Newsletter
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This week in NYC’s #CivicTech! – 25 June 2026
Last Tuesday, BetaNYC’s Associates Board hosted the first BetaBuilders lightning talk event at Wilka’s — Manhattan’s first and only women’s…
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This week in NYC’s #CivicTech – June 18, 2026
I am deeply grateful for my years at Beta, for the people who shaped me, challenged me, trusted me, and…
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This week in NYC’s #CivicTech – June 12, 2026
Yesterday, BetaNYC testified before the Commission on Government Efficiency. Our argument: the city should own its digital infrastructure — its…
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This week in NYC’s #CivicTech – June 5, 2026
We launched BetaBuilders, our new community membership program. Also, come celebrate with us at BetaBuilders: Pride Tech Night on Tuesday,…
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This week in NYC #civictech – May 28, 2026
If you’re interested in building NYC’s public interest tech future, we have a space for you. We’re rebooting our community…
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This week in NYC #civictech – May 22, 2026
Today, we’re launching four new digital democracy tools for AI. New York’s fight for public access to government information goes…
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This week in NYC #CivicTech – May 14, 2026
We’re launching a new class series at a scale we haven’t attempted before, throwing our doors open because this is…
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This week in NYC’s #CivicTech – May 7, 2026 (Week 19)
If you’ve watched as many YouTube videos on agentic software development as I have, you’ve been told we’re in a…
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This week in NYC’s #CivicTech – April 30, 2026
We’re getting ready for one of our favorite moments of the year, a celebration of growth, impact, and the future…
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This week in NYC’s #CivicTech – April 23, 2026
Three epic community things this week! First, we named Data Vandals our Public Interest Technologist of the Month for April.…
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This week in NYC’s #CivicTech – April 16, 2026
“Open Data Week reminds us of the beauty, power, and possibility contained within New York City’s 6.3 billion rows of…
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This week in NYC’s #CivicTech – April 10, 2026
Recently, we’ve been thinking about what it means to come together at scale. Right now, millions of people around the…