Catch up before the next edition! Our Sept 11 newsletter recaps CityCamp NYC, shares civic engagement tools, highlights upcoming events, and explores how kindness is driving civic tech. #PublicInterestTech #OpenData #CivicTech #NYC Read here: www.beta.nyc/2025/09/11/w...

Kindness isn’t optional—it’s our social contract. Join us in recapping CityCamp NYC 2025, gearing up for civic actions this fall, and celebrating the power of tech + community. Dive into the latest in #NYC #CivicTech #PiTech. Read more on our website: www.beta.nyc/2025/09/11/w...

We’re partnering with DIVAS for Social Justice for a hands-on field mapping session in Brooklyn! Learn to use OpenStreetMap to map parks + public spaces 🌳🌍 📅 Sat, Sept 20, 10am–12pm 📍 DIVAS Makerspace, 1604 Fulton St 🔗 beta.nyc/e250920-rsvp

“Choose kindness. Choose community. Choose a future better than the one we inherited.” 🌆 From CityCamp to voter registration, here’s what’s new in #NYC civic tech this week. Read more on our website: www.beta.nyc/2025/09/11/w...

“As New Yorkers, we know kindness, & we affirm it daily.” CityCamp NYC is still echoing, ballot measures loom, & civic duty calls. Catch up here: www.beta.nyc/2025/09/11/w... #NYC #CivicTech #Vote

CityCamp NYC 2025 was more than an unconference—it was a call to kindness, accountability, and action. Let’s talk about what’s ahead: vote prep, public service, tech’s role in shaping our city. Read @Beta.NYC's newsletter. www.beta.nyc/2025/09/11/w...

🚨 A moment in NYC history! 🚨 Check out this week in NYC #CivicTech. For Week 26 of 2025 we look an opportunity to support a new FOIL law, & the Civic Tech Field Guide recaps at TICTeC. Check out Quill's AI in K-12 Education Guide! Read our newsletter: www.beta.nyc/2025/06/27/w...

ICYMI, we're hosting a free virtual workshop to help you unlock the power of NY Open Data! 📣 Learn how to access public datasets about NYC 311 requests, health, safety, and quality of life in your neighborhood. 💪 📊 When: Tuesday, June 17 at 11 am ET 🗓️ Learn more: beta.nyc/e250623-rsvp 🔗

Happening tomorrow! ⏰ Join us and the NYC Open Data team for Discovering NYC Open Data — learn how to explore, filter & visualize NYC’s public data. See what others are building & get inspired to dig into the data yourself! When: June 11, from 6–7:30 pm ET 🗓️ RSVP: www.nyc.gov/discoveropen... 💻

Public Interest Tech (#PiTech) is about democracy, inclusion, and love. Love for your neighbors, love of yourself, our struggles, and our future. We've launched a "No King" campaign to support our digital and data literacy initiatives in NYC. Support us and democracy. beta.nyc/support-us-no-king.

Curious about how public data can support your community? 📊 Join us for Introducing NY Open Data: A Workshop! From NYC 311 requests to health and safety data, learn how to find the information that matters most to you. When: Tuesday, June 17 at 11 am ET 📅 Learn more: beta.nyc/e250623-rsvp 🔗

Hot news! The NYC Urban Heat Portal is live and making waves! 🌡️ 🌇 🔥 Curious how it came together? Peek behind the scenes: beta.nyc/nyc-urban-heat Then dive into the portal itself: urbanheat.nyc Thank you to all our amazing partners who helped make this project possible!

Catch the latest on civic participation, NYC primaries, participatory budgeting, and AI's impact on journalism and child welfare in this week’s edition of What’s New in NYC Civic Tech—don’t miss it! www.beta.nyc/2025/05/29/w...

