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New digital democracy tools for AI — MCPs for the Charter/Laws, Council, the City Record, and Checkbook
New Amsterdam’s Open Government History The argument about who controls what the public knows about its government is not a recent one in New York. It goes back to 1649. That year, Adriaen van der Donck — a Dutch lawyer and president of the Nine Men, the colonists’ advisory body to Director-General Stuyvesant — went…
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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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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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Introducing our Chief Technology Officer and Civic Innovation Lab Manager!
This summer marked a shift in our organization’s operations. We hired a Chief Technology Officer and a Civic Innovation Lab Manager to lead our Civic Innovation Lab.
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Introducing the BetaNYC Civic Innovation Fellows Class of 2023!
Welcome to our newest Civic Innovation Fellows! The class of 2022-2023 is our ninth unique cohort.
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Welcome to Our Civic Innovation Lab Associates!
We are pleased to introduce Emily Lopez, Eva Decker, HaoChe Hung, and Ziqi Wang. We hope you have as much learning about them as we did!
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Looking Back at the NYC Peoples’ Tech Assemblies 2021
Introduction This is a hefty update on the NYC Peoples’ Tech Assemblies and our efforts to update the People’s Roadmap to a Digital New York City. Index: About the People’s Roadmap Insights & Statistics Final Words Next Steps and Thank You Glossary The BetaNYC team is in awe of how quickly 2021 zipped by! For…
