• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency

We collect and join datasets together to create a data-driven view of New York City government.

• Civic data

A network of groups organizing to provide aid and support to New Yorkers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Research into whether legislation achieved its policy goals

• Evaluate impact

Donation service that holds your funds in an interest-earning FDIC-insured account until you donate them, at which point the receiving nonprofit gets 100% of your donation.

• Fundraising tools
• Fintech for good

Explore the economic, social, environmental, and physical health of New York City across race/ethnicity, gender, location, and income.

• Reduced inequalities

• Open data publishing portals

Where innovation, entrepreneurship, and technology for the urban environment come to thrive.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Partner networks

„Forum Bundesgerichtshof“ ist eine private, politisch und konfessionell unabhängige Webseite, die es interessierten Bürgerinnen und Bürgern ermöglicht, alle Urteile des deutschen Bundesgerichtshofs öffentlich zu analysieren, zu kommentieren und darüber zu debattieren.

• Participatory democracy
• Legal tech
• Justice tech

Visualized votes in the German Parliament (Bundestag)

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Graveyard

It's time to forge stronger connections between NYC citizens and city decision makers.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

In the beginner's mind there are…

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

Delta.NYC is a pro bono tech program that bridges the digital divide between the technology and public interest sectors by bringing together teams of digital professionals to lend their services on meaningful projects for local NYC organizations working towards a more equitable, just and democratic society.

• The People
• Graveyard
• Help out

This was an online platform that community groups can use to develop online hubs for civic engagement, online organizing and information-sharing.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Govtech

• The People
• Build something
• Accelerators

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Research and policy centers

• The People
• Fellowships
• Find a job or hire someone

Decoding Media's Social Effects

• The Tech
• Media
• Media and social media analysis

GoGetta has New York’s most up-to-date service information on food, personal care, shelter, and clothing.

• homelessness

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Crowdsourcing

Huduma Kenya Programme is a Government of Kenya initiative whose aim is to turn around public service delivery by providing efficient and accessible Government services at the convenience of citizens through various integrated service delivery platforms. The Ministry of Public Service Youth and Gender Affairs is implementing the programme through the Huduma Kenya Secretariat.

• Service delivery

A source of complaint data to help NYC's City Council be more responsive to constituents

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Civic data

The Internet Master Plan is a new vision for broadband infrastructure and service in New York City.

• The People
• Adjacent Fields
• Foundational layers

We want to empower New Yorkers to advocate for ADSs that work to undo unjust systems instead of encoding inequality.

• The Tech
• The People
• Adjacent Fields

LinkNYC is a first-of-its-kind communication network, bringing the fastest free public Wi-Fi to millions of New Yorkers and visitors.

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Smart Cities and sensors

Tumenye is a civic technology and open data company in Rwanda building tools to help citizens.

An online forum for community discussion

• The People
• Meet the others
• Socialize online

It looks like the end of the road for a site that offered what was once cutting-edge access to Web-based data visualization.

• IBM

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Graveyard

A knowledge base website that collects public health information on the novel coronavirus from WHO, CDC, NYS, and NYC.

• COVID
• COVID Engagement Projects

Unsere Vision ist eine Welt, in der alle Menschen am Wissen der Menschheit teilhaben, es nutzen und mehren können.

• Pro bono and volunteer
• Digital rights
• Open data publishing platforms

A map visualizing traffic in the city with incidents

• mobility

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

the_message, BetaNYC's monthly newsletter

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Newsletters

The Kenya Open Data is a portal that makes public Government datasets accessible for free to the public in easy reusable formats.

• Civic data
• Graveyard
• Open government data

BetaNYC is a civic organization dedicated to improving lives in New York through civic design, technology, and data.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

Decoding media's social effects to put their power to good use

• The People
• Build something
• Accelerators

The latest bills and statements by members of Congress on the topics you care about - search the record

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

This interactive WebVR experience creates a space out of time to explore memory from an intimate and poetic perspective.

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Emerging Tech Projects

Our mission at WeGovNYC is to bring New Yorkers together to create the world’s best municipality.

• cities

• Support civic projects with tech

Our team spent two years listening to homeless New Yorkers. This website aims to summarize our findings and push forward sensible reforms that we developed alongside our homeless neighbors.

• homelessness

• The People
• Specific campaigns
• Narrative tech

• Facebook

• The People
• Meet the others
• Socialize online

Free Wi-Fi should really be free

• The Tech
• Adjacent Fields
• Emerging tech

SONYC is currently seeking citizen scientists to help address NYC’s noise by annotating audio clips for our machine learning technology.

• cities
• noise

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Emerging tech

Search New York City parking & camera violations

• mobility

• Civic data
• Open data publishing portals

• The Tech
• Freedom of Information

Browse and download over 1,600 New York State data resources on topics ranging from farmers’ markets to solar photovoltaic projects to MTA turnstile usage.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Open data publishing portals

‎Read reviews, compare customer ratings, see screenshots, and learn more about Wheely NYC. Download Wheely NYC and enjoy it on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Govtech

BetaNYC project

• The Tech
• Adjacent Fields
• Civic data

Good Call NYC provides support during an arrest process. Its 24/7 hotline puts people in touch with lawyers, free of charge.

• The Tech
• Adjacent Fields
• Govtech

Assets Declaration Platform

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency