Our research, tools, and materials are publicly available.
Whether you need data support, want to read our published work, or are looking for civic tech tools built for New York City, you’ll find it here.
RADAR
RADAR — Research and Data Assistance Requests — is our help desk for nonprofits, community-based organizations, community boards, and city agencies. We take on data analysis, geospatial mapping, visualization, and research projects at no cost to eligible organizations.
Publications
From the People’s Roadmap to a Digital New York City to our annual end-of-year reports, our publications document the state of civic technology, open data, and digital equity in New York — and make the case for what comes next.
Featured Tools
We build and maintain open-source tools for New Yorkers — including Boundaries Map, BoardStat, BoardTrack, and the Batch Geocoder for NYC. These tools are free to use and built to last.
Testimony
We testify before city, state, and federal bodies on open data policy, algorithmic accountability, digital equity, and government transparency. Our testimony record reflects more than a decade of public advocacy.
Teaching Materials
Our open data classes cover data literacy, civic mapping, and public interest technology — developed for community workshops, libraries, classrooms, and government training programs. All materials are free and licensed under Creative Commons.
Mapping for Equity
Mapping for Equity (M4E) is a civics and data literacy program that teaches the public how to see data while collecting data on New York City’s under-mapped and under-represented public spaces. Through this project we ask, “How can data make the city work for ALL New Yorkers?”