BetaNYC was founded as a community dedicated to using technology to improve all lives in New York. To facilitate this collaborative future, we have adopted several tools to communicate. Explore and join our online communities.
Our Newsletters
Receive a round-up of community updates, upcoming events, featured news, projects and datasets, and everything you need to know about NYC’s civic technology and service design community. Choose your adventure between a monthly or weekly recap!
Subscribe to The Message, our monthly newsletter
Subscribe to What’s New in NYC Civic Tech, our weekly newsletter
Want to test ride before subscribing? Check out our archives for The Message and What’s New in NYC Civic Tech. Want to add your announcements to our newsletters? Fill out this form.
Facebook Group
With over 1,200+ members, the “NYC Civic Technology, Design, & Open Government” facebook group is one of the most active outlets where members near and far share news, articles, and projects.
BetaNYC on Slack
A portion of our community is online 24/7. We use Slack.com as tool to stay connected to each other.
BetaNYC Alumni Network
A network for past BetaNYC folks to connect, share experiences, and build professional relationships.
BetaNYC’s Community’s Code of Conduct
Equality and community equity are two core components of building a vibrant civic hacker / civic technology / public interest technology / open data / service design community.
With BetaNYC, these documents will be our community foundation and will be seen as living documents. On a yearly basis, BetaNYC’s staff solicits public feedback, and all staff members have an opportunity to review these changes.