Happy 10th birthday, NYC Open Data Week!!! We’re over the moon to be commemorating this special moment with you. Open Data Week wouldn’t be possible without our amazing festival partners, the Open Data team at the NYC Office of Technology and Innovation, and Data Through Design. Thank you for your support!
Open Data Week is underway, and we’ve been thrilled to see you join sessions, ask questions, share resources, or just make space to be part of this vibrant community. You’re what brings this festival to life, and we can’t wait to celebrate with you throughout the rest of the week! Events are still ongoing, so be sure to explore the program and sign up for events.
School of Data is This Weekend!!!
This Sunday, March 29, marks the close of Open Data Week, and another huge milestone: 10 years of School of Data. We’re so thankful to be celebrating this moment with you, our amazing community.
There are only two days to go until School of Data; tickets are nearly sold out! For the first time, we’re spreading the fun across two days, with our classic conference this Saturday, March 28, followed by our inaugural UnSchool of Data unconference on Sunday, March 29. It’s going to be a fun-filled weekend—you don’t want to miss out!
While you’re planning your weekend, our friends at Data Through Design are keeping the energy going with their echo{logies} exhibition, including an Artists Panel this Sunday afternoon, March 29. The exhibition stays open through April 5, so the creativity and conversation don’t stop when the festival ends!
Catch up on our interview with OTI’s Aryanna Holder!
In case you missed it, this month’s Public Interest Technologist of the Month is Aryanna Holder from the NYC Office of Technology and Innovation’s Open Data Team. Her reflections capture exactly why Open Data Week matters, and how care, collaboration, and partnership shape everything we do. If you haven’t had a chance to read it, take a moment to check it out!
Thank You to Our Partners!
We also want to give a huge shoutout to the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation and all our sponsoring partners: Reinvent Albany, Nava, SVA Masters in Data Visualization and Communication, HaydenAI, CUSP at NYU, Cyvl, Siegel Family Endowment, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, SignNexus, and the NYC Council. Thank you for making our milestone year possible!
We can’t wait to see you at School of Data this weekend, and in the final days of Open Data Week, as we celebrate this special 10-year milestone together.
Here’s to another 10 years of open data fun! Cheers!
— Gabrielle Langston and Noel Hidalgo
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Upcoming Events with BetaNYC 🎊
- March 22 to 29 NYC Open Data Week 2026 — view the program and register for events!
- March 28 NYC School of Data — tickets are nearly sold out!
- March 29 UnSchool of Data — get your general admission tickets!
- March 29 at 4 pm Data Through Design: Echo(logies) Artist Panel
- April 10 at 12 pm Discovering NYC Open Data: Online Session: April 2026
- April 10 at 3 pm Mapping for Equity: Mapping NYC’s Public Amenities in NYC Council District 49 with BetaNYC
- April 21 at 2:30 pm Mapping for Equity: Data Entry Class with BetaNYC at The College of Staten Island (CUNY)
Jobs Alert and Announcements 💼
- The Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) is recruiting a Health Data Analysis Intern.
- Brooklyn College’s Hack Brooklyn 2026 applications is open to all college students. The deadline to submit is April 10.
- MakeShift 2026’s call for proposals for the Accountable Tech by Design conference is open until April 10.
- The Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity is hiring a Senior Software Engineer.
- The MTA Digital Services team is searching for a Principal Designer.
- The NYC Campaign Finance Board is seeking a Research Operations Specialist.
- The NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is recruiting a Data Analyst Assistant.
- The New York City Department of Probation (DOP) is hiring a Digital Inclusion Officer (DIO) & ADA Compliance Specialist – Web Development.
- The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) is searching for an Executive Director, Technology Strategy.
- Stanford University is offering a free, intro-coding course, Code in Place. Applications are due April 8!
- Welcome to Chinatown’s Tech Hackathon Spring 2026 Application is open until April 13.
Upcoming Events 📅
Note: All times are listed in ET
- Now through May 31 Printing Black America: Du Bois’s Data Portraits in the 21st Century
- March 28 at 9:30 am 5th Annual Women’s Business Expo
- March 30 to April 1 at 2 pm each day Visualizing Transit Data with the MTA
- March 30 at 1 pm NYC’S CULTURAL FUNDING DEEP DIVE: Mapping DCLA and City Council Funding
- March 30 at 2 pm Learning Crucial Math for AI
- March 31 at 1 pm DCAS CityTalk – A Panel Discussion Celebrating Women’s History Month 2026
- April 8 at 6 pm A Civic Tech’ish Happy Hour
- April 15 at 12 pm Accessibility Jam (A11yJam)
- April 16 at 6 pm 2026 Brooklyn Borough President’s State of the Borough Address
- April 24 at 7 pm City Nerd LIVE at Hunter College Featuring Betsy Plum and Tiffany-Ann Taylor
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