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This week in NYC’s #CivicTech – April 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
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
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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This week in NYC’s #CivicTech – April 10, 2026
Gabrielle Langston
Recently, we’ve been thinking about what it means to come together at scale. Right now, millions of people around the world are supporting the Artemis II mission.
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This week in NYC’s #CivicTech – April 3, 2026
Gabrielle Langston
What a week!! Open Data Week, School of Data, and UnSchool of Data have officially wrapped, and we’re still buzzing with gratitude.
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This week in NYC’s #CivicTech – March 26, 2026
Gabrielle Langston
Happy 10th birthday, NYC Open Data Week! We’re over the moon to be commemorating this special moment with you.
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This week in NYC’s #CivicTech – March 20, 2026
Gabrielle Langston
As we mark the 10th anniversary of Open Data Week, we find ourselves in a time that calls for presence, community, conversation, and shared purpose.
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This week in NYC’s #CivicTech – March 13, 2026
Noel Hidalgo
Happy PI Day Weekend to our North American readers! Orthodox PI Day observers, yours comes at the end of the month. 😉 Our Joy is Heavy. Many of you are feeling the weight of this moment. Anthropic’s Claude Cowork launched on the verge of the illegal war on Iran, and this week the Financial Times…
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This week in NYC’s #CivicTech – March 5, 2026
Gabrielle Langston
Our work is fundamentally built on dialogue. When we talk to our neighbors, we can discover a whole new world.
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This week in NYC’s #CivicTech – February 26, 2026
Gabrielle Langston
The days are getting longer and spring is right around the corner! Here are THREE things you need to know.
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Check out the NYC School of Data 2026 Schedule!
Gabrielle Langston
NYC School of Data 2026 is coming up, and we’re excited to share that the preliminary schedule is now live!
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This week in NYC’s #CivicTech – February 19, 2026
Gabrielle Langston
There’s real excitement building across our community, and at the same time, many of us are navigating uncertainty and heaviness in the broader moment.