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SUMMARY:NYC Health Department Health Data Tour
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an overview of NYC Health Department data resources from surveys\, disease surveillance\, vital statistics\, and more. You can use these data to inform your research\, advocacy\, programming\, and policy. \nHealth Department experts will guide you through the variety of health data resources available at nyc.gov/health/data. We’ll describe how to access and use EpiQuery\, Environment and Health Data Portal\, Community Health Profiles\, and NYC Open Data resources. Plus\, get an orientation to three new data tools: Respiratory Illness Data Tool\, Childhood Vaccination Data Explorer\, and Provisional Birth and Death Data Tool. \nThis workshop is perfect for anyone who wants to create a healthier\, more equitable New York City: public health professionals\, community-based organizations\, community boards\, city agencies\, elected officials\, health workers\, advocates\, and everyday New Yorkers. The data shown can be used for research\, grant writing\, policy formation\, programming\, and evaluation. Anyone in NYC who engages in those activities as part of their work\, education\, or community involvement would benefit.
URL:https://opendataweek.nyc/event/nyc-health-department-health-data-tour/
CATEGORIES:Demonstration
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SUMMARY:Childcare in the City: What NYC Open Data Tells Us About Family Policy
DESCRIPTION:Childcare in the City is a free\, student-led Open Data Week event exploring how NYC Open Data can power public storytelling and policy communication. Undergraduate students from Barnard College analyzed data from the NYC Work and Family Leave Survey and translated their findings into a short podcast featuring expert guests Dr. Meredith Slopen (Stony Brook University School of Social Welfare) and Dr. Jane Waldfogel (Compton Foundation Centennial Professor for the Prevention of Children’s and Youth Problems at Columbia University School of Social Work). \nThe event opens with a live listening of the student-produced podcast\, followed by a moderated talkback with the graduate student mentors\, student creators and expert guests. Together\, they discuss their findings\, the role of open data in civic life\, and what the numbers reveal about childcare and family wellbeing in New York City—a timely topic given ongoing mayoral and gubernatorial conversations around universal childcare. \nThis 90-minute\, in-person and virtual event is held on the Barnard College campus and is open to students\, educators\, researchers\, and anyone interested in open data\, storytelling\, and family policy. Register here.
URL:https://opendataweek.nyc/event/childcare-in-the-city-what-nyc-open-data-tells-us-about-family-policy/
LOCATION:Barnard College\, 3009 Broadway\, New York\, New York\, 10027\, United States of America
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SUMMARY:How Maps Speak: Mapping Commons Hackathon
DESCRIPTION:A collaborative hackathon to build public mapping resources using NYC Open Data \nHow Maps Speak is a collaborative hackathon run by Parisa Setayesh and Shokran Rahiminezhad\, two PhD candidates at the CUNY Graduate Center\, focused on building a public teaching resource for mapping using NYC Open Data. Rather than centering on a single technical product\, this hackathon brings together participants from diverse disciplines to co-create beginner-friendly mapping tutorials\, examples\, and workflows that show how maps are used to communicate with communities. \nParticipants will contribute and comment on short\, structured materials\, such as annotated mapping examples\, tool-agnostic tutorials\, and community-facing workflows\, using NYC Open Data as a shared reference point. These contributions will form the foundation of Mapping Commons\, an open\, publicly accessible collection of mapping resources designed for non-experts. \nThe hackathon emphasizes collaboration\, reflection\, and public usefulness over competition or speed. No advanced technical or GIS experience is required. Learn more here and register below. \nThis hackathon is designed for an interdisciplinary audience\, including: \n\nStudents and researchers\nUrban planners\, designers\, and architects\nCommunity organizers and advocates\nEducators\, librarians\, and journalists\nData visualization practitioners
URL:https://opendataweek.nyc/event/how-maps-speak-mapping-commons-hackathon/
CATEGORIES:Hackathon / Data Jam
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SUMMARY:DATA2GO.NYC: A Data Tool to Understand Well-Being and Need in NYC
DESCRIPTION:How can we use publicly available data to understand well-being\, need\, and resource gaps in NYC? In this interactive session\, Alex Powers\, Kate Harvey\, and Tara Shawa from Measure of America will demonstrate DATA2GO.NYC\, a free\, easy-to-use online mapping and data tool. This platform aggregates over 400 indicators from federal\, state\, and NYC sources\, allowing users to explore neighborhood-level insights on everything from health and housing to digital equity. Participants will see firsthand how to use change-over-time views and demographic breakdowns to drive informed decision-making and advocacy in their communities. \nThis event is designed for anyone interested in leveraging data for social impact. The session will begin with an introduction and overview of the tool’s capabilities\, followed by an engaging “Data Bingo” competition. This interactive activity provides hands-on experience\, allowing participants to explore the tool in small groups and practice extracting relevant insights in real-time. Whether you are a data novice or a seasoned data deckhand\, you will leave with an enhanced ability to set sail on the vast sea of NYC data and better understand the well-being of New Yorkers.
