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This week in NYC’s #CivicTech
Each week we round up what’s new in NYC civic tech, open data, and public interest technology — what’s shipping, what to show up for, and where the work needs your attention.
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Recent issues have covered new city datasets, job opportunities at mission-aligned organizations, community events, and policy developments shaping how New York uses data. Browse recent issues below to get a sense of what we cover — and subscribe to get it in your inbox every Thursday morning.
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This week in NYC’s #CivicTech – September 24, 2026
Read the issue →: This week in NYC’s #CivicTech – September 24, 2026Hello friends, What a Saturday! 235 of you packed into Hunter College for CityCamp NYC 2026, pitched sessions, filled The Board, and made the day what it was. An unconference has no agenda until the people in the room write one, and you all wrote a good one. Thank you for showing up and building…
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This week in NYC’s #CivicTech – September 17, 2026
Read the issue →: This week in NYC’s #CivicTech – September 17, 2026CityCamp is Saturday, and the Council just cleared its calendar for AI.
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This week in NYC’s #CivicTech – September 11, 2026
Read the issue →: This week in NYC’s #CivicTech – September 11, 2026Frozen crash data, 170,000 pages on 9/11 air, the 911 hearing, and eight days to CityCamp.
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This week in NYC’s #CivicTech – September 4, 2026
Read the issue →: This week in NYC’s #CivicTech – September 4, 2026On September 2, New York City paused student-facing generative AI for nearly 600,000 public school students, 2-K through eighth grade, for one year. Companion chatbots are banned in every grade, K through 12, with no exemption — the widest part of the policy and the least discussed.
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This week in NYC’s #CivicTech – August 27, 2026
Read the issue →: This week in NYC’s #CivicTech – August 27, 2026Last week, 70 people came out in the rain to our Civic Tech Summer Showcase. Our Fellow New Yorkers took the mic across five lightning talks on tools they built.
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This week in NYC’s #CivicTech – August 20, 2026
Read the issue →: This week in NYC’s #CivicTech – August 20, 2026Plus: an otter’s big NYC comeback, a PIT Crew debrief, and CityCamp news.