Unlocking Capital Project Mysteries with NYC Open Data
Channel: BetaNYC
Date: 27/03/2023

NYC Open Data Week 2023 - Mar 14 2023 

WeGovNYC Databook (http://databook.wegov.nyc/) is a set of software and data tools that give New Yorkers a better understanding of how our city works. We index, normalize, republish, and visualize more than 30 NYC Open Data datasets so anyone can keep tabs on local government.

In this session, we’ll show you how our data pipeline works, how we built our interface, tour you through the existing Capital Projects directory, and analyze new datasets that we’re adding to it.

We’d love to hear your thoughts, ideas, feedback and more.

Curious about the status of a Capital Project in your neighborhood? Our Databook’s most popular interface is the Capital Project Directory, which combines four city open datasets to generate a profile page for every capital project in NYC. These pages compare a project’s original planned budget and work timeline to its current one, revealing if projects are over budget or late. The city recently released more data related to the capital budget, so we’re in the process of expanding the directory and upgrading its design. And we’d love your help!

Questions we look forward to exploring with you in this session include:

How can we use open data to make the City’s capital budgeting process more understandable?
How can we help you track capital projects that you care about?
What can we do to help our city better manage our precious capital budget and execute projects more efficiently?
What should we do, with whom should we partner, and how can we make NYC better using all of the City’s fantastic open data!?

ORGANIZERS: WeGovNYC, Devin Balkind

https://2023.open-data.nyc/event/unlocking-capital-project-mysteries-with-nyc-open-data/

PLAYLIST: https://bit.ly/nycodw2023

ABOUT OPEN DATA WEEK
Open Data Week is an annual festival of community-driven events organized and produced by the NYC Mayor’s Office of Data Analytics and BetaNYC. Every year, New Yorkers come together all across the five boroughs to celebrate New York City’s Open Data Law, which was signed into law on March 7, 2012. Coincidentally, the first weekend of March is also International Open Data Day.  With these dates anchoring Open Data Week, we rally NYC’s civic tech and open data communities and offer opportunities for more people to learn about and engage with municipal open data. https://www.open-data.nyc/

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ABOUT BETA NYC
BetaNYC is a civic organization dedicated to improving lives in New York through civic design, technology, and data. We envision an informed and empowered public that can leverage civic design, technology, and data to hold government accountable, and improve their economic opportunity. https://beta.nyc/