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Building Civic Tech Pathways: Celebrating our 2026 Civic Innovation Fellows
On Friday, May 8, we gathered with community partners, BetaNYC alumni, mentors, and students to graduate our latest Civic Innovation…
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This week in NYC #civictech – May 28, 2026
If you’re interested in building NYC’s public interest tech future, we have a space for you. We’re rebooting our community…
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This week in NYC #civictech – May 22, 2026
Today, we’re launching four new digital democracy tools for AI. New York’s fight for public access to government information goes…
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AI for Democracy · Algorithms · Blog · Civic Innovation Lab · Digital Equity · Legislation · Open Data for All · Open Source · WinNew digital democracy tools for AI — MCPs for the Charter/Laws, Council, the City Record, and Checkbook
New Amsterdam’s Open Government History The argument about who controls what the public knows about its government is not a…
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This week in NYC #CivicTech – May 14, 2026
We’re launching a new class series at a scale we haven’t attempted before, throwing our doors open because this is…
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This week in NYC’s #CivicTech – May 7, 2026 (Week 19)
If you’ve watched as many YouTube videos on agentic software development as I have, you’ve been told we’re in a…
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BetaNYC joins 13 groups to fight for better freedom of information appeals – memo of support
MEMO OF SUPPORT S9607 (May) / A11143 (Kassay) Requires agencies to allow FOIL appeals be done electronically TITLE OF BILLAn…
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This week in NYC’s #CivicTech – April 30, 2026
We’re getting ready for one of our favorite moments of the year, a celebration of growth, impact, and the future…
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This week in NYC’s #CivicTech – April 23, 2026
Three epic community things this week! First, we named Data Vandals our Public Interest Technologist of the Month for April.…
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Statement on Annie Levers’ appointment to the Director of the Mayor’s Office of Operations
“Annie Levers understands that effective government is built on accountability, transparency and improving how public systems serve people. As Director…
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Data Vandals – PiTech’ers of the Month – April 2026
Data Vandals, Jen Ray (art) & Jason Forrest (dataviz) Can you share a bit about yourself and your work? Our…
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This week in NYC’s #CivicTech – April 16, 2026
“Open Data Week reminds us of the beauty, power, and possibility contained within New York City’s 6.3 billion rows of…