Open Data Week Events (2017–Present)

Citizen Engagement Through Data Portals

This event will include presentations of different forms of citizen engagement through data portals, followed by an open discussion with attendees about what users look for in data, data portals, functionality, content, and proactive engagement/involvement in curation and development.

Individuals: Agnieszka Zajac, Beatriz Nebreda, Gianfranco Cecconi, Olivier Thereaux, Sam Roberts | Organizations: EU Open Data Portal, EU Open Data Portal, European Data Portal, Open Data Institute, UK Cabinet Office

2021

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PNK Live Plug and Play

Join the HPCN & CTNY to view a live Portable Network Kit (PNK) demonstration alongside some of our Winter Digital Steward Training Academy participants. This workshop will teach students how to connect a PNK and make virtual connections across our campus, as well as and explore the use of the applications that make PNK's valuable communications devices before, during, and after a climate emergency.

Individuals: Alejandra Delfin, Danny R. Peralta, Gilberto Romero, Joel Rodriguez, Luis Saula, Sharon De La Cruz | Organizations: THE POINT CDC/HPCN, THE POINT CDC/HPCN, THE POINT CDC/HPCN, THE POINT CDC/HPCN, THE POINT CDC/HPCN, THE POINT CDC/HPCN

2021

Data + Disasters: Harnessing the power of data to strengthen emergency response and recovery

Attend this panel to learn more about how governments can use data in critical moments for disaster response and recovery. 

In the last year, we’ve seen emergency responders and governments respond to fires, floods, and public health disasters with every resource they have. But many public decision-makers fail to take advantage of one of their most powerful tools: data. 

Accurate, timely information can drastically improve emergency response, though it can be hard for responders to find the right data at the right time. 

We’ll share:
- Stories from Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Sandy, and the California wildfires about how civic data champions were able to fill data gaps on the fly to better serve residents. 
- Lessons from the field about how state and county public health agencies might design better data strategies in the wake of COVID-19. 
- How states are reimagining the crucial role of data in responding to peoples’ needs during the long economic recovery ahead. 

State and local government innovators have proven that insights from good data can fundamentally improve how governments respond to crises. But research on data use for response and recovery from COVID-19 have shown that governments have a long way to go before they’re able to effectively leverage data for good.

Individuals: Kell Crowley, Sarah Schacht, Katya Abazajian, Kevin Parker | Organizations: Beeck Center for Social Impact & Innovation at Georgetown University, Beeck Center for Social Impact & Innovation at Georgetown University, Beeck Center for Social Impact & Innovation at Georgetown University

2021

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Exploring NYC Open Data with Us Part 2

Two workshops will be given by CUNY Queens College students who are studying data analytics and data visualization. The audience will learn how to
use data visualization and machine learning tools to analyze sets of NYC open data, revealing insights and stories behind such data. See below for details.

Data Visualization Workshop, March 9th, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
The goal of this workshop is to teach the audience about data visualization using the NYC open data. The NYC open data is ideal in allowing users to
create their own visualization on a variety of topics related to NYC life and learn how raw data can be beautified in visuals. This workshop will not only promote data analytics skills among NYC residents but will also provide them with the skills needed to become judicious consumers of information, able to understand and identify misleading visualization. 

Machine Learning Workshop, March 10th, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Machine learning (ML) is the core sub-area of Artificial Intelligence (AI), an area of data analytics that is booming. Using NYC open-source data, this workshop aims to
educate NYC residents about the importance and role of ML in learning about New York City.

Individuals: Habiba Aziz, Ying Zhou | Organizations: Queens College

2021

Workshop

Scout - How can we make NYC’s open data even more awesome?

Data Clinic launched Scout almost a year ago at Open Data Week 2020 to make it easier to discover interesting datasets on the NYC open data portal. Since then, we have been focused on expanding its capabilities and extending its reach to other open data portals. Join us to hear about these new developments and to help us decide what features to focus on in 2021.
 
Among other things we would love to hear your feedback on:
·         Options for searching NYC Open Data.
·         Standardizing column names across NYC datasets.
·         Standardizing/mapping ID’s for schools, geographic identifiers, etc. across datasets
·         Options for organizing data sets around subject area/cause or geographic region (i.e., Council District, Community District, etc.) rather than agency/department.
·         Better interfaces for exploring NYC Open Data Sets.
 