URL:https://opendataweek.nyc/event/data2go-nyc-a-data-tool-to-understand-well-being-and-need-in-nyc-freshly-updated/
CATEGORIES:Demonstration
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SUMMARY:What's New for Family History
DESCRIPTION:Ken Cobb and Marcia Kirk from the Department of Records and Information Services will present a discussion and demonstration of newly released voter registration records available on Ancestry.com. These records document the period from 1915-1956 and include several important events: women’s right to vote\, both World Wars\, and the Great Depression. \nOpen to researchers and people interested in researching genealogy\, family history\, local history\, voting patterns\, population movement. This is an in-person event at the NYC Department of Records and Information Services\, 31 Chambers Street\, NYC in Room 111.
URL:https://opendataweek.nyc/event/whats-new-for-family-history/
LOCATION:NYC Department of Records and Information Services\, 31 Chambers Street Room 111\, New York\, New York\, 10007\, United States of America
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SUMMARY:Youth-Driven Map-Making with Open Data / Maps at MIXI Club
DESCRIPTION:In this session\, we present projects from Maps @ MIXI\, a mapping club about spatial justice\, open data\, and critical cartography. Throughout the year\, five NYC youth worked on four projects during the club in which they analyzed NYC Open Data and other open data sets like the US Census. The projects span a variety of topics – access to pools\, the housing crisis\, restaurant hygiene ratings\, and youth-targeting police activity. The projects are youth-driven and represent the questions youth bring to open data. \nFirst\, this will briefly introduce the Maps @ MIXI club. Then\, each youth/team will briefly discuss their project\, the motivation behind the work\, and the map they created. \nUnequal Pool Distribution Around NYC and How It Affects Overall Public Health by Zachary Kiselev\nHow can we use NYC Open Data to understand whether pool access is unevenly distributed between neighborhoods\, and how can this be used as a marker for overall public health? \nUsing NYC Open Data to Understand the Causes of New York City’s Housing Crisis by Oleksandra Borysova\nHow can NYC Open Data show why NYC has a housing crisis by looking at vacancy\, rents\, wages\, population changes\, transportation\, and Airbnb listings? \nPredicting Restaurant Hygiene Grades Across New York City by Gab Dechirico and Mariam Khan\nIn New York City\, to what extent do neighborhood socioeconomic indicators and cuisine types predict a restaurant’s likelihood of receiving an “A” hygiene grade\, after accounting for inspection frequency and violation patterns? \nPolicing and Youth: Analyzing Police Stops of Youth in New York City by Wen Chen\nHow does the racial composition of youth subjected to police stops within 700 feet of NYC public schools differ from the racial composition of youth residing in the surrounding census tracts?
