Re: Oversight hearing of Internet Master Plan and Resolution T2020-6730
Important quotes to note from the NYC Internet Master Plan: “The private market has failed to deliver the internet in a way that works for all New Yorkers. Citywide, 29% […]
Community Crowdsourcing of essential food and services data during COVID-19
Table of Contents Background Send us your data Start collecting data Help us develop tools Data format / Columns { Background } BetaNYC is working to create a citywide database of […]
Virtual Meeting Support for NYC Community Boards
Virtual Meeting Support and Resources for Community Boards Quick links: Purchasing Zoom Zoom Settings (for community board mtg hosts) Zoom Guides (for community board mtg chairs and members) Background: This […]
Testimony – Oversight – Committee on Governmental Operations Transparency
To: Chair of Committee on Governmental Operations, Council Member Cabrera From: Noel Hidalgo, Executive Director of BetaNYC Re: Oversight – Committee on Governmental Operations Transparency Monday, 25 February 2019 Dear […]
Community Board Technology Needs Report – 2018
Note — This report is one of two reports we are releasing this Fall, and a follow up to our 2015 report. Please read our executive summaries of both reports; […]
Executive Summary Report on Community Board Technology and Information Workflows
We have published two reports based on several years of research into the technical and information infrastructure supporting community boards. The first report, BetaNYC and Civic Innovations Fellows Community Board and […]
A showcase of Community Planning Fellows and Civic Innovation Lab / Fellows Program
We are honored to share a project showcase of the Fund for the City of New York’s Community Planning Fellows and NYC’s Civic Innovation Fellows hosted by the Manhattan Borough […]
Call for Community Board Data Success Stories and Data Needs Use Cases
We are conducting research to better understand the information infrastructure that supports community boards and are producing recommendations on how to make municipal information more useful! Can you give us […]
Scraping Data about Manhattan’s Licensed Beauty Salons and Barbershops
At BetaNYC, we have been working on a tool to map vacant storefronts in Manhattan. Since there is currently no city entity comprehensively tracking the location or status of vacant […]
WE’RE HIRING – Civic Innovation Lab Manager
BetaNYC is New York City’s civic technology, open data, and civic design community. Starting as a meetup in 2009, it has since grown to be a non-profit organization that hosts […]