This session will consist of a demo followed by breakout sessions with facilitated discussions focused on these areas with a final share out back to the full group.

Individuals: Stuart Lynn | Organizations: Data Clinic at Two Sigma

2021

DATA2GO.NYC Scavenger Hunt from Home

Starting on Monday, March 8th, join Measure of America (MOA) for our DATA2GO.NYC Scavenger Hunt from Home! Throughout the week, MOA will be sending out scavenger hunt challenges on our Twitter page to help you better understand your neighborhood and NYC.
Challenges will require you to use DATA2GO.NYC, our free interactive social science data tool. For example, challenges may include tweeting screenshots of data points tagging your local congressperson or a non-profit. You must be following us and using the hashtag #DATA2GO in each submission post on Twitter to qualify. The winner will be selected based on their completion of the most challenges and following the posted guidelines. You must be 18 or older to participate. The deadline to send in your challenge submissions via Twitter is Friday, March 12th at 2:00 PM EST.
The winner will be announced on our winner announcement via Zoom on Friday, March 12th at 4:00 PM EST. The $500 PRIZE will be in the form of a donation to a non-profit of your choice. During the online event, we'll also be joined by Kristen Lewis, Director of MOA, and Laura Laderman, MOA's Manager of Data Analysis and Visualization, who will be showing powerful ways to share and visualize data.
Anyone interested is welcome!

Individuals: Kristen Lewis, Laura Laderman, Rebecca Gluskin, Rubén Tarajano | Organizations: Measure of America, Measure of America, Measure of America, Measure of America

2021

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How have New Yorkers been faring since 2020? - A Data Science Approach

From political unrest to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have been living in very eventful times. We will showcase a data story about how the everyday lives of New Yorkers may have changed from 2019 to the present using 311 Call datasets from NYC Open Data and the Consumer Complaints dataset from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. 

Consumer complaints offer crucial insight, allowing consumers to describe their experiences in their own words. Yet what they say can be difficult to analyze systematically. Using natural language processing, you’ll see how consumer responses can be analyzed to identify themes, extract relevant information, and detect various patterns. 

An example of a consumer complaint would be the following: 

“To Whom It May Concern : I hope you have been safe during these uncertain times. 

Im writing because I noticed that my most recent credit report contains a late paymentreported for my Citibank account. When speaking to a Citibank representative, they confirmed that my auto-payment amount was upped from {$30.00} to {$35.00} without my knowledge during the month of XXXX. If I had known that I was delinquentby {$5.00}, I would have immediately corrected this error, but due to Citibank not informing me until it was too late, my credit score has now droppedsignificantly. This is Citibank taking advantage of the current Covid-19 crisis, as previously I have never had my auto-payment upped within the 6 years of having this credit card open. I don't understand how I did not receive any notifications about this in the mail, and their calls have been flagged as spam risk, which is why I did not give my account information to them over the phone. When I tried calling them back to confirm that it was them calling under the spam risk number, their automated service told me that they are experiencing higher than normal call volumes and would hang up on me. I never received any confirmation from them until it was too late.” 

Our session will detail the data science techniques that we have applied to our structured and unstructured data. We will explain our entire data science workflow from our preliminary exploratory data analysis to the machine learning and deep learning methods used. It is these methods that will allow us to gain insights into how New Yorkers are faring during these turbulent times.

Please join us for what will be a very engaging session that will resonate with many. Those that are data enthusiasts, interested in applications of government data, or simply find this topic engaging are encouraged to attend. We will have an allotted time for Q&A to engage with our audience.

Note: This will be a virtual event.

Individuals: Isabel Metzger, Trevor Mitchell | Organizations: Sumitovant Biopharma & NYU Langone Health, NYU Center for Data Science & Black in AI

2021

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The Power and Peril of Geolocation Data

In this session, we will explore the growing power of geolocation data, enabling tracking of thousands, even millions of people at a time. We will explain the existing ways that geolocation data is captured by apps, devices, and network operators, and how it's sold to advertisers and other commercial counterparties.

Then, we will explore the ways that law enforcement agencies are weaponizing this data to track, arrest, and deport New Yorkers, particularly members of BIPOC communities. We will also examine growing efforts at the state and local level to ban this type of surveillance.