URL:https://opendataweek.nyc/event/youth-driven-map-making-with-open-data-maps-at-mixi-club/
CATEGORIES:Presentation
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SUMMARY:Forging Links Between Public Scholarship\, Civic Tech\, and Open Data: A Showcase of CUNY Public Scholarship Practice Space (PS2) Projects
DESCRIPTION:Public scholarship has been a core value and practice of the CUNY Graduate Center since its founding 1961\, and long part of the culture of CUNY\, the largest urban public university in the United States. Increasingly\, public scholars committed to creating and disseminating knowledge in service of the public good work with open data in their projects\, and disseminate their work in open scholarly publishing platforms\, curate and release public datasets\, and engage in digital media to share their work for public audiences. \nThis interactive panel discussion will provide an overview of how public scholarship\, scholar activism\, and open data have many existing links in projects supported by The Public Scholarship Practice Space (PS2) at The Center for the Humanities at The CUNY Graduate Center. It will then showcase and reflect on several recent projects completed by graduate students at CUNY whose work focused on public scholarship\, activism\, arts-based methods\, digital equity\, and civic tech. Three of the identified presenters were 2025 Early Research Initiative/Public Scholarship Practice Space 2025 Summer Research Fellows and two presenters were Social Practice CUNY Fellows. \n– Ian G. Williams will share his research on digital literacy\, civic tech networks\, and democracy through participation in The Impacts of Civic Technology Conference (TICTeC) in Mechelen\, Belgium in July 2025\, experiments in creating pedagogical tools bridging open data literacy and data justice in a social work classroom while examining 311 complaints about homelessness\, and involvement with the NYC Public Interest Tech (PIT) Pop-Up this fall. Read Ian’s write-up on summer activities here. \n– Seon Britton will share his research on community technology organizations (CTOs) working to advance digital equity and inclusion in New York City through broadband internet service provision\, including fieldwork with Silicon Harlem and NYC Mesh. His work argues that CTOs are a new type of organization that can help in providing internet access to currently underserved communities. Read Seon’s write-up on summer activities here. \n– Jaclyn Reyes and Ezra Undag will share their work with The UKAI Initiative\, a transnational collaboration of artists\, cultural workers and researchers in the US and in the Philippines that aims to advance environmental and climate justice through art\, culture and community-building. The UKAI Initiative has several projects; this presentation will focus on the project\, “Transnational Clothing Pathways.” Read more about The UKAI Initiative here.
URL:https://opendataweek.nyc/event/forging-links-between-public-scholarship-civic-tech-and-open-data-a-showcase-of-cuny-public-scholarship-practice-space-ps2-projects/
CATEGORIES:Panel Discussion
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SUMMARY:Tracing the City: Data Science for Social Good Student Work Exhibition & Reception
DESCRIPTION:Tracing the City features student work from The Cooper Union’s interdisciplinary course\, Data Science for Social Good\, that pairs engineering\, art\, and architecture students with New York City nonprofits to help address real-world challenges together. Through the course\, Cooper Union students help these organizations explore open datasets drawn from NYC Open Data sources\, communicate findings visually\, and propose data-informed interventions. Projects often highlight disparities in health outcomes\, environmental conditions\, educational access\, and justice-system involvement across different city neighborhoods. This year\, students are collaborating with NYC-based nonprofits—including organizations such as Bee U\, Civic Health Alliance\, and Justicia Lab\, and Housing Rights Initiative—to investigate how open data can support youth empowerment\, community health\, tenancy protections\, and corporate wage theft. \nFor Open Data Week 2026\, we are hosting a public exhibition and reception showcasing work from this year’s Data Visualization and Data Science for Social Good cohort\, alongside selected projects from previous years. The exhibition will feature a range of student work installed in The Cooper Union Civic Projects Lab; ranging from interactive installations\, posters\, visual narrative studies\, and digital prototypes— all built using NYC Open Data and nonprofit partner datasets. The event is designed to be highly participatory: student teams will be present throughout the space to walk attendees through their datasets\, demonstrate interactive components\, discuss methodologies\, and engage in open conversation about their findings and design choices. Rather than a static gallery\, the exhibition will function as an open studio environment where visitors can test interactives\, review visual drafts\, ask questions directly to student creators\, and learn how open data is used to support real-world challenges faced by NYC communities. A brief opening talk will introduce the pedagogy of the course and the role of open data in civic problem-solving\, but the emphasis will be on hands-on engagement and informal dialogue. The goal is to create an accessible and welcoming public space where open data comes alive through student-led exploration\, community insight\, and interactive design. Register here.
