government: Opportunities for the Mamdani Administration
Alex Foard – Assistant Commissioner, Research & Collaboration, NYC Office of Technology & Innovation
Tayyab Walker -Associate Commissioner, Office of Data Analytics, New York City Government
Ariel Kennan – Senior Director, Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation, Georgetown University
Moderator: Genevieve Gaudet – Director, Nava Labs, Nava PBC
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05 How has 10 years of civic engagement through open data changed New York?
Zachary Feder – Open Data Program Manager, NYC Office of Data Analytics
Adrienne Schmoeker – Senior Program Officer, Bezos Earth Fund
Lisa Mae Fiedler – Open Data Manager, Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Gale Brewer– Council Member – NYC Council
Moderator: Noel Hidalgo – Executive Director, BetaNYC
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#NYCSoData #CivicTech #OpenData

8:22 am on March 2, 2026 · 2026 (278), betaNYC (31), nyc (131), nyc council (4)

Feb 27 2026 – BetaBagels 014 – Fireside Chat with NYC Council Member Carmen De La Rosa

March 2, 2026 by ISOC Live

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On February 27, 2026, BetaNYC hosted a BetaBagels conversation with Council Member Carmen De La Rosa, Chair of the Council’s Technology Committee at the NYC PIT Pop Up and online. In a fireside chat with BetaNYC’s Noel Hidalgo, topics ranged from the Council Member’s background to her goals and priorities as Chair of the Technology Committee, and explored what’s next for digital equity, transparency, and responsible technology in city government, including how community voices can shape better outcomes.’

10:32 am on January 31, 2026 · 2026 (278), betaNYC (31), civictech (22), nyc (131)

Jan 30 2026 – BetaBagels 013: Your Community Boards, PIT, and Power in Local Politics

January 31, 2026January 31, 2026 by ISOC Live

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On Friday, January 30, 2026, BetaNYC hosted #BetaBagels 013: a breakfast-time conversation about your Community Boards, Public Interest Technology, and power local politics. Community Boards are where New York City’s local political decisions take shape. Also explored were how data and Public Interest Technology help drive funding and service decisions, and how Community Board service can be a pathway into further civic leadership and local politics.

SPEAKERS
Celeste León – Brooklyn Community Board 4 District Manager
Teon L. Brooks, Ph.D – Brooklyn Community Board 1 Member
Zhi Keng He – Queens Community Board 7 Member
Austin Pferd – Brooklyn Community Board 1 Member

HOST/ MODERATOR
Noel Hidalgo – Executive Director. BetaNYC

FACILITATOR
Duncan Ballantine – Public Programs Director, BetaNYC Staff

#BetaBagels #GovTech #CivicTech #PublicInterestTech #NYCTech @BetaNYC @TechNYC

3:14 am on September 9, 2025 · betaNYC (31), civictech (22), nyc (131)

RECORDING – CityCamp NYC 2025 – Welcome & Pitching Session

September 9, 2025September 9, 2025 by ISOC Live

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On September 6, 2025, BetaNYC hosted CityCamp NYC at the CUNY School of Law. This was the first such civic tech unconference in the city since 2014. Only the initial plenary session was a/v recorded, but scribes were assigned to every session. The event was sponsored by Reinvent Albany and Database Tycoon.

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#CityCamp #CityCampNYC #CivicTech @BetaNYC

10:54 am on March 28, 2025 · betaNYC (31), nyc (131), school of data (6)

RECORDING MAR 29 – NYC School of Data 2025

September 27, 2025March 28, 2025 by ISOC Live

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On Saturday March 29, 2025, BetaNYC hosted NYC School of Data 2025 at CUNY School of Law in Queens. This year’s event celebrated the 13th anniversary of the City’s transformative open data law and concluded 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 was webcast via ISOC.LIVE. ASL interpretation will be provided. Other tracks were recorded and made available via the BetaNYC YouTube channel. Much appreciation to Reinvent Albany for the funding support.

