May 2013
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#CivicHackNight Meets the Beta NYC Developer...
On Wednesday night, we launched a beta version of NYC’s Developer Platform - a hub for talented civic developers, offering tools, documentation, code samples, peer-to-peer support, and more! We shared the prototype at the #betaNYC Meetup, a weekly HackNight hosted by Code for America’s NYC Brigade at Blue Ridge Foundation. After an introduction by DoITT’s Director of R&D, Andrew...
May 13th
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May 8th
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Parks & Recreation…and Data
Photo: Brian Dalessandro presenting at the NYC Parks DataDive How does data analysis help the Parks department care for the city’s trees? Learn how DataKind Data Ambassador, Brian Dalessandro, analyzed Parks data to find that the Parks’ tree pruning program reduces emergency cleanups by 22%! Read the blog post Check out tree census data on NYC OpenData  
May 2nd
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April 2013
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Apr 26th
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Apr 22nd
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Apr 22nd
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Staten Island Counts: Using Data to Tell a Story
As part of the one-year anniversary of the NYC Open Data Law – Local Law 11 of 2012 – we’re profiling users of NYC Open Data. Today we’re highlighting the work of Aileen Gemma Smith, Founder and CEO of Vizalytics Technology, an organization whose mission is to enable change with data. Vizalytics began as an R&D project called Staten Island Counts. Their goal was to use data and visualizations...
Apr 10th
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March 2013
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Roadify: Using data to empower people on-the-go
In this dense, bustling city, people depend on mass transit every day, sometimes in different modes, and often multiple times daily. As part of the one-year anniversary of the NYC Open Data Law – Local Law 11 of 2012 – we’re profiling users of NYC Open Data. Our first profile looks at Roadify, a data platform and free iPhone application connecting users with real-time transit info and...
Mar 23rd
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NYC BigApps 2013 Kicks Off at the New York Tech...
The forth annual NYC BigApps competition launched tonight at the New York Tech Meetup. The annual contest encourages software developers and members of the public to create web or mobile applications using official City data.  More than 1,000 data sets are available on the City’s Open Data portal from 60+ City agencies, commissions, and Business Improvements Districts. Winning applications...
Mar 19th
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February 2013
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Feb 22nd
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Feb 21st
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Feb 11th
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January 2013
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Jan 25th
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NYC Historic Neighborhoods Data Mashup
nycgov: Do you like exploring New York City and discovering its history?  Check out nychistoricdistricts.com for a map of New York City’s historic neighborhoods and take a virtual tour of places like Brooklyn Heights, Governor’s Island and DUMBO with information on the neighborhood’s history and photos of historic buildings nearby.
Jan 18th
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Jan 2nd
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December 2012
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WatchWatch
Interested in the future of NYC’s public payphones? Check out this animation highlighting their locations across the five boroughs. Imagine how this vast network could be used to boost access and connectivity!  @chris_whong created this video using NYC payphone installations Open Data, Processing and scripts - GeoTrails and Particles vs Text - to generate the moving text.  To learn more about...
Dec 13th
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November 2012
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Nov 27th
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Moneyball for New York City
Michael Flowers, Analytics Director for the Mayor’s Office of Policy and Strategic Planning and Director of the Financial Crime Task Force of the City of New York, shares how data science has played a surprising and effective role in helping city government provide services to over 8 million people, from preventing public safety catastrophes to improving New Yorkers’ quality of life. -...
Nov 21st
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October 2012
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Oct 2nd
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Playbook for Gathering, Structuring & Automating...
Last month, we published the Open Data Policy & Technical Standards Manual (TSM), an open data guide for New York City agencies. This publication marks a major milestone in New York City’s open government strategy and the first step for opening all of the City’s data by 2018. Read the TSM
Oct 1st
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August 2012
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Love data? Join DoITT and DataKind for our...
What: NYC Government DataDive Where: School of Visual Arts When: September 7- 9   This DataDive allows civic hackers to work directly with NYC government agencies and open data to create innovative and exciting new projects. Additionally, there will be an opportunity to speak with representatives from City government through an evening kick-off event. Meals will also be provided throughout the...