Individuals: Albert Fox Cahn, Eleni Manis, Hon. Dan Quart, Shoshana Wodinsky | Organizations: S.T.O.P. - The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project, S.T.O.P. - The Surveillance Technology, New York State Assembly, Gizmodo

2021

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Trash Warriors Hackathon

Not your typical Hackathon! Please join us for a virtual civic tech sprint to build out a functional tool engaging users in group cleanup efforts, adopting city blocks for litter cleanup, sharing their progress, and more. Hackathon participants will work together to build technology to support grassroots volunteer efforts. Our goal is to end the weekend with a user-friendly tool that makes litter cleanup easier and more inclusive.
This collaborative Hackathon is open to all participants, regardless of technical experience or subject matter expertise. Front-End Developers! Back-End Developers! Designers! Use your skills to help make our community clean and promote civic engagement.
This event will take place virtually over March 12-14, beginning with a kick-off event on 3/12 at 7pm ET. Our grand finale presentation will share the results with members of the public on Sun 3/14 at 4pm ET.

Individuals: Catie Savage, Jen Jung, Jonathan Gottfried, Kate Peterson, Michelle Johnson | Organizations: Hell's Kitchen Litter Legion, Major League Hacking, Proud Astorian, the US Forest Service who co-leads the Stewardship Mapping and Assessment Project

2021

Data x Public Interest Tech: Making the Case for Diversity and Inclusion

Public Interest Technology is a field that uses design, data, and technology to deliver better outcomes to the public. In order to better serve the people who make up this field, we recently conducted a nation-wide survey to capture the experiences, backgrounds, and demographics of the individuals in this workforce. Come learn about how the data we collected make the case for stronger diversity and inclusion and the needed transformations in this field. We’ll also open it up to the community to discuss what this means to you and for the greater public interest tech ecosystem.

Individuals: Jenn Noinaj | Organizations: Beeck Center for Social Impact & Innovation at Georgetown University

2021

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Using Open Data and Algorithms to Motivate Equitable Community Health Care - Lessons Learned & Application to COVID-19 Response

While increasing amounts of open, public, and digital data have the potential to transform health and healthcare response, the systems that have generated these large volumes of data are deeply and historically unequal. In the field of digital health, actors from the local (e.g. NYC Health Data) to global (e.g. the World Health Organization’s Commission on Social Determinants of Health) have worked to identify health disparities. Organizations working at the intersection of data science and community health must take a multifaceted approach that balances health domain and data science expertise to create tools and systems that motivate the use of health equity data and create algorithms that directly fight the inequalities presented. In this session, DataKind and partners will showcase the analytical frameworks and data science solutions they’ve created to support health equity practices in community health, and discuss how those solutions have been applied during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Join speakers representing the New York City, the United States, and the global health communities from the Arnhold Institute for Global Health, the CONVINCE Consortium, Dimagi, Living Goods & Medic Mobile for this engaging panel conversation moderated by DataKind.

Individuals: Asif Akram, Brian DeRenzi, Caitlin Augustin, Helen Olsen, Jeb Weisman, Seema Parmar | Organizations: Living Goods, Dimagi, Datakind, Medic Mobile, Icahn School Medicine at Mount Sinai, CONVINCE (COVID New Vaccine Information), Communication and Engagement)

2021

GIS in Python - Mapping Against the NYC Skyline

This workshop is meant to be an introduction to geospatial data analysis and visualization in Python. We will use the NYC OpenData Building Footprints dataset to map building height and building features against other data from NYC OpenData. Datasets we might map against include but are not limited to population density, subway locations/ public transportation access sites, average income levels, and environmental datasets. The point of this workshop is to work on Python coding skills, present GIS tools, and to explore NYC building features against other data in order to bring up relevant questions.

Individuals: Katie Brady | Organizations: Barnard Vagelos Computational Science Center

2021

Open Data As Part of Social Justice Movement: The case for The Data Library of Context

The open data movement has been hailed as the game-changer of this generation, though it hasn’t lived up to the hype. One of the main reasons is the phenomenon of “open-washing” - having evidence for data-driven decision making with no context around data, and with little to no consideration of its implications and embedded biases. This incompleteness then causes scenarios where open data echos the injustices and power imbalances in society. This has spawned new areas of needed intervention to make data actually complete, useful, fair, and accessible. It has become clear that social justice movements have an agenda here too, especially regarding equity in governance by bringing accountability for the data constituents (those represented in or by the data). Our session introduces context metadata as a solution and a way to acknowledge the constructed nature of data. We then present The Data Library of Context as a real-world example and will facilitate a lively discussion around the topic by having critical perspectives from participants. Bonus: an opportunity to apply for a co-creation program.