PROGRAM: https://nycsodata25.sched.com

01 Opening Session
Jazzy Smith – Chief of Staff, BetaNYC
Martha Norrick – Chief Analytics Officer, Office of Technology and Innovation
Hon. Kristen Gonzalez – Chair, Internet and Technology Committee, New York State Senate
Noel Hidalgo – Executive Director, BetaNYC
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02 Congestion Pricing: Data Lessons From the First Three Months
Matt Yarri – Data Science Manager, MTA
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03 Mapping Urban Ecologies: The Need for Data for Achieving Biodiverse Places
Andrew Buck – Senior Urban Planner & Technologist, VHB
Novem Auyeung – Director of Research & Monitoring, NYC Parks
Michael Treglia – Lead Scientist, NY Cities Program, The Nature Conservancy
Kirk Gordon – Associate, SCAPE
Naeema Haque – Development and Strategy Manager, BetaNYC
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04 A year of using AI @ citymeetings.nyc: what it took, how it works, and the impact it has had
Vikram Oberoi – citymeetings.nyc
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05 Congestion Pricing, As Seen Through DOT Cameras
Isaac Donis – Organizer, Transit Techies
Tim Harris – Founder, timotheus
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06 Machine Readable Laws: How LLMs can help democratize NYC Administrative Code
Jordan Shapiro – Founder, JD Digitalization
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07 Pulling Out All the Stops for a Stop Sign: Lessons From a Long and Winding Road
Roisin Ford
Josh Sucher – Creative Technologist & UX Researcher
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08 Ranked Choice Voting in the Big Apple
Kathryn Agnas – Data Scientist, NYC Campaign Finance Board
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09 Turnout for What: An Exploration of Voter Engagement Using Open Data
Malika Mohan
Jen Yeaton
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10 Intro to NYCDB: Exploring NYC Open Data with the Housing Data Coalition
Maxwell Austensen
Steve Giordano
Ry Zhu
Itzamna Huerta
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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
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12 Navigating the NYC Open Data Infrastructure for Community-Based Organizations: A conversation
Yuki Mitsuda – Manager, Analytics and Data Strategy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development
Kevin Lee – Director of Data Analytics, Breaking Ground
Angelica Bravo – Director of Data, Evaluation, and Learning, University Settlement
Glenda Perez – Senior Research Scientist, NYC CIDI
Lauri Goldkind – Professor, Fordham
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13 Analyzing Flood Insurance Claim Trends in New York City: Insights from FEMA’s NFIP Data
Mark Bauer – Data Scientist
Tiffany Cousins – Spatial Data Scientist & Researcher, Cousins Analytics LLC
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14 Best of the MTA Open Data Challenge
Lisa Mae Fiedler – Open Data Manager, MTA
Are NYC Subway Stops Ready for Every Student? – Huda Ayaz, Olivia Fratangelo, Taseen Islam
The Museum of Transversal Art – Bianca Ng
Lately on the MTA – Noah Gunther
If you Give a Rat a MetroCard – Will Meyers
Subway Stories – Jediah Katz, Marc Zitelli
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15 Good Cause Eviction Screener: A data-driven approach to bolster tenant rights in NYC
Corey Brown – Design Lead, JustFix
Ki Wan Sim – Senior Software Engineer, JustFix
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16 Learning about the NYC Urban Forest through the Latest High-Resolution Tree Canopy Data
Uma Bhandaram – Deputy Chief, NYC Parks & Recreation
Michael Treglia – Lead Scientist, NY Cities Program, The Nature Conservancy
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17 OSCUR: A Platform for Understanding Urban Data – Demonstration and Introduction
Graham Dove – Assistant Professor, NYU
Fabio Miranda – Assistant Professor, University of Illinois Chicago
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18 Using Data for Budget Transparency with IBO: Stormwater Fees, Police Overtime Trends, and the State of NYC’s Public Education
Valerie Gudino – Budget & Policy Analyst, Public Safety, NYC IBO
Emma Gossett – Budget & Policy Analyst, NYC IBO
Jordan Paige – Lead Environmental Budget & Policy Analyst, NYC IBO
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19 Learn NYC Zoning with Open Data, Paper Models, and Augmented Reality!
Nick Kaufmann – Community Manager, InCitu
Pablo Sepúlveda – Zoning Lead, zlvas
Ziv Schneider – Head of Design, InCitu
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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
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21 A Conversation with MTA Data & Analytics