URL:https://opendataweek.nyc/event/tracing-the-city-data-science-for-social-good-student-work-exhibition-reception/
LOCATION:The Civic Projects Lab\, Cooper Union\, 41 Cooper Square\, New York\, New York\, 10008\, United States of America
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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SUMMARY:Mapping Emergency Food Needs in NYC
DESCRIPTION:Each year\, NYC community-based organizations and City government work to supply millions of pounds of food directed toward people in need through the Community Food Connection Program. Determining how to distribute limited resources to where they are needed the most\, the city leverages data-driven approaches to bring food to those in need using the Supply Gap Analysis. In this workshop\, you’ll learn how data insights can shape decision-making\, collaboration\, and support organizers like you to make more informed decisions that facilitate food security for our communities. \nLed by Ora Kemp and Lauren Drumgold from the NYC Mayor’s Office of Food Policy\, this session will include insights from the Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity & Community Food Connection administrators\, whose work supports over 700 food pantries and soup kitchens across the city\, leveraging insights from the supply gap analysis in areas of unmet need. \nIdeal for food security advocates\, academics\, students\, data analysts and anyone else interested in food-related issues and data\, the workshop will provide answers to questions about neighborhood food security metrics\, how need for emergency food is defined and measured\, and how to leverage the dataset to support neighborhood and/or organizational strategies to close the gap. You will have a chance to interact with the Emergency Food Supply Gap dataset using NYC Open Data tools to pose your own strategic insights to support food security.
URL:https://opendataweek.nyc/event/mapping-emergency-food-needs-in-nyc/
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SUMMARY:Measuring Poverty Using Census Bureau Data
DESCRIPTION:Join Census Bureau data dissemination specialists Joli Golden and Monica Dukes to learn about the datasets that the Census uses to measure poverty\, how the Census defines poverty measures\, and the numerous data tools you can access to explore poverty by geographic area and demographic group. You will see how to access the most recent poverty briefs and reports and poverty data tables. We will also introduce SAIPE\, a tool for Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates. \nA Census Bureau poverty Subject Matter Expert will be on hand to answer your questions live in the chat and at the end of the presentation.
URL:https://opendataweek.nyc/event/measuring-poverty-using-census-bureau-data/
CATEGORIES:Presentation
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SUMMARY:What’s in a Dataset? Cyanotypes as Tools for Critical and Creative Data Capture
DESCRIPTION:How would you describe your favorite tree to someone who had never seen it? \nFramed around themes of data feminism and critical data studies\, this workshop\, led by Alissa Kushner and Star Ajasin\, explores the choices behind how traditional datasets and metadata describe the world around us. Participants will poke through NYC Open Data’s most recent Street Tree Census\, interrogating what it means to capture the essence of our urban environments into a dataset\, questioning the choices\, politics\, and perspectives behind how data is chosen\, organized\, and labeled. We will then visit a tree closest to the site of the workshop and collect metadata not typically captured about it through the creation of cyanotype images (also known as sun prints)\, serving as a counter-method of slow and embodied data capture. Participants will leave the workshop with a more critical understanding of environmental data as well as a handmade cyanotype to take home with them. \nThis event is hosted at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering at 370 Jay Street in Downtown Brooklyn.
URL:https://opendataweek.nyc/event/whats-in-a-dataset-cyanotypes-as-tools-for-critical-and-creative-data-capture/
LOCATION:370 Jay Street\, 370 Jay Street\, Room 324\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11201
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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SUMMARY:Teaching Google Sheets Functionality to High School Students through Open Data
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual hands-on workshop where we will dive in on spreadsheet fundamentals using Google Sheets through the lens of teaching virtual high school students. Participants who are new to spreadsheets and to those with intermediate skills are encouraged to attend\, and those that teach high school students looking for a data lens. Participants will access a shared spreadsheet where we will learn about spreadsheets fundamentals together\, and model how these skills can be taught to high school students. We will analyze a data set from NYC Open Data to apply the new functions we learn. \nEthel Khanis teaches high school chemistry and Socratic seminar at New York City’s first virtual high school.
URL:https://opendataweek.nyc/event/teaching-google-sheets-functionality-to-high-school-students-through-open-data/
CATEGORIES:Workshop,Workshop or Training
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SUMMARY:Old Growth & New Data: An Evening in Nature at Inwood Hill Park
DESCRIPTION:Join NYC Parks and Macaulay Honors College for an evening bioblitz at Inwood Hill Park\, which is part of the Old-Growth Forest Network and accessible via subway. Tina Cuevas\, natural areas outreach coordinator at NYC Parks\, will discuss restoration activities within NYC Parks and how monitoring plays a large part in how Parks works within our city’s natural areas and beyond. Kelly O’Donnell\, lead NYC organizer for City Nature Challenge & director of Science Forward at Macaulay Honors College\, will contextualize the data that iNaturalist captures and becomes part of a larger global dataset that helps scientists with their research all over the globe. \nParticipants will learn how to use the iNaturalist app to take data observations of local plants and wildlife. They will be able to learn how to lead their own bioblitzes and engage with the iNaturalist community and at City Nature Challenge in April as well. Part of this will also be a walk to discuss plants that may be emerging in early spring\, a discussion on local park history\, and about projects that may have used iNaturalist data. Come dressed in sturdy boots or shoes\, long sleeves\, long pants\, and clothing that can get dirty. \nThe meeting point for this event will be the Payson Playground at Inwood Hill Park\, 285-287 Dyckman St\, New York\, NY 10034
URL:https://opendataweek.nyc/event/old-growth-new-data-an-evening-in-nature-at-inwood-hill-park/
LOCATION:Payson Playground\, Inwood Hill Park\, 285-287 Dyckman Street\, New York\, New York\, 10034\, United States of America
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SUMMARY:Making Cents of It All: The City's Budget\, Its Data\, and Why It Matters to You!