Individuals: Anjali Mehta, Gülsen Güler | Organizations: Civic Software Foundation, Civic Software Foundation

2021

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Putting Open Data To Work for COVID-19 Economic Recovery

Calling technologists, community leaders, and government officials! Please join The Opportunity Project (TOP) team from the Census Open Innovation Labs during Open Data Week for a hands-on workshop to meet potential collaborators and brainstorm ways to put open data to work to address COVID-19 economic recovery in NYC.

About Us:  The Opportunity Project is an innovation program at the US Census Bureau. Through a collaborative, user centered process, we help people use open data to solve some of the most pressing problems facing communities nationwide. Over the past 5 years, more than 2,000 people have participated and collectively built more than 130 digital tools that use open data to solve problems ranging from ocean plastic pollution, to disaster response, youth homelessness, the opioid crisis, tech talent discovery, and more. Recently, we’ve focused on COVID-19 pandemic recovery, through a collaboration with the American Statistical Association, and most recently with the US Department of Health and Human Services. Join us in this session to learn how you can get involved.

About The Workshop: In this session, the TOP team will explain how the process works, and the roles of different stakeholders (including technologists, government, community members, advocates, data or digital product experts, students, and more). We will then engage in a hands-on workshop in which participants will identify COVID-19 economic recovery challenges that are most urgent and significant for people in NYC and discuss what open data and collaborators are needed to address those challenges. We hope you’ll leave the workshop feeling energized and inspired about what you can do with data and new collaborators.

Individuals: Anna Valuev, Emma Brennan, Radhika Bhatt | Organizations: The Opportunity Project, U.S. Census Bureau; Census Open Innovation Labs, Census Open Innovation Labs, The Opportunity Project, U.S. Census Bureau; Census Open Innovation Labs

2021

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Open Data & Ethics: A Case Study from DataKind & New America’s Future of Land and Housing Program

Open data projects offer freedom and transparency for researchers, data scientists, subject matter experts, and critical stakeholders in the design and execution of social impact projects. However, despite enabling social actors to make more informed decisions and create new forms of social mobilization, there remain a number of ethical considerations that must be taken into account. 

In a recent partnership between DataKind, The Rockefeller Foundation, and New America’s Future of Land and Housing (FLH) program, the team sought to explore - and understand - the state of eviction data in the US, and how local governments and organizations might be best supported to use data to help reduce housing instability. For example: (1) Where can eviction data be accessed, and what are the pathways to improve the quality, quantity, and access of this information? (2) What do these data mean to different stakeholders? And (3) What stories can eviction data can (or cannot) tell? However, we are left asking ourselves: What if these data represented me? What would I want to do with it? What story would I want it to tell? As civic tech tools are developed and designed, we seek to engage in a practical conversation regarding data ethics that centers the human behind the data. More specifically, we seek to explore how technologists and social actors can minimize harm and be more transparent and accountable in our actions. 

In this session, a panel of experts will guide audience members in identifying and interrogating ethical dilemmas in open data, particularly in the case of housing eviction data. The interactive discussion will use the FLH project as a case example and introduce some of the ethical dimensions, which must be considered when executing projects using open data. This event will be useful for anyone interacting with open data - whether they‘re an academic, data scientist, program manager, or leader of an organization.

Individuals: Emily Yelverton, Mallory Sheff, Nathan Poland, Timothy Robustelli, Benjamin Kinsella | Organizations: Datakind, Datakind, The Rockefeller Foundation, New America Future of Land and Housing Program, Datakind

2021

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NEW YORK ALIVE! Part 1

Date/Time: Saturday March 6th, 1 & 4pm (about 15 - 20 minutes for each performance)
Location: Ave. B between 7th and 8th Streets by Tompkins Sq. Park
Description: Join artist Jen Ray and data designer Jason Forrest as they present a not-entirely-serious exploration of the urges, needs, and desires of New York City residents - both officially in the data, as well as through informal survey results. Inspired by historic influences such as Otto & Marie Neurath Isotype designs and the Triadic Ballet of the Bauhaus, this performance will be a celebration of the city, echoing the interests that make our shared culture so unique. By incorporating movement, props, pictorial statistics, music, megaphones, and good humor we guarantee you've never seen data presented in this way before!