Andrew Kuziemko – Deputy Chief, Data & Analytics
Preksha Agarwal – Product Manager
Ben Tannenwald – Senior Data Scientist
Gayan Seneviratna – Senior Data Scientist
Lisa Mae Fiedler – Open Data Manager
Hannah Spierer – Senior Manager, Policy & Coordination, MTA
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22 Defending Affordable and Stable Housing: Progress and Problems
Ian G. Williams – Doctoral Student, PhD Program in Social Welfare, CUNY
Sam O’Hana
Holden Taylor
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23 FloodNet – Event based flood data for climate resilience
Charlie Mydlarz – Research Associate Professor, NYU CUSP
Bea Steers – Embedded Developer, FloodNet NYC
Ricardo Toledo-Crow – Director, Next Generation Environmental Sensor Lab, CUNY ASRC
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24 How Crosswalk Labs Maps Nationwide Neighborhood-Level CO2 Emissions Data and Benchmarks to NYC Building Energy and Water Data
Danny Sheehan – Director of Solutions Architecture, Crosswalk Labs
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25 Open Data in Action: Tracking New York City’s Progress Toward Closing Rikers Island
Ashley Santiago – Freedom Agenda
Elizabeth Johnson – Data Scientist
Richie Lin – Data Manager, Data Collaborative for Justice
Michael Rempel – Executive Director, Data Collaborative for Justice at John Jay College
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26 Where does NYC Garbage Go? It is now possible to know!
Matthew Eshed – Master of Environmental Management, Systems Engineer, Sustainability Specialist
Andrew Goh – Data Analyst, ex-Wayfair
Samantha MacBride – Assistant Professor, Baruch College, CUNY
Jane Wu
Shen Xin – Communications Chair, Urban Planner
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27 Keeping your data safe in 2025 (and beyond!)
Davis Erin Anderson – Senior Digital Security Trainer, Freedom of the Press Foundation
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28 In Code We Trust: Volunteering and Careers in Government & Public Interest Technology
Abbey Kos – Board Member, Technologists for the Public Good
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
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29 NYC Public Space: Building a mobile map of 3,000 public spaces in New York City
Chris Whong – Civic Hacker O.G.
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30 Urban Risk Index: a NYC Index for Urban Hazards
Te Du – Risk Analysis Specialist, NYC Emergency Management
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31 Beyond Numbers: Understanding NYC’s Budget
Emily Pisano – Fiscal Policy Analyst, FPWA
Brad Martin – Senior Fiscal Policy Analyst, FPWA
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32 Let’s Build a NYC Public Interest Tech Lab – A Visioning Game
Afsana Siddika – Graduate Student, Queens College (CUNY)
Kathleen Cumiskey – Director, CUNY Public Interest Tech Lab
Effie MacLachlan – Director of Grants & Research Programs, CUNY
Ian G. Williams – Doctoral Student, CUNY Graduate Center
Anthoni Garcia – Lab Manager, CUNY PIT Lab
Raj Korpan – Assistant Professor, Hunter College, CUNY
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33 NYC Urban Heat Portal: workshop to leverage data for heat resilience advocacy and planning
Mehdi Heris – Assistant Professor, Hunter College, CUNY
Lun Hung – Front-end Developer Lab Associate, BetaNYC
Andrew Kittredge – Civic Innovation Lab Director, BetaNYC
Ashley Louie – Former Chief Technology Officer, BetaNYC
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34 Search Every Word on NYC Streets
Yufeng Zhao
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ORIGINAL MAINSTAGE LIVESTREAM

4:30 am on July 2, 2024 · betaNYC (31), nyc (131), Open Data (12)

VIDEO – NYC Open Data Week 2024

July 2, 2024 by ISOC Live

On March 16-24 2024 the NYC Open Data Team at the Office of Technology and Innovation (OTI), BetaNYC, and Data through Design presented NYC Open Data Week 2024. 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.

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

VIEW ON YOUTUBE https://bit.ly/opendataweek2024

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5:26 am on March 23, 2024 · betaNYC (31), nyc (131), Open Data (12), school of data (6)

WEBCAST MAR 23 – NYC School of Data 2024

March 25, 2024March 23, 2024 by ISOC Live

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.

FULL PROGRAM: https://nycsodata24.sched.com

LIVESTREAM SCHEDULE (All times EDT=UTC-4)

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

LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/nycsodata2024

TWITTER #nycSOdata @betanyc @CUNYLaw @nycsodata @ReinventAlbany @THECITYNY @NYCOfficeofTech @NYCAnalytics #NYCOpenDataWeek #civictech #govtech

MASTODON #nycSOdata

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