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  • This week in NYC’s #CivicTech – June 12, 2026

    This week in NYC’s #CivicTech – June 12, 2026

    Jun 12, 2026

    Gabby Langston

    Yesterday, BetaNYC testified before the Commission on Government Efficiency. Our argument: the city should own its digital infrastructure — its laws, its data, its services — the same way it owns its water infrastructure.

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  • Testimony to the Commission on Government Efficiency, COGE, a Charter Revision Commission

    Testimony to the Commission on Government Efficiency, COGE, a Charter Revision Commission

    Jun 11, 2026

    Jordan Shapiro

    Written testimony for Modernizing Government and Streamlining Government Technology.

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  • This week in NYC’s #CivicTech – June 5, 2026

    This week in NYC’s #CivicTech – June 5, 2026

    Jun 5, 2026

    Gabby Langston

    We launched BetaBuilders, our new community membership program. Also, come celebrate with us at BetaBuilders: Pride Tech Night on Tuesday, June 23!

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  • Building Civic Tech Pathways: Celebrating our 2026 Civic Innovation Fellows

    Building Civic Tech Pathways: Celebrating our 2026 Civic Innovation Fellows

    Jun 1, 2026

    Gabby Langston

    On Friday, May 8, we gathered with community partners, BetaNYC alumni, mentors, and students to graduate our latest Civic Innovation Fellows.

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  • This week in NYC #civictech – May 28, 2026

    This week in NYC #civictech – May 28, 2026

    May 29, 2026

    Noel Hidalgo

    If you’re interested in building NYC’s public interest tech future, we have a space for you. We’re rebooting our community nights as BetaBuilder Nights.

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  • This week in NYC #civictech – May 22, 2026

    This week in NYC #civictech – May 22, 2026

    May 21, 2026

    Noel Hidalgo

    Today, we’re launching four new digital democracy tools for AI. New York’s fight for public access to government information goes back to 1649 — when a Dutch lawyer named van der Donck went door to door in New Amsterdam collecting grievances, got thrown in jail for it, and still won. That fight never ended. It…

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  • This week in NYC #CivicTech – May 14, 2026

    This week in NYC #CivicTech – May 14, 2026

    May 14, 2026

    Noel Hidalgo

    We’re launching a new class series at a scale we haven’t attempted before, throwing our doors open because this is the moment for it.

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  • This week in NYC’s #CivicTech – May 7, 2026 (Week 19)

    This week in NYC’s #CivicTech – May 7, 2026 (Week 19)

    May 7, 2026

    Noel Hidalgo

    If you’ve watched as many YouTube videos on agentic software development as I have, you’ve been told we’re in a new world. So far that new world looks a lot like the old one: same oppression, same inequality, same distrust in democracy. Last Friday I spoke to NYU’s Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP)…

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  • This week in NYC’s #CivicTech – April 30, 2026

    This week in NYC’s #CivicTech – April 30, 2026

    Apr 30, 2026

    Noel Hidalgo

    We’re getting ready for one of our favorite moments of the year, a celebration of growth, impact, and the future of public interest tech in NYC.

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  • This week in NYC’s #CivicTech – April 23, 2026

    This week in NYC’s #CivicTech – April 23, 2026

    Apr 23, 2026

    Noel Hidalgo

    Three epic community things this week! First, we named Data Vandals our Public Interest Technologist of the Month for April. Their work exemplifies what it looks like when civic technology refuses to be polite about the systems it’s holding to account — Jen Ray (artist) and Jason Forrest (dataviz expert) are driven by the conviction…

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  • This week in NYC’s #CivicTech – April 16, 2026

    This week in NYC’s #CivicTech – April 16, 2026

    Apr 16, 2026

    Noel Hidalgo

    “Open Data Week reminds us of the beauty, power, and possibility contained within New York City’s 6.3 billion rows of public data… This vast public resource tells the story of who we are as a city — and where we must focus our attention to build something better.”— Mayor Zohran Mamdani Over the weekend, I…

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  • NYC Open Data Week 2026 in Review

    NYC Open Data Week 2026 in Review

    Apr 16, 2026

    Duncan Ballantine

    NYC Open Data Week 2026 marked a decade of celebrating public data in New York City! Over 6,000 participants joined our biggest festival yet. Read the recap!

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