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On the signing of Intro 132, a bill that requires every city agency to webcast all public meetings.
“I thank the Mayor and Council’s leadership for making New York City the best city for the 21st Century. For a democratic government to truly embrace openness and participation – in-person and online – open meetings are a necessity. Today, all New Yorkers and passionate advocates gain one more tool toward that ideal. I look…
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25 Tech Ideas for Improving Your Community
25 Tech Ideas for Improving Your Community Here are a number of interesting ideas for a 21st Century New York City.
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We are as eager as anybody to get our hands on the data,” said Nathan Storey, product manager at data encyclopedia and visualization platform PediaCities, who has testified before the Council on open data policy. While he is aware that the city has missed its deadline for the map’s release, “a bigger issue for us…
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“You can’t beat politics with new technology all the time. Sometimes you have to actually make sure that politics are in line with what people want. A lot of people are giving up on politics and thinking they can solve issues with technology. These kind of arrogant behaviours towards the rest of the society are…
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Veteran’s Day Weekend update
There are FOUR things you should note for this Veteran’s Day weekend. -=-=- First -=-=- Code for America / BetaNYC has been asked to play a very special part in a very special event in the lead up to very special event on 1 Jan… 😉 To strengthen our narrative, we are running a BetaNYC Sentiment…
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The 2013 edition of Housing NYC: Rents, Markets and Trends has been published and is available for sale exclusively from CityStore in both book and CD format, but is not available as a free download. NYC Rent Guidelines Board Why NOT?!?!
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The community that I have been connected to loves to ride bikes because it’s the most efficient mechanism to get around New York City,” Hidalgo said. “Nothing is perfect from the get-go and we recognize that, but that’s why we’re here as concerned citizens. New York Nerds Sift Citi Bike Data to Solve Availability –…
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6 Nov 2013 – BetaTalk: Open NY, the state’s data team, & NYC Code for America Fellows
Nov’s 2013 (11/6) BetaTalk: Open NY, the state’s data team, & NYC Code for America Fellows. RSVP on meetup.com This is going to be a really exciting night! Two great teams who have two amazing stories! For the night, we’re going to start off with the Open NY team introducing themselves and talking about their…
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CitiBike Contract With Amendments | Citibike Data
CitiBike Contract With Amendments | Citibike Data Peter Drier has FOIL’ed Citibike NYC’s contract w/ amendments & posted it online! Download it while you can. “Yes, we scan!!!”
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Swiss Car, Bike, and Pedestrian Crash Map – Schweizer Unfallkarte
Swiss Car, Bike, and Pedestrian Crash Map – Schweizer Unfallkarte noneck: Don’t get me wrong, this map is a great first start! While it is painful to understand that this map is a manifestation of lost lives and property, maps like this enable to turn software and data into dialogue to improve OUR STREETS. BetaNYC’s testimony to…
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We are concerned about safe streets for everyone — pedestrians, cyclists, and vehicles,” Hidalgo said. “Because of poor, inconsistent, and non-existent crime and crash data, creating tools to make safer streets is next to impossible. The NYPD’s Crash Data Is Bad and There’s Not Enough of It – WNYC
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Three wins – a recap on today’s #SafeStreetsMap hearing
Long story short, NYPD said that NYC shouldn’t have a crime and crash map because the data would be confusing. When CM Dan Garodnick pushed if NYPD would improve their data collection, NYPD said that the state doesn’t ask for this data so not sure if NYPD should… Eventually, CM Garodnick pushed hard and the NYPD said…
