• Discovering NYC Open Data: Online Session: February 2026

    Discovering NYC Open Data: Online Session: February 2026

    Did you know there is free data about nearly every aspect of our city? Come learn how to use it with the NYC Open Data Ambassadors!

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  • NYC School of Data 2026

    NYC School of Data 2026

    BetaNYC’s annual community conference invites New Yorkers to engage with the City’s technology, data, and design communities during Open Data Week. From over 250 community-suggested sessions, we are organizing thought-provoking panels, workshops, and sessions to cover various topics: digital and data literacy, privacy, AI, smart cities, open government, service design, civic engagement, and open data.

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  • Open Data Week 2026

    Open Data Week 2026

    Open Data Week is an annual festival of community-driven events organized and produced by the NYC Open Data Team at the Office of Technology and Innovation (OTI), BetaNYC, and Data Through Design. The 2026 Festival kicks off at the opening of Data Through Design‘s annual art exhibition. Throughout the week, participants can engage with NYC…

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  • Discovering NYC Open Data on Roosevelt Island

    Discovering NYC Open Data on Roosevelt Island

    On Wednesday, October 8, I had the privilege of joining community members at the Roosevelt Island Library for Discovering NYC Open Data.

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  • NYC Open Data Week 2025 in Review

    NYC Open Data Week 2025 in Review

    The ninth annual NYC Open Data Week festival was one for the books!

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  • Call for Proposals: Open Data Week 2025

    Call for Proposals: Open Data Week 2025

    We are thrilled to announce the call for proposals for Open Data Week 2025! Scheduled

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  • NYC Open Data Week 2024 Recap

    NYC Open Data Week 2024 Recap

    Fostering data literacy. Promoting transparency. Informed community decision and policy-making. Driving innovation. Enhancing civic participation.

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  • What’s New at State of the Map US 2024?

    What’s New at State of the Map US 2024?

    The Fellowship team attended State of the Map US 2024 at Salt Lake City! Learn about the workshops they attended and what trends they noticed within the open-sourced mapping world.

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  • #BetaBagels 011 – MTA Open Data Team

    #BetaBagels 011 – MTA Open Data Team

    On June 5th, join BetaNYC and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)’s Open Data Team for a briefing on their recently published operating budget data and a general overview of their work.

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  • NYC Open Data Week 2023 Recap

    In March, we hosted the seventh annual NYC Open Data Week festival with the NYC Open Data Team at the Office of Technology and Innovation (OTI) and Data Through Design. 

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  • Welcome to Our Civic Innovation Lab Associates!

    Welcome to Our Civic Innovation Lab Associates!

    We are pleased to introduce Emily Lopez, Eva Decker, HaoChe Hung, and Ziqi Wang. We hope you have as much learning about them as we did! 

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  • Unlocking Open Data for Community Boards through data journeys

    Unlocking Open Data for Community Boards through data journeys

    This workshop will introduce an easy-to-use BoardStat tool to query NYC 311 – service requests and explore trends in health, safety and quality of life concerns. Additional key datasets/ tools will also be reviewed. Come ready to learn and get right into datasets and graphs.

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