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UPDATE – Last day to vote for CfA’s National Advisory Council – vote for Noel Hidalgo
UPDATE: Code For America announced the winners of the National Advisory Council. (link) Thank you for participating; 800 ballots were cast. Jill…
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Advocacy · Blog · Civic Innovation Fellows · NYC School of Data · NYC TreesCount! Data Jam · Open Data for All · Testimony
2016’s written testimony for NYC #opendata oversight hearing
Wednesday, 21 September 2016 To the NYC Committee on Technology & Chairperson Vacca, Introduction. BetaNYC is a civic organization dedicated…
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Emily Goldman – Why I’m coding for BetaNYC!
Emily Goldman Assistant Director of NYC Civic Innovation Fellows Program The NYC Civic Innovation Fellows Program is empowering NYC’s Community…
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BetaTalk – Affordable Housing: Data, Policy, People (report back)
Affordable Housing: Data, Policy, People Introductory remarks: Noel Hidalgo, Executive Director of BetaNYC Moderator: Lucio Tolentino, Co-organizer of BetaNYC; Data…
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Give feedback on NYC’s proposed geospatial #opendata standards
Since 2013, members of BetaNYC have advocated for the City’s open data to conform to open standards. Through our work trying…
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TreesCount Data Jam 2016 Report Back
Event Report Back: On Saturday, 4 June, NYC Parks hosted its second Data Jam, unveiling NYC’s latest urban forest…
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NYC TreesCount! Data Jam Challenges
For the third time in the past 20 years, together with our hard-working volunteers and stewards, NYC Parks is conducting…
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On the release of alpha.nyc.gov
Today, NYC.gov launched a new digital front door. We welcome this experiment known as AlphaLabs, civic tech office hours, and,…
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Join us on Saturday, 4 June for NYC Parks’ TreesCount! Data Jam!
Join us for NYC Parks’ TreesCount! Data Jam! On Saturday, June 4th, we will unveil NYC’s latest urban forest dataset,…
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Statement of support for NYC’s Digital Services Playbook
Today is a great day to be a New Yorker. With a straight forward vision of intentional inclusion, iterative design,…
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In Support of Int 0564 – 2014
Dear Chairperson Vacca and members of the Technology Committee, We are supportive of Intro 0564 – 2014. We strongly believe…