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Statement on MTA’s Capital Program Dashboard
“The MTA’s Capital Program Dashboard gives every New Yorker the ability to monitor critical investments funded in part by congestion pricing. We’re pleased the MTA sought community feedback during its development and are glad to see increased usability as a result. The BetaNYC team and open data community look forward to celebrating this milestone during…
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Announcing the NYC Urban Heat Portal: Explore, Understand, and Act on Urban Heat
BetaNYC is excited to announce the launch of the NYC Urban Heat Portal! Explore it at urbanheat.nyc What is urban heat, and why does it matter? New York City, like many urban areas, faces the Urban Heat Island effect, whereby cityscapes become significantly warmer than surrounding rural areas. The growing challenge of extreme heat is…
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Check out NYSCI’s CityWorks & see our work
In collaboration with the New York Hall of Science (NYSCI), the Civic Innovation Lab at BetaNYC provided research and data analysis to support the connected city systems simulation exhibit within NYSCI’s new CityWorks exhibition. The Lab, which typically acts as an interpreter between raw data and end-users to support decision-making or policy, used 18 open…
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Introducing our Civic Innovation Lab Manager and Junior Associates!
BetaNYC is excited to welcome a new Civic Innovation Lab Manager and Junior Associates!
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New Dashboard for NYC Public School Allocations and Budget Data
BetaNYC and the Education Council Consortium present the NYC Public School Allocations and Budget Dashboard In partnership with the Educational Council Consortium, BetaNYC is pleased to announce the launch of the NYC Public School Allocations and Budget Dashboard (https://bit.ly/nyc-school-budget), an education advocacy tool for School Leadership Teams to align their resources with their Comprehensive Education…
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BetaNYC presents FloodGen, an advocacy tool that uses generative AI imagery
The BetaNYC Civic Innovation Lab has recently launched FloodGen (floodgen.beta.nyc), a flood advocacy tool that uses generative AI to visualize photorealistic images of potential flood scenarios. Positioned as an advocacy tool that reaches beyond the limits of traditional aerial maps, FloodGen is designed to raise awareness, support community preparedness, and support local government’s resilience strategies.…
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Introducing BetaNYC’s New Lab Associate
We are thrilled to continue fostering the next generation of civic leaders through our Apprenticeship Program. Associates within BetaNYC’s Apprenticeship Program are typically early career individuals who are interested in gaining experience in public interest technology. As integral staff members of BetaNYC’s team, the Associates help run BetaNYC’s Civic Innovation Fellowship programs, manage communications for…
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BetaNYC and Right to Counsel Coalition Launch New Website Visualizing Statewide Support for Legislation
BetaNYC and Right to Counsel are excited to announce the launch of a new website that visualizes the support for these three pieces of legislation from both grassroots and elected leadership: Statewide Support for Housing Courts Must Change! Campaign: hcmustchange.beta.nyc. The website allows viewers to: Visualize the districts of state legislators, including the counties and…
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Hiring a Data Analyst Civic Innovation Lab Associate
The BetaNYC Civic Innovation Lab is seeking a part-time Data Analyst or Data Scientist Associate to join our team.
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A look into processing NYC Film Permits Data for analysis
BetaNYC Associates are doing excellent work in our Civic Innovation Lab! They are helping us respond to more and more RADARs from the community. In this blog post, HaoChe goes into detail about one project he worked on this Fall that supported the Office of Council Member Lincoln Restler’s decision-making process in drafting legislation to…
