💻 📊🗽🧡 NYC School of Data 2020 Recap
It feels like over a century ago, but in early March, nearly 500 people gathered to celebrate open data at BetaNYC’s sixth annual NYC School of Data, the finale of […]
🗺 🚦 🚸 🚲 ♿️ — Mobility for All Abilities Hackathon on National Day of Civic Hacking 2019 Recap
For this year’s National Day of Civic Hacking, 127 New Yorkers came together for the City’s first Mobility for All Abilities hackathon co-hosted by BetaNYC and MakerSpace NYC. Our goal […]
#BetaTalks on mobility justice, civic tech / open data tools, #bikenyc’ing w/ cameras, & the law
Join us for a #BikeNYC themed civic technology meetup & networking event to discuss a plethora of tools and tactics to keep you informed and safe. We will discuss tools […]
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 […]
BetaNYC’s testimony to NYC Charter Revision Commission Manhattan Meeting
To: NYC Charter Revision Commission From: Noel Hidalgo, Executive Director of BetaNYC Wednesday, 9 May 2018 Dear Chair Cesar Perales, Vice Chair Rachel Godsil, and Commissioners, It is an […]
🗽 ❤ 💻 — NYC SoData 2018 Recap
How we build is as important as what we build. – Chris Whong, NYC Planning Labs Thank you for making NYC’s School of Data an amazing day and making NYC’s […]
Testimony for Intro 1696-2017 (Open Algorithms Bill)
“We […] want to ensure that New York City leads the way in ethical algorithmic government. We want transparency around data tools, algorithms, artificial intelligence, and tracking. We want New […]
Video: Represent NYC: Probing Open Data to Solve NYC’s Problems
For the last two years, BetaNYC has partnered with Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer to create the Civic Innovation Fellowship. This program has created the City’s first open data […]
🗽 ❤ 💻 — NYC SoData 2017 recap!
Where Civic Technology, Data, and Design Align! To celebrate 2017 International Open Data Day and kick off NYC’s open data week, 276 participants, 66 speakers, 35 Volunteers, and 13 Sponsors and […]
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 scientist and Civic hacker Panelists: Caitlyn Brazill, CAMBA; Moses Gates, […]