Competing visions of the future of the city’s digital engagement with the public came to light Wednesday morning in a hearing on proposed legislation to create a city petition platform similar to the White House’s We The People site. NY City Council pushes Obama petition model, City Hall resists | Capital New York
BetaNYC supports #PetitioNYC (Int 0471-2014)
To: NYC Council – Committee on Technology From: A BetaNYC community Member Re: Online Petitions for NYC Council, aka PetitioNYC 1 October 2014 To the NYC Committee on Technology & Chairperson Vacca, It is an honor to have this opportunity to represent New York City’s civic technology, design, and data community. I am a member […]
THE_MESSAGE 2014.37a – Recap of Hacknight/#CivicFreeSchool
Neighbors, Thanks for coming to last night’s hacknight and #CivicFreeSchool. It was fun meeting many new faces and experimenting with our community engagement framework. For those of you who missed last night, this is all the news fit to scan! Here’s a brief recap of things you should note: * Calls to action / Notes* […]