The NYC Smart City Testbed Program is inspiring innovation within City government by streamlining and accelerating the citywide process for piloting emerging technologies.

• cities

• Emerging tech
• Govtech
• Hardware

FPWA’s NYC Funds Tracker monitors New York City’s revenue and the flow to budget expenditures.

• Civic data
• Data visualization
• Government transparency

NYC Street Map is an ongoing effort to digitize official street records, bring them together with other street information, and make them easily accessible to the public.

• cities

• Civic data
• Civic maps
• Open government data

Welcome to NYC Government’s home for filing Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) requests.

• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Freedom of Information

Real-time flood sensors were developed by the FloodSense project at NYU and the CUNY Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC), with a goal of providing information on the presence, frequency, and depth of hyperlocal street-level flood events to a range of stakeholders, including policymakers, government agencies, citizens, emergency response teams, community advocacy groups, and researchers.

• floods

• Civic maps

On the Open Data Project Gallery, you can find examples of open data in action and gain inspiration for projects of your own. See how NYC Open Data is used by activists to advocate for change, by entrepreneurs to develop products, by teachers to build analytics skills in the classroom, by government agencies to make data more accessible, and much more.

• Civic data
• Data visualization
• Civic tech catalogs

NYCommons helps New Yorkers impact decisions about public land and buildings in their neighborhoods. It is a collaboration between Common Cause/NY, the Community Development Project at the Urban Justice Center, and 596 Acres.

• land

• Civic maps

The Mayor’s Office of the Chief Technology Officer has developed the NYC Internet of Things Strategy in order to support a healthy cross-sector IoT ecosystem in New York City – one that is productive, responsible, and fair.

• Smart Cities and sensors

New York City is launching the second cohort of its NYC[x] Innovation Fellows program to expand on this successful collaboration, embedding small teams of technologists with City agencies to rapidly solve specific challenges through the use of best practices in digital service delivery.

• cities

• Pro bono and volunteer
• Fellowships

Low cost, mobile air quality and other environmental sensors installed on City vehicles. The City Scanner is a low-cost alternative to traditional methods of collecting environmental data. The sensor attaches to the roof of vehicles and collects detailed data at a more geographic level than traditional fixed-position sensors. The City Scanner sensors capture data related to environmental conditions including air quality (particulate matter 1, 2.5, and 10), temperature, humidity, and road conditions in New York City. The solar-powered sensors are removable and do not permanently alter vehicles.

• air quality
• cities

• Smart Cities and sensors

Civic Service Design refers to the practice of creating, better understanding, and improving upon programs at any stage; we use “civic service design” to mean applying the tools and methods of service design to government-run or funded programs.

• Design
• Playbooks and design principles

A space to enhance civic participation, promote civic trust, and strengthen democracy in New York City

• Decidim

• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy
• Participatory budgeting

The Mayor's Office of Data Analytics (MODA) works with City agencies and their data to help serve New Yorkers more equitably and effectively.

• Civic data
• Govtech

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to reporting on algorithmic tools used by city agencies

• Govtech
• Civic tech legislation and policy
• Algorithmic transparency

Open Data is free public data published by New York City agencies and other partners. Share your work during Open Data Week 2021 or sign up for the NYC Open Data mailing list to learn about training opportunities and upcoming events.

• Govtech

NYC Mesh is a physical network of interconnected routers and a group of enthusiasts working to support the expansion of the project as a freely accessible, open, wireless community network.

• Listservs, forums, and Slacks

A mesh network for NYC

• Connectivity

HUMAN-CENTERED TOOLS TO ADVANCE NEW YORKERS' MENTAL HEALTH

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Organize campaigns

Propose bold ideas that solve for real urban needs, improve the way we live, support a thriving economy, and create good-paying jobs.

• The People
• Build something
• Public sector innovation labs

NYC Trees Count Data Jam

• The People
• Build something
• Civic hackathons

The Mayor’s Public Engagement Unit (PEU) proactively connects New Yorkers to key City services, like housing and healthcare.

• Good health and well-being
• housing
• translation

• Canvassing

It is an opportunity to engage New Yorkers in the information that is produced and used by City government.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Holidays

• Watchdogging and transparency

NYC Digital Safety: Privacy & Security is a partnership between New York City’s three library systems and METRO, a library resources council serving NYC and Westchester County. With support from the City of New York Mayor’s Office of the Chief Technology Officer, the project will ensure that NYC residents can rely on public libraries for their questions about internet privacy and security.

• libraries

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy
• Cybersecurity

Our mission is to deliver user-centered technology solutions that simplify access to City services and drive innovation.

• Govtech
• Internal government tech capacity
• Open innovation

AI Confessions

• The People
• Build something
• Innovation teams and labs

• The People
• Build something
• Playbooks and design principles

the City’s first public-private NYC Blockchain Center

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Blockchain

Momentum is dedicated to teaching and learning the craft of popular movements fighting for justice.

• The People
• Courses
• Learn about civic tech

• Adjacent Fields
• Foundational layers
• Connectivity

• The People
• Build something
• Civic hackathons

• The People
• Build something
• Playbooks and design principles

Local Law 49

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Artificial Intelligence

The more traffic planners know.

• Uber

• Regulation

• Civic data
• The People
• Meet the others

TLC Data Hub offers users a new and convenient location to access and visualize taxi and for hire industry data.

• mobility

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

Fellows will work closely with PRU staff to support multiple research projects including statistical data analysis and monitoring the poverty reduction effects of the city’s anti-poverty initiatives.

• No poverty

• Civic data
• The People
• Data science for social good

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Govtech

Create modern web applications that evaluate household data against eligibility rules for 31 different City, State, and Federal benefits programs (including SNAP, Cash Assistance, WIC, HEAP, and more).

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Engagement tech

NYC Planning Labs builds open, impactful, modern technology tools for urban planners

• The People
• Build something
• Public sector innovation labs

These events join New Yorkers of all ages to test and give feedback on technologies aimed at improving quality of life and City services.

• The People
• Graveyard
• Build something

The commission shall publish annually a directory of the computerized information produced or maintained by city agencies which is required by law to be publicly accessible.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Open data publishing platforms

NYC BigApps is the premier civic innovation competition in New York City that challenges tech experts to apply their know-how to improve NYC.

• The People
• Get funding
• Competitions

A now deprecated glossary of tech terms from the Mayor's CTO office

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Glossaries

Join us as we transform the digital experience for all New Yorkers and create a more equitable city.

• The People
• Build something
• Playbooks and design principles

CoreData.nyc is New York City’s housing and neighborhoods data hub, presented by the NYU Furman Center.

• housing
• cities

• Data visualization

Spatial Equity NYC (SE), a tool developed by MIT’s Norman B. Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism (LCAU) in close collaboration with New York City-based nonprofit Transportation Alternatives (TA), visualizes mobility, environment, and health data.

• cities
• place-based
• Reduced inequalities

• Civic data
• Data visualization
• Civic maps