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This week in NYC’s #CivicTech – October 15, 2026
SpaceXAI faces the Council, a workshop with Data Pride NYC, BetaBagels is back, and more!
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Propose a Session for NYC School of Data 2027
The call for proposals for NYC School of Data 2027 is open. Share your session idea by Sunday, December 6,…
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This week in NYC’s #CivicTech – October 9, 2026
BetaNYC at the Council’s AI hearing, a maps and mobility mixer, new jobs, and more!
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Three jobs AI won’t change: notes from the Council’s AI hearing, Noel’s reflections
Despite what the companies said about every job changing, three jobs in a democracy will never change. We still need…
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Digital, Data, and AI Literacy for All: Thank You Council Members for Your Support!
As fiscal year 2027 gets underway, we want to thank the Council Members who are building it with us.
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BetaNYC testimony: NYC Council hearing on artificial intelligence, October 5, 2026
BetaNYC’s written testimony, bill-by-bill suggestions, and appendix for the NYC Council Committee of the Whole hearing on artificial intelligence, October…
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This week in NYC’s #CivicTech – October 1, 2026
CityCamp recap, Open Data Week 2027 proposals open, Noel to testify on AI, and more!
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CityCamp NYC 2026 Recap: A Day in the Civic Sandbox
On September 19, 235 people came to Hunter College with no set agenda and built one together: 40 sessions on…
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This week in NYC’s #CivicTech – September 24, 2026
Hello friends, What a Saturday! 235 of you packed into Hunter College for CityCamp NYC 2026, pitched sessions, filled The…
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Hearing Overview – Seven hours, 113 callers, and no public log: what the Council learned about the August 2026 911 outage
On September 9, four Council committees spent three hours on the August 18 911 outage. Here is what we learned,…
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This week in NYC’s #CivicTech – September 4, 2026
On September 2, New York City paused student-facing generative AI for nearly 600,000 public school students, 2-K through eighth grade,…
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Advocacy · AI for Democracy · Algorithms · Blog · Education · Legislation · NYC CS for All · ResearchNYC’s DOE AI Ban? Here Is What the Policy Actually Says.
On September 2, New York City paused generative AI for nearly 600,000 public school students. We read the announcement, the…