DESCRIPTION:At more than $118 billion\, New York City’s annual budget is larger than the budgets of all but three U.S. states. It funds everything from parks and libraries to housing programs\, street maintenance\, childcare\, and public safety. But the documents that make up the City’s budget were not designed primarily for public transparency\, they are built to manage spending and comply with accounting rules. As a result\, it can be surprisingly difficult for even experienced observers to understand where the money actually goes. \nIn this session\, the Independent Budget Office’s Logan Clark will walk participants through the basics of how the City’s budget works and how to use publicly available data to better understand the City’s financial position. The session will introduce key budget concepts and vocabulary\, explain why the budget is structured the way it is\, and explore how different datasets can help illuminate city spending and ultimately\, improve service delivery. \nParticipants will get a practical tour of major public resources\, including the Independent Budget Office’s Fiscal History tools\, the Comptroller’s Checkbook NYC tool\, and public datasets from the Mayor’s Office of Management and Budget. Attend this event to learn how to begin answering questions about agency spending\, budget trends\, and how public dollars translate into the services New Yorkers experience every day.
URL:https://opendataweek.nyc/event/making-cents-of-it-all-the-citys-budget-its-data-and-why-it-matters-to-you/
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SUMMARY:Open Data and Better Questions: Engaging New Yorkers to Develop Questions that Matter in the Age of AI
DESCRIPTION:As one of the largest open data providers in the world—with data accessed more than 2.6 million times and downloaded from a total of more than 900\,000 times—NYC Open Data has critical information about how New Yorkers live. But a question remains: For what end? What questions do we want these systems to answer? What problems do we want to solve? \nOn Friday\, March 27th from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM at Brooklyn Central Library\, The GovLab\, the Brooklyn Public Library and Alliance for Public Interest Technology at New York University will be hosting a special “Questions Lab” as part of New York City Open Data Week 2026. In it\, we will give New Yorkers the opportunity to formulate good\, data-driven questions about the issues they care about and to meaningfully connect those questions to specific datasets in NYC Open Data or other\, non-traditional repositories. It will include a brief presentation followed by small group discussion on the questions that New Yorkers care about:\n– 2:00 – 2:20 PM: Setting the Scene: Stefaan Verhulst (Co-Founder\, The GovLab)\, Diana Plunkett (Director of Data Analytics\, Brooklyn Public Library)\, and Manny Patole (Senior Fellow\, Alliance for Public Interest Technology) will explain the work that Brooklyn Library and The GovLab are doing to help residents not only understand data that describes them but to engage with it meaningfully to solve problems they care about.\n– 2:20 – 2:50: Topic Mapping and Question Definition: Attendees will be broken into small groups and taught how to define data-driven questions. Each group will focus on a different domain prioritized by the New York Mayor’s Office.\n– 2:50 – 3:30: Group Voting on Questions and Debrief: Each group will present their questions. Referencing NYC Open Data and other datasets\, the collective group will identify what data might exist in New York to answer these questions. They will then vote on which questions they consider the highest priority based on demand\, actionability\, and the larger regulatory context. \nThe end result of this work will be a prioritized mapping of the questions that matter for New Yorkers. This event is open to any New York resident interested in data and how it can be used to set a policy agenda. Participants will leave the event with a practical methodology for developing well-crafted\, data-driven questions and the work they produce will inform new open data research. Register here.