Our very own Noel Hidalgo is featured in Tech for Us, a new documentary from Roadtrip Nation. 🚐 🎥 The full series drops August 1— watch the trailer now: roadtripnation.com/roadtrip/tec... Stay tuned for PBS air dates later this summer! 💻 📺

NYC Open Data Week 2025 was a blast! Our blog post recaps the incredible events, hands-on workshops, and inspiring conversations that made this year unforgettable. 🎉 Thank you to NYC's Open Data Team and Data Through Design for a fun festival! Check out the highlights at beta.nyc/odw25-recap

This week, we commemorate May Day and discuss the powerful democratic moment unfolding before us. Check out this week's What's New in NYC Civic Tech. beta.nyc/2025/05/01/w...

Still in the Open Data Week euphoria? Join the Open Data Week and Data Through Design teams at our spring meetup! Everyone is welcome, whether you're new to Open Data or a fan. 🥳 When: This Friday, May 2, 5-8pm 📅 Where: Route 66 Smokehouse - Upstairs Game Room 🎊 RSVP: beta.nyc/e250502

Coming up this Monday! We're bringing back Open Data Journeys with the Motor Vehicle Collisions - Crashes dataset. 👀 Join BetaNYC’s Giuseppe Romano and Kate Irvin for an investigative journey and learn how to use NYC Open Data. When: Monday, April 28, at 12 pm 📆 RSVP: beta.nyc/e250428 📣

NYC is heating up—literally. The new NYC Urban Heat Portal is here to help communities, planners, and advocates tackle extreme heat head-on.​ 🔥 🌡️ Access detailed layers on outdoor heat exposure index, surface temperature, cool roofs, tree canopy, and more!​ 📊 Dive into the map: urbanheat.nyc 🔗

This week, we reflect on a record-shattering Open Data Week while preparing for the next stages in our City's democracy. Check out this week's What's New in NYC Civic Tech! beta.nyc/2025/04/17/w...

Hello Open Data Week friends! Join us for a celebratory spring meetup. Everyone is invited! Whether you're new or a longtime fan, come join us! 🙌 When: Friday, May 2, 5-8pm 📅 Where: Route 66 Smokehouse - Upstairs Game Room📍 RSVP: airtable.com/applVbrQQpWt... 💌

This week, we report from the other side of NYC School of Data and reflect on how one person, one action, can make a difference. Check out this week's What's New in NYC Civic Tech.

Thank you for joining us at NYC Open Data Week 2025! We hope you had a blast. 🚀 Stay tuned for updates on recordings at bit.ly/odw-subscribe A special thank you to the NYC Open Data Team at the Office of Technology and Innovation and Data Through Design for partnering with us! 🫶

Coming up at 3:45 pm— our last of sessions at NYC School of Data 2025! 🫶 Head to nycsodata25.sched.com for more info.

This panel is almost starting and I can’t wait. @schoolofdata.nyc @beta.nyc

Coming up at 2:30 pm— the third set of sessions at NYC School of Data 2025! 🎒 Head to nycsodata25.sched.com for more info.

Thank you NY Senator Kristen Gonzales and NYC's Chief Analytics Officer for joining us to kick off @schoolofdata.nyc and end #opendata week.

I helped plan this workshop and get to co-facilitate it this afternoon. Going to be lots of fun. #pitech #civictech @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @gcsocialwelfare.bsky.social

Tune into the main stage and hear about the future of interactive #opendata at @nysci.bsky.social! www.schoolofdata.nyc/live

What does 82,000 fewer cars per day look like? Matt Yarri of the @mta.info Data & Analytics team reviews congestion pricing data visualization at @schoolofdata.nyc

Been loving the panels and @schoolofdata.nyc today!! Bravo @beta.nyc team and all those involved!!!

Starting soon at 12:15 pm— our second set of sessions at NYC School of Data 2025! 💗 Head to nycsodata25.sched.com for more info.

This afternoon panel will be a blast: critical and crucial discussions about affordable housing, tenant activism, squatter histories in NYC, open data, & archives as counter-data practices. @schoolofdata.nyc @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social nycsodata25.sched.com/event/1x5Yj/...

