January 3rd, 2013
We estimate that collectively we served and informed 10 times as many individuals by embracing an open strategy. That’s hundreds of thousands of people. And it validates the Bloomberg administration’s commitment to this technology.”-NYC Chief Digital Officer Rachel Haot

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For more context, read about how public open government data feeds become critical infrastructure during natural disasters.

Hurricane Sandy, Open Data and Social Media | Open Government Blog

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August 24th, 2012

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Mayor Bloomberg and Chief Digital Officer Rachel Haot today unveiled the 2012 Digital Roadmap, an update to the 2011 roadmap, a comprehensive plan outlining NYC’s digital successes and a look ahead to new initiatives to spur the development of the local tech and digital sector.

With 80 percent of its objectives complete, New York City’s Digital Roadmap: Progress and Innovation demonstrates the strides the City has made to date, driven by a vibrant technology industry, a strong social media presence, infrastructure improvements and historic investments in education. Highlights from the year are shown in the infographics above.

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August 8th, 2012

Mike Flowers, Director of the City’s Policy and Strategic Planning Analytics Team, explains how the city has been using building data to crack down on illegal apartment conversions, which helps prevent fires. As a result of this effort, building inspectors saw a five-fold increase in the uncovering and remediation of illegal conversions. 

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July 6th, 2012
Zoom nycopendata: Gorgeous, interactive map of NYC’s green data created by MapBox. MapBox has placed the code for this visualization on GitHub at https://github.com/mapbox/reinventgreen. 

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Gorgeous, interactive map of NYC’s green data created by MapBox. MapBox has placed the code for this visualization on GitHub at https://github.com/mapbox/reinventgreen. 

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May 7th, 2012

NYCDoITT Open Data Policy Hack Day

Consider attending NYCDoITT’s Open Data Policy Hack Day. Add your discussion topics here: http://bit.ly/IxHBTG. You can sign-up for the event at http://bit.ly/I6ZXKV

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April 27th, 2012
Event Sign-Up: NYC Open Data Policy Hack Day

Help develop the plan for NYC government to unlock its data!

NYC recently enacted Local Law 11 of 2012, which mandates citywide open data in machine-readable formats through a centralized, publicly accessible web site. The NYC Open Data portal was launched in late 2011 to meet this need. The legislation additionally mandates the creation of technical standards in support of this initiative.

Join NYC DoITT’s team from the Office of Strategic Technology Development and the open government community – policymakers, technologists, civic hackers, app developers, academics, journalists and data enthusiasts – for an engaging day of discussions, drafting, planning and hacking.

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March 8th, 2012
Zoom nycopendata: Yesterday, Mayor Bloomberg signed into law what he termed “the most ambitious and comprehensive open data legislation in the country.”The Mayor remarked:“If we’re going to continue leading the country in innovation and transparency, we’re going to have to make sure that all New Yorkers have access to the data that drives our City. Across City government, agencies use data to develop policy, implement programs, and track performance — and each month, our Administration shares more and more of this data with the public at large, catalyzing the creativity, intellect, and enterprising spirit of computer programmers to build tools that help us all improve our lives.” Read more on NYC.gov 

nycopendata:

Yesterday, Mayor Bloomberg signed into law what he termed “the most ambitious and comprehensive open data legislation in the country.”

The Mayor remarked:
“If we’re going to continue leading the country in innovation and transparency, we’re going to have to make sure that all New Yorkers have access to the data that drives our City. Across City government, agencies use data to develop policy, implement programs, and track performance — and each month, our Administration shares more and more of this data with the public at large, catalyzing the creativity, intellect, and enterprising spirit of computer programmers to build tools that help us all improve our lives.”

Read more on NYC.gov 

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March 7th, 2012
Zoom Mayor Bloomberg, DoITT’s Commissioner Carole Post, Council Member Gale Brewer, Council Member Margaret Chin and Council Member Daniel Garodnick at Open Data bill signing

Mayor Bloomberg, DoITT’s Commissioner Carole Post, Council Member Gale Brewer, Council Member Margaret Chin and Council Member Daniel Garodnick at Open Data bill signing

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February 29th, 2012
Zoom The New York Times just launched a restaurant inspections map using NYC Open Data. New York Health Department Restaurant Ratings Map The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene performs unannounced sanitary inspections of every restaurant at least once per year. Violation points result in a letter grade, which can be explored in the map below, along with violation descriptions. The information on this map will be updated periodically. For menus and reviews by New York Times critics, visit our restaurants guide. -Jeremy White, The New York Times

The New York Times just launched a restaurant inspections map using NYC Open Data.


New York Health Department Restaurant Ratings Map

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene performs unannounced sanitary inspections of every restaurant at least once per year. Violation points result in a letter grade, which can be explored in the map below, along with violation descriptions. The information on this map will be updated periodically. For menus and reviews by New York Times critics, visit our restaurants guide.

-Jeremy White, The New York Times

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