Tag: Civic Engagement

Join Loisaida for a presentation on soil health and tree-bed conditions, followed by a field exercise examining and mapping the state of nearby street tree environments. Learn about common tree care issues, along with actions that New Yorkers and community groups can take to improve publicly available data. Our goal is to foster stewardship while maintaining and expanding the urban forest in the Loisaida neighborhood.

This event is part of Loisaida’s ECOLIBRIUM program, learn more at ecolibrium.nyc.

East Village Walking Tour: Explore NYC’s invisible digital city

Join us for a 45 minute walk through Downtown Brooklyn to uncover New York City’s open datasets, smart cities infrastructure and other urban gems hidden in plain sight. Our objective is to explore an unseen part of New York City – this walking tour is led by Helpful Places in partnership with inCitu, Data Through Design and Numina. After the  walk we’ll settle into a nearby coffeeshop to discuss what we saw (and warm up!).

Eighteen years ago, New York City released CityMap to the public. Brimming with dozens of spatial data layers and locational search capabilities, CityMap connected the public to data in an unprecedented way. Recently, the agency hosting the application decided it was time to retire the legacy version and release something new. In August 2023, a survey of users was conducted that garnered 1500 responses that provided insight into the CityMap users and how they used the app. In this presentation, Tim Calabrese from Esri’s Professional Services team based in New York will outline CityMap’s history, explore the user feedback in detail and identify gaps between the feedback and the current version.

The goal of the session it to foster ideas for new public mapping applications based on Open Data. Along the way, we’ll use CityMap as a case study for exploring the roles of the government, private sector, civic tech and the public in the development and maintenance of apps the make Open Data more usable. If you’ve ever used CityMap, join us and weigh in on your likes, dislikes and ideas for improvement.

Dive into the heart of NYC’s immigration trends with us! This session is led by Carman Nareau and Justino Mora on Emerson Collective’s Technology team. Ideal for students, academics, policymakers, and data enthusiasts, this presentation focuses on the ethical usage of immigration data and its societal impact.

In this session, we will explore:

  • NYC’s immigration stats as told by analysis of data of the Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR), a publicly available data set that’s notoriously hard to understand but unparalleled in its insights
  • Considerations when using immigration data, including privacy, quality, and the potential harmful impact on immigrant communities if mishandled
  • Custom data visualizations and use cases of responsible data handling,

Join us to gain a deeper understanding of NYC’s immigration landscape and how we can ethically use data to move forward together. We’re excited to see you!

Kick off your morning with the Open Data Week Team!

Join us online daily at 9:00am to talk about upcoming events, hear our recommendations, get a peek behind the scenes, and say hello to other festival attendees. For this week’s final coffee, come say hi to NYC Chief Analytics Officer Martha Norrick.

Bring your own coffee!

The Open Data Week Team is represented by staff from the Open Data Team at the NYC Office of Technology and Innovation and BetaNYC.

Kick off your morning with the Open Data Week Team!

Join us online daily at 9:00am to talk about upcoming events, hear our recommendations, get a peek behind the scenes, and say hello to other festival attendees.

Bring your own coffee!

The Open Data Week Team is represented by staff from the Open Data Team at the NYC Office of Technology and Innovation and BetaNYC.

Kick off your morning with the Open Data Week Team!

Join us online daily at 9:00am to talk about upcoming events, hear our recommendations, get a peek behind the scenes, and say hello to other festival attendees.

Bring your own coffee!

The Open Data Week Team is represented by staff from the Open Data Team at the NYC Office of Technology and Innovation and BetaNYC.

Kick off your morning with the Open Data Week Team!

Join us online daily at 9:00am to talk about upcoming events, hear our recommendations, get a peek behind the scenes, and say hello to other festival attendees.

Bring your own coffee!

The Open Data Week Team is represented by staff from the Open Data Team at the NYC Office of Technology and Innovation and BetaNYC.

Kick off your morning with the Open Data Week Team!

Join us online daily at 9:00am to talk about upcoming events, hear our recommendations, get a peek behind the scenes, and say hello to other festival attendees.

Bring your own coffee!

The Open Data Week Team is represented by staff from the Open Data Team at the NYC Office of Technology and Innovation and BetaNYC.

East Village Walking Tour: Explore NYC’s invisible digital city
East Village Walking Tour: Explore NYC’s invisible digital city

Uncover the unseen parts of Manhattan’s East Village through a 45-minute walking tour led by Helpful Places in partnership with Sarah Batchu, a nonprofit leader and public servant. Together, we will explore open datasets, smart cities infrastructure, and other urban gems hidden in plain sight.

After the 45-minute walk we’ll settle into a nearby coffeeshop to discuss what we saw (and warm up!). Details on the exact meetup location will be sent to those who RSVP a few days prior to the event.

Helpful Places is a social enterprise responsible for stewarding Digital Trust for Places and Routines (DTPR), an open source design system and data standard bringing transparency to technologies and data-collecting practices in public spaces.

Sarah Batchu is a nonprofit leader and public servant who is dedicated to building a city where every New Yorker can access the data that powers our city.