It's been a few years since my last @schoolofdata.nyc from @beta.nyc and a number of awesome partners. Forgot how inspiring it can be! Here's @noneck.org giving some of the remarks, with an incredible combination of insights and humility

Coming up at 11 am— the first set of sessions at NYC School of Data 2025! 🥳 Head to nycsodata25.sched.com for more info.

Starting soon ⏰ The Opening Session for School of Data 2025!!! In-person? Head to room 2-301 - Auditorium. 📣 Online? Tune in at schoolofdata.nyc/live 🖥️ Today's livestream is brought to you by u to Reinvent Albany and ISOC.LIVE 🫶

Do not fret #nycSOdata, you can join us via youtube at https://www.youtube.com/embed/uq_tzsCGFKE

Join CUNY for Let’s Build a NYC Public Interest Tech Lab: A Visioning Game. This interactive session invites you to co-design a Public Interest Tech Lab. Let’s turn ideas into action! 🎯🚀 When: March 29 @ 3:45pm at School of Data, as part of NYC Open Data Week RSVP: schoolofdata.nyc/2025-schedule

Welcome to day SEVEN of Open Data Week. 😍 🫶 📊 The momentum doesn't stop here; there’s still more to come throughout the day and over the weekend! Check out the program at open-data.nyc and sign up for the festival inside scoop at bit.ly/odw-subscribe

Come learn about flood insurance data & flood risks. 🌊 📊 Join Mark Bauer & Tiffany Cousins for Analyzing Flood Insurance Claim Trends in New York City: Insights from FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program Data! When: March 29 at 12:15pm @ School of Data RSVP: schoolofdata.nyc/2025-schedule

It's day 6 of NYC Open Data Week! With TWENTY events lined up today, we’re just as energized as we were on day one. ⚡ 🎊 📊 Check out the program and sign up for events at open-data.nyc And stay in the loop on all festival announcements at bit.ly/odw-subscribe

NYC School of Data is THREE days away! 🗽 🏫 📊 Join BetaNYC and the NYC Open Data Team at #NYC's #civictech conference, with sessions unpacking #opendata #servicedesign #PublicInterestTech. Sat, 3/29 at CUNY School of Law 📅 RSVP at schoolofdata.nyc/2025-schedule 🎟️

Just a little preview of what we'll have at the @schoolofdata.nyc conference gift shop. #NoKingAnyTime

Happy Wednesday! It’s day 5 of NYC Open Data Week, and we’re officially at the halfway point—but there’s still much more to explore! 📊 🌳 📖 View the program and register for events at open-data.nyc Also, stay in touch throughout the week at bit.ly/odw-subscribe

Welcome to day 4 of NYC Open Data Week! 📊 🫶 There are more dazzling events in today's lineup! View the program and sign up for events at open-data.nyc

NYC School of Data is FIVE days away! 📣 🥳 🎒 Join us for our annual celebration of municipal data and public interest tech! Get your tickets at schoolofdata.nyc/2025-schedule

Today is day three of NYC Open Data Week, and there’s plenty more in store! 👀 📊 🎨 Check out the program at open-data.nyc and sign up to receive announcements at bit.ly/odw-subscribe.

Tonight, NYC's Public Interest Technology & Open Data community kicked off NYC's #opendata week with this amazing art show by Data x Design. < datathroughdesign.com > Other events are at www.open-data.nyc and we'll conclude the week at @schoolofdata.nyc!

Welcome to day 2 of NYC Open Data Week 2025! There's more magical events in store for you today! Visit open-data.nyc to learn more. 🪄 ✨ Looking for the inside scoop for the day's events? Sign up for our Daily Digests at bit.ly/odw-subscribe

It's day 1 of NYC Open Data Week 2025! 🥳 🥁 🎊 Each day, we will send a newsletter with the inside scoop on what to expect for the day. Want in? Be sure to sign up at bit.ly/odw-subscribe