Tag: Data Governance

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Learn how Heat Story—an interactive tool that maps the inequitable impacts of extreme heat—was built using open source tools and brought to life via community science and stories, in collaboration with South Bronx Unite.

When New Yorkers’ own stories about how heat has affected their neighborhoods, commutes, and homes are overlaid onto a map rich with open datasets exploring racist housing policies, income inequality, heat-related illness, and more, the impact of the compounding inequities that influence the effects of heat is made both personal and global for cities everywhere.

The process of translating this tool into a government data feature involved monthly meetings between the NYC Health Department (Emily Torem, Matthew Montesano, and Chris Gettings); principal investigator Dr. Liv Yoon; and software engineer Thomas Zinckgraf, to discuss the visual direction and user interaction; and then an iterative process of pushing changes through a Github repository, testing them out, and making further changes as a team. Through sharing this process with you, we hope to illuminate some of the mechanics of open data projects between different stakeholders to help advance equity in the environment, health, and climate spaces.

Join this presentation to hear from the team behind Heat Story as they:

  • Talk through building an interactive climate data feature using open source tools and a hands-on approach
  • Share techniques for community engagement around climate topics like heat-related illness and inequities
  • Explain how you or someone you know can share your story with this living project and help humanize the impacts of heat in NYC
  • Discuss why and how mapping climate and health indicators like air quality, neighborhood poverty, heat stress hospitalizations, heat vulnerability, AC access, and more is such a powerful tool for climate justice communication and advocacy
  • Answer any questions you may have about starting related projects
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EquityNYC, a project of the Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity, reports the status of racial and social equity in New York City and the City’s work to address disparities. The site visualizes and contextualizes over 225 disaggregated metrics that measure population-level well-being, who the City serves, where services are located, who the City employs, who receives City contracts, and how the City promotes equity internally.

Join us to learn more about EquityNYC, understand the technology behind the site, discover how to use equity data in decision-making, and suggest potential use-cases to explore. To learn more, visit https://equity.nyc.gov/

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Close out Open Data Week with BetaNYC!

When: Saturday, March 23 from 9am to 6pm
Where: CUNY School of Law
Website: schoolofdata.nyc
Registration: nycsodata2024.eventbrite.com

Join us for our annual community-driven public interest technology conference. Participants come to learn, network, and collaborate around public interest technology, data, and design in New York City. With programming support from the Open Data Team at the NYC Office of Technology and Innovation, our conference convenes city officials, technologists, designers, data analysts, and community members around open data, civic technology, and service design in New York City.

This year, we are commemorating the 14th anniversary of International Open Data Day, the 12th anniversary of the City’s transformative Open Data Law, and the conclusion of NYC Open Data Week.

There will be panels, workshops, demos, talks, presentations, and sessions with NYC agencies, on a range of civic topics. Whether you’re new to the community or well-acquainted, you’re invited to spend the day with us learning, sharing, discovering, and connecting around a shared passion to build a better civic society for ALL New Yorkers.

NYC School of Data is organized by BetaNYC, with programming support from the NYC Office of Data Analytics and hosted by CUNY School of Law.

Tickets include breakfast, lunch, coffee/beverages, an accessible venue, and childcare for those who need it. Thank you for helping us cover the costs of producing a large community event. Interested in volunteering?  Interested in a scholarship ticket? Need childcare? Work for Government? Read on…

Scholarships: There are a select number of scholarship tickets available. Tickets are $35, and we will prioritize traditionally underserved and underrepresented communities. Learn more and apply before Wednesday, 20 March, at 5:00 PM.

Volunteering: The official deadline has passed, but you can still apply to volunteer at School of Data. We are reviewing applications in the order we receive them and will consider late ones on a case-by-case basis.

Childcare: This year, we have contracted Smart Sitting for on-site childcare for children under the age of 18. To use this service, you MUST be a ticket-holder, and you MUST register your child before March 21 by acquiring a Childcare Ticket on Eventbrite. Each child you register requires a ticket registration. There are limited spots available, so please sign up sooner rather than later!

Government Tickets: If you work for government and want to purchase $55 tickets via a check or a purchase order (PO), the opportunity closes on Wednesday, 20 March, at 5:00 PM. Please email < schoolofdata+govticket@beta.nyc >.

Important! To attend this event, you must register at nycsodata2024.eventbrite.com