Individuals: Jason Forrest | Organizations: Data Through Design

2021

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Exploring NYC Open Data with Us Part 1

Two workshops will be given by CUNY Queens College students who are studying data analytics and data visualization. The audience will learn how to
use data visualization and machine learning tools to analyze sets of NYC open data, revealing insights and stories behind such data. See below for details.

Data Visualization Workshop, March 9th, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
The goal of this workshop is to teach the audience about data visualization using the NYC open data. The NYC open data is ideal in allowing users to
create their own visualization on a variety of topics related to NYC life and learn how raw data can be beautified in visuals. This workshop will not only promote data analytics skills among NYC residents but will also provide them with the skills needed to become judicious consumers of information, able to understand and identify misleading visualization. 

Machine Learning Workshop, March 10th, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Machine learning (ML) is the core sub-area of Artificial Intelligence (AI), an area of data analytics that is booming. Using NYC open-source data, this workshop aims to
educate NYC residents about the importance and role of ML in learning about New York City.

Individuals: Habiba Aziz, Ying Zhou | Organizations: Queens College

2021

Workshop

Empowering insights with open geospatial data

During this event, you will learn about innovative sources and applications of open geospatial data at a global scale. Members of William & Mary’s AidData research lab and the geoLab will discuss three sources of data aimed at empowering insights leveraging geospatial information. This event includes a presentation and time for questions and discussion on each of the topics below. No prior experience is needed - just an interest in geospatial data!

GeoQuery is a free tool that provides open source geospatial data in a simple and easy-to-use format. GeoQuery saves time and lowers the barrier to working with geospatial data by handling processing of large scale geospatial datasets. Our talk will provide an introduction to how GeoQuery works and the 50+ datasets available for the entire world, as well as a demo of how GeoQuery can be used to visualize data and produce meaningful insights into geospatial trends.

The geoBoundaries team in William & Mary’s geoLab works to collect and maintain one of the world’s largest open source, free and research-ready databases of political administrative boundaries. The geoBoundaries dataset currently tracks approximately 300,000 boundaries across 199 entities, including all 195 UN member states, Greenland, Taiwan, Niue, and Kosovo. In this talk, attendees will learn more about how data for GeoBoundaries is collected and made freely available, as well as how GeoBoundaries is being used in numerous applications.

AidData’s dataset on Chinese Government-financed projects is the first of it’s kind and covers 4,300 projects worth $350 billion between 2000-2014. This dataset leverages AidData’s unique methodology for tracking underreported financial flows, and provides insight into previously unmonitored Chinese activity around the world. This talk will provide details on how AidData uncovers and tracks Chinese financing around the world, as well as innovative research and findings that have been produced using this data.

Individuals: John Custer, Katherine Walsh, Seth Goodman, Soren Patterson, Sydney Fuhrig | Organizations: AidData, AidData, AidData, AidData, William & Mary geoLab

2021

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Intro to Python and Data Visualization using NYC Open Data

The workshop will give attendees the tools they need to create complex and beautiful data visualizations with NYC Open Data using the Altair library, while also serving as an introduction to coding in Python. We’ll cover Python basics before diving into DataFrames, HTTP requests, JSON and other data storage styles, and data visualizations.

We welcome anyone who wants to create simple to make, yet beautiful and professional looking data visualizations, from middle school students to professionals.

Individuals: Katie Brady | Organizations: Barnard Vagelos Computational Science Center

2021

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Public Benefits Awareness & Screening: An Intro to the NYC Benefits Platform

Millions of New Yorkers benefit from Federal, State, and City public benefits, programs, and services to feed and house their families, but many New Yorkers are still not signing up for the benefits that they may be entitled to. 

Navigating all of the available options is often confusing and difficult due to the complex requirements regarding eligibility.

The Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity works to maintain and expand the NYC Benefits Platform, which supports organizations that make it easier for NYC residents to discover and be aware of the multiple benefits they may be eligible for through 2 resources:

1. The NYC Benefits Screening API: Comprehensive benefits screening criteria and calculations for 30+ benefits
2. The NYC Benefits and Programs Dataset: Plain-language, standardized information for 80+ benefits and programs

Join our interactive workshop to learn about these resources, how they can support benefits outreach work, and to help us imagine new ways to bridge benefits enrollment gaps.