URL:https://opendataweek.nyc/event/open-data-and-better-questions-engaging-new-yorkers-to-develop-questions-that-matter-in-the-age-of-ai/
LOCATION:Brooklyn Public Library Central Branch\, 10 Grand Army Plaza\, Brooklyn\, New York\, 11238\, United States of America
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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SUMMARY:NYC PIT Pop Up: CUNY Open Data Takeover Day Five
DESCRIPTION:As part of NYC Open Data Week 2026\, the CUNY Public Interest Technology (PIT) Lab will host a week-long Open Data Takeover of the NYC PIT Pop-Up at the Oculus / World Trade Center. The activation advances Open Data Week’s goals of accessibility\, civic learning\, and practical use of open data by bringing open data projects into a highly visible\, public-facing space. Attendees can drop in at any time during the hours below for a demonstration of the tool and to speak with the presenter. Most of the demos will also be streamed live from the Pop-Up on its Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/cunypitlab). Inside the Oculus\, the Pop-Up is located on the Main Floor C2\, in the South Concourse\, at Shop #53 (next to M.A.C. Cosmetics). View the full PIT Lab schedule. No RSVP needed\, just stop by! \n[2pm–6pm]\nMike Spade – DuBois Does Data\n35 years after slavery\, Du Bois set out to provide a definitive image of the Negro condition in the United States. His data efforts not only quantified economic parity or lack thereof\, he also focused on where people lived\, and how they lived. During the 1900 Paris Exposition\, he shared his findings with the world. But how do those findings hold up 125 years later? What has changed? Has anything stayed the same? At Du Bois Does Data\, engage with his visuals\, portraits\, and data in a multi-sensory experience. Scents derived from the life and experience of W.E.B. Playlists charting the course of Black American music from his birth to his death\, a day before the “I Have A Dream Speech.” Books celebrating his work and a first edition copy of his completed passion project\, Africana. Curated vintage stamps in his image\, portraits\, and his article in Africana will serve as activations for A/R experiences\, bringing the nostalgia into the palm of your hand. In Du Bois Does Data\, we also used Python to evaluate the condition of Black Americans 125 years after his exhibit using Census data in 6 Jupyter Notebooks. \nRay Brescia – Gamifying Know-Your-Rights Information\nThis presentation will explore the power of gamification and then describe one current work in progress\, an online game\, “Haunted Housing\,” that is designed in partnership with community-based advocacy organizations in New York City to educate youth\, particularly from immigrant communities\, about housing rights.  Gamification can be utilized in many other contexts–from immigrants’ rights to school discipline–and I will describe our ground-up method for developing this tool and encourage others to explore similar initiatives in other contexts. \nMerlin Valdez – VoteFeed.org\nVoteFeed.org is a Twitter/Bluesky-like user experience that allows constituents to interact with their respective U.S. representative in congress by sharing their opinion on policies up for vote in the legislative agenda.
URL:https://opendataweek.nyc/event/nyc-pit-pop-up-cuny-open-data-takeover-day-five/
LOCATION:Oculus World Trade Center\, 185 Greenwich Street\, New York\, New York\, 10006\, United States of America
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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SUMMARY:NYC School of Data 2026
DESCRIPTION:NYC School of Data is BetaNYC’s community conference that demystifies the policies and practices around open data\, technology\, and service design. This year’s conference helps conclude NYC Open Data Week and features 40+ sessions organized by NYC’s civic technology\, data\, and design community! Our conversations and workshops will feed your mind and inspire you to improve your neighborhood. \nTo attend\, you need to purchase tickets. The venue is accessible\, and the content is all-ages friendly! If you have accessibility questions or needs\, please email the BetaNYC team at schoolofdata@beta.nyc. \nThank you to Reinvent Albany for their support as Lead Partner and helping cover conference costs to make it possible to meet in 2026. Additional sponsors include HaydenAI\, SVA Masters in Data Visualization and Communication\, Nava\, The Center for Urban Science + Progress (CUSP) at NYU Tandon. and Cyvl.  \nIf you can’t join us in person\, tune into the main stage live stream provided by the Internet Society New York Chapter. Follow the conversation #NYCSoData on Bluesky. \nPurchase your tickets here.