Aug 21st
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July 2012
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Jul 27th
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Jul 5th
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Jul 5th
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NYC Digital: This past weekend, the City of New... →
nycdigital: This past weekend, the City of New York took a big step forward to reaching more of NYC’s sustainability goals thanks to individuals and companies in the tech industry. NYC Digital and the Mayor’s Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability hosted Reinvent Green, the City’s first…
Jul 3rd
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June 2012
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NYC GOV: This weekend, NYC Digital and the Mayor’s... →
nycgov: This weekend, NYC Digital and the Mayor’s Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability will host Reinvent Green, the City’s first sustainability hackathon. The hackathon — which is a collaborative community coding event in which developers work together to solve a range of challenges using…
Jun 29th
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nycdigital: (Photo Credit: Pieter Dom) The City of New York is excited to announce Reinvent Green, the City’s first sustainability hackathon.  Taking place at NYU-Poly in Brooklyn from June 30-July 1, the hackathon aims to rally and incentivize the City’s best technology talent to create digital tools and apps that encourage a greener, greater New York.  Sign up for Reinvent Green by clicking...
Jun 18th
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Create your own Digital Map based on Made in New... →
The City of New York recently unveiled the hugely successful Made In New York Digital Map, showcasing tech startups, workspaces/incubators, and investors throughout the five boroughs.  Since the launch, over 1,600 companies have been added to the map.  Additionally, over 850 of these companies are hiring! We are proud to announce that the raw data behind the Digital Map is now available on...
Jun 18th
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May 2012
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Visualizing NYC Parks FourSquare Check-Ins  →
nycdigital: ‎ New York City Department of Parks & Recreation just unveiled a new view of our city. The interactive map displays markers for each time a visitor checks in to one of over 1,250 NYC Parks locations using the foursquare mobile app. These visitors can get tips of fun and interesting…
May 29th
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May 22nd
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Excited about Citi Bike? Using DOT’s open data, OpenPlans has put together a useful trip planner for New Yorkers to use when navigating from one bike share station to the next. Check it out at http://cibi.me/.
May 17th
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April 2012
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Help develop the plan for NYC government to unlock...
NYC Open Data Policy Hack Day Saturday, May 19, 2012 at 11:00 AM (ET) REGISTER HERE NYC recently enacted Local Law 11 of 2012, which mandates citywide open data in machine-readable formats through a centralized, publicly accessible web site. The NYC Open Data portal was launched in late 2011 to meet this need. The legislation additionally mandates the creation of technical standards in support...
Apr 25th
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March 2012
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Mar 8th
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Mar 8th
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February 2012
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Feb 29th
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NYC Zip Code Boundaries
NYC has 262 Zip Codes. Find out which areas of NYC correspond to which Zip Codes below: <a href=”http://nycopendata.socrata.com/Social-Services/Zip-Codes-Map/zsjh-u7ve” _mce_href=”http://nycopendata.socrata.com/Social-Services/Zip-Codes-Map/zsjh-u7ve” title=”Zip Codes Map”...
Feb 21st
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Adventures (in code) - Alastair Coote: Think all... →
Great post by one of our Reinvent NYC.gov Hackathon winners, Alastair Coote: alastaircoote: There’s a ton of government data out there- you probably already know that. But it’s no good to you, right? Education statistics, financial reports… very important stuff, of course, but kind of… dry. Not exactly “every day use” sort of stuff. Well, I’m going to try to challenge that perception a little....
Feb 17th
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Feb 16th
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Feb 14th
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NYC Colleges and Universities
Mayor Bloomberg often touts the fact that NYC has more college students than Boston has people. Below is a map showing NYC’s 76 colleges and universities, created from NYC OpenData. <a href=”http://nycopendata.socrata.com/Education/Basic-Description-of-Colleges-and-Universities/42xp-mmeq”...
Feb 10th
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Feb 7th
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January 2012
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Outside? Thirsty? There are 1,985 water fountains...
Find out where they are: <a href=”http://nycopendata.socrata.com/Other/Map-of-Water-Fountains/4z75-dszx” _mce_href=”http://nycopendata.socrata.com/Other/Map-of-Water-Fountains/4z75-dszx” title=”Map of Water Fountains” target=”_blank”>Map of Water...
Jan 26th
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Jan 24th
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Jan 24th
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Jan 24th
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Jan 24th
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Submission: NYC Restaurant Density by Cuisine Type →
Check out these these maps created by dfkoz using the NYC OpenData “Restaurant Inspection Results” dataset: To cap off a recent series of posts on New York restaurants (see What’s the Safest Food in New York City? and Heatmap of Restaurants in New York City), I put together heatmaps of restaurant density by cuisine type. Only one comment before we get started: I have no idea how the DOHMH...
Jan 23rd
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Jan 20th
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New York City Population by Borough
nycedc: Take a look at our demographic data, available at http://www.nycedc.com/economic-data/demographics
Jan 20th
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