URL:https://opendataweek.nyc/event/nyc-school-of-data/
LOCATION:CUNY School of Law\, 2 Ct Square W\, Long Island City\, New York\, 11101\, United States of America
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SUMMARY:NYC UnSchool of Data 2026
DESCRIPTION:UnSchool of Data is BetaNYC’s open space unconference for networking\, co-creating\, and learning. It brings together city residents\, technologists\, civic leaders\, students\, advocates\, policy nerds\, government staff\, elected officials\, journalists\, designers\, and more to leverage open data to tackle some of the most pressing issues in NYC and beyond. \nIt’s a community driven day for turning open data into civic solutions. \nUnSchool of Data has these underlying goals: \n\nConvene community members to share civic insights and ideas.\nCreate processes/projects that people will use for further action.\nFoster formal and informal communities of practice and action.\n\nLearn more about UnSchool of Data and how it works at www.schoolofdata.nyc/unschool.
URL:https://opendataweek.nyc/event/nyc-unschool-of-data/
LOCATION:CUNY School of Law\, 2 Ct Square W\, Long Island City\, New York\, 11101\, United States of America
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SUMMARY:A Walking Tour of Gramercy Flatiron in Manhattan - How Trash Cans\, Monuments and Trees Define Our Neighborhoods\, Businesses and Our Culture
DESCRIPTION:Baruch students are leading a data-driven walking tour of Gramercy Flatiron based on litter basket data from the NYC Department of Sanitation and monument and tree data from the NYC Parks Department. \nNothing to do with dumpster diving\, but everything to do with leveraging unique data sets from NYC Open Data that are used to design a data-driven walk. The event will demonstrate how combining a myriad of datasets can drive new community gathering places and economic development. \nStudent docents from Baruch College and New York University will point out and discuss famous and unique places next to litter cans in the Gramercy Flatiron including famous statues and unique places in Madison Sq. Park\, eateries on 5th Ave\, the farmers market in Union Square and Broadway\, notable homes of Dutch\, English and Americans in Gramercy Park \nFollowing a brief discussion about the architectural importance of the Courthouse\, students will then lead us through Madison Square Park\, pointing out important statues and plaques\, notable sculpture then down Broadway through Flatiron towards Union Sq. Park. The walk will then head north through Gramercy Park ending at the Vertical Campus of Baruch College at 25th Street and Lexington Ave. \nThe walk begins at 12pm on the front steps of the Appellate Division Courthouse of New York State adjacent to Madison Sq. Park. Bring questions\, snacks\, and curiosity. The walk will last about 90 minutes. If you want to learn more after the tour\, stick around for a discussion about how it was designed – sign up here.
URL:https://opendataweek.nyc/event/a-walking-tour-of-gramercy-flatiron-in-manhattan-how-trash-cans-monuments-and-trees-define-our-neighborhoods-businesses-and-our-culture/
LOCATION:New York State Appellate Division of the Supreme Court\, 27 Madison Ave Front steps\, New York\, NY\, 10010
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SUMMARY:How Trash Can\, Monuments\, and Trees Data Drive Walking Tour Design
DESCRIPTION:Baruch College and New York University students will present their results from mining the litter basket dataset available from NYC Open Data sources. Students will demonstrate how this data combination of other datasets to identify famous places\, plaques\, statues\, trees and famous buildings in the Gramercy Flatiron neighborhoods. \nThese presentations will be based on data from the NYC Department of Sanitation\, monuments and plaque datasets and tree census data from the NYC Parks Department. Students will discuss famous and unique places next to litter cans in the Gramercy Flatiron including famous statues and unique places in Madison Sq. Park\, eateries on 5th Ave\, the farmers market in Union Square and Broadway\, notable homes of Dutch\, English and Americans in Gramercy Park \nNothing to do with dumpster diving\, but everything to do with leveraging unique data sets from NYC Open Data  the presentations will demonstrate how combining a myriad of datasets can drive new community gathering places and economic development. \nPresentations begin at 1:30pm. Meet in front of the Baruch College Welcome Center at 137A East 25th Street. The building is located in a pedestrian plaza between 3rd Ave and Lexington Ave. Attendance is limited to 30 people. Please bring an ID card (like a driver’s license) that will allow you to get through security.  \nBefore this discussion\, join the related walking tour that starts at 12 p.m..
URL:https://opendataweek.nyc/event/how-trash-can-monuments-and-trees-data-drive-walking-tour-design/
LOCATION:Baruch College Welcome Center\, 137 East 25th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10010
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