Individuals: Song Hia | Organizations: NYC Mayor's Office for Economic Opportunity

2021

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NEW YORK ALIVE! Part 2

Date/Time: Saturday March 6th, 1 & 4pm (about 15 - 20 minutes for each performance)
Location: Ave. B between 7th and 8th Streets by Tompkins Sq. Park
Description: Join artist Jen Ray and data designer Jason Forrest as they present a not-entirely-serious exploration of the urges, needs, and desires of New York City residents - both officially in the data, as well as through informal survey results. Inspired by historic influences such as Otto & Marie Neurath Isotype designs and the Triadic Ballet of the Bauhaus, this performance will be a celebration of the city, echoing the interests that make our shared culture so unique. By incorporating movement, props, pictorial statistics, music, megaphones, and good humor we guarantee you've never seen data presented in this way before!

Individuals: Jason Forrest | Organizations: Data Through Design

2021

Giving Tuesday DataDive Day 1

Friday 3/3 6:30pm-8pm EST: discuss goals for the DataDive and dive into the data!
Saturday 3/4 9am-9pm EST: choose a team and get to work!
Sunday 3/5 9am-3pm EST: final presentations and networking
Note: You can attend one or all days.

We’re thrilled to be hosting a DataDive March 3-5 and are looking for data pros of all backgrounds to roll up their sleeves and work side by side with experts from the 92Y, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Facebook to help use data to unravel tough questions and prototype new solutions.

92Y, DataKind, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

2017

Sidewalk Widths: From Open Data to Open Source

The emergence of COVID-19 made city dwellers hyper-aware of how the width of sidewalks impacts their ability to maintain social distance. In order to help New Yorkers navigate the city's sidewalks, I made a map of NYC's sidewalk widths from NYC Open Data. I then open sourced the project so anyone with a little coding knowledge could copy it, and cities around the world started making their own versions (visible on www.sidewalkwidths.com). 

Join me for a demo of this project where I will walk you through how to use the Sidewalk Widths open source code to make your own interactive map. This will be a valuable demo for you even if you're new to GIS, coding, or building web maps. If you'd like to follow along on your own computer, I'll provide the tutorial and make myself available for questions afterwards.

Individuals: Meli Harvey | Organizations:

2021

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Building EquityNYC: The Road to Making New York City’s Equity Data More Accessible

Background: The Social Indicators and Equity Report (SIER) is mandated by Executive Order 45: OneNYC Equity Review (EO45). As the implementation of the executive order was scoped, the team began to think outside of the mandate. The 2020 SIER evolved into what is now the EquityNYC Report and website. 

EquityNYC is a digital tool and report that contains both outcome and service level data, disaggregated by race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and income. This data disaggregation allows for agency partners to conduct equity assessments that identify disparities to inform equity-driven policy creation. EquityNYC includes other features such as Equity Strategies—policies and programs that aim to increase equity and reduce gaps in NYC, and Equity Stories—blog-style content submissions to uplift equity-related work behind the scenes at NYC agencies.

Goals:
- Tell the story of  how a two and a half-page Executive Order became a small but diverse team with a wide range of skill sets who designed a product with accessibility and a broad audience in mind, and the  process for de-mystifying equity data at every agency
- Stress the focus and importance of accessibility and user-friendliness
- Explain why it’s important and how we envision the tool can and will be used

Format - Demo and Discussion
1. Summarize the SIER and EO45 
2. Demo EquityNYC 
3. A panel of EquityNYC team members, including several partner agencies who contributed data and are a testament to the community-building/movement-making

Who Should Attend
Those who are interested in:
- Disaggregated data by demographics and/or location
- Policy-making through data analysis 
- Identifying disparities in outcomes or service delivery
- Equity in New York City 
- How to build an accessible tool
- How to build community (around a cause/mission) in government

Individuals: Alexandra Gjoni, Cynthia Rann, Darnell Sessoms, Navindra Kewal, Oonagh Jordan, Sam Sánchez, Sara Shoener, Shevani Patel, Sujin Lee | Organizations: NYC Mayor’s Office of Operations, NYC Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity, NYC Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity, NYC Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity, NYC Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity, NYC Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity, NYC Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity, NYC Mayor’s Office of Operations, NYC Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity

2021

Data Analysis Using Python: A Beginner’s Guide Featuring NYC Open Data

NYC Open Data provides a treasure-trove of information - all publicly available with a click of a button. While having access to data is great, its analysis is often a difficult process for beginners, potentially creating barriers in one's open data journey. Additionally, performing data analysis in a reproducible way is often limited or even discarded altogether.
In this virtual talk, I will discuss my project that includes four notebooks that demonstrate key aspects of data analysis. These sections include:
1. How to read (load) and write (save) data with various formats
2. Data inspection and wrangling
3. Data visualizations
4. Geospatial analysis and creating maps
Note: This is not a workshop, and we won't be coding.
Talk Level:
Beginner
Prerequisites:
- Basics of Python or other programming languages (R, SQL, etc.)
- Knowledge of Data Analysis
- Basics of Jupyter Notebooks
This presentation recommends beginner-level proficiency with Python and is focused on applying Python to data analysis; however, those new to Python are gladly welcome!
Materials:
See GitHub repo: https://github.com/mebauer/data-analysis-using-python
About the Speaker:
Mark Bauer is a Data Analyst at the New York City Office of Management and Budget (OMB). He was awarded the New York City Mayor’s Graduate Scholarship in 2018 to pursue an Advanced Graduate Certificate in Urban Science and Informatics at NYU and holds a BA/MCRP in Urban Planning from Rutgers University. Since attending NYU, he has developed many tutorials in Python that assist beginners with extracting and analyzing data from NYC Open Data. He currently lives in New York City.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/markbauerwater
GitHub: https://github.com/mebauer
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markebauer/

Individuals: Mark Bauer | Organizations:

2021

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Ground Truth — Data Through Design Virtual Opening

Data Through Design is a yearly data art exhibition that features works which creatively analyze, interpret and interrogate data made available in NYC’s Open Data Portal. The theme for this year is Ground Truth: the insight we receive from being ”on the ground,” collecting or confirming data through direct observation, as opposed to abstract estimates, samples, or reports derived from remote locations. These works investigate data’s relationship to physical place and personal experience.

Individuals: Jessie Braden, Will Geary, Can Sucuoglu, Alexander Kennedy, Kubi Ackerman, Sara Eichner | Organizations: Data Through Design, Museum of the City of New York,

2021

Virtual

Exhibition

Living with Water: Using Qualitative and Quantitative Data on Flooding to Engage with Communities and Agencies

Members of the Mayor’s Office of Resiliency, Mayor’s Office of the CTO, the City University of New York, and New York University will come together to discuss their work on flood monitoring, ranging from programs that rely on resident reporting to sensor-based, real-time monitoring. The panel will touch on the different approaches to data collection, how data is shared, and how to effectively work with and for communities.

Individuals: Andrea Silverman, Brett Branco, Charlie Mydlarz, Elizabeth Henaff, Paul Rothman, Rebecca Fischman, Ricardo Toledo-Crow | Organizations: NYU Tandon School of Engineering, Science and Resilience Institute at Jamaica Bay, Brooklyn College, NYU Tandon School of Engineering, NYU Tandon School of Engineering, NYC Mayor's Office of the Chief Technology Officer, NYC Mayor’s Office of Resiliency, Next Generation Environmental Sensor Lab, ASRC CUNY

2021

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NYC’s COVID-19 Data: Challenges and opportunities to improve data communication and access

The COVID-19 epidemic has triggered an unprecedented interest in public health surveillance data, visualizations, and dashboards. 

In this session, members of the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s web data team will review how DOHMH worked to make its COVID-19 data easier to access, understand, and use - as well as some key challenges to communicating health data during a fast-moving, rapidly-changing, and deadly epidemic.

Individuals: Corinne Thompson, Grant Pezeshki, Matthew Montesano | Organizations: NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

2021

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Open Data Dinner Salon

Prime Produce and Startup M/IG are teaming up to host a dinner discussion introducing their communities in a process of prototyping what a more aesthetically influenced public policy would look like for NYC. How do we translate the language of this strategic plan into terms of beauty and emotion? What city wide data would support this effort? While this is a closed event, keep an eye on this Medium channel for a write up of the experience.

Prime Produce, Startup M/IG:

2017

Digitizing forms: creating better data and resident experiences

If you’ve ever paid for a parking ticket, applied for a permit, or signed up for housing assistance then you’ve probably filled out a government form. Hundreds of services provided by governments across the United States require forms to connect residents to vital services every single day. The data from these forms helps providers to understand more about who and where services are being provided. Unfortunately a majority of these services are still only available on paper, or as (a sometimes editable) PDF, which can create barriers for residents and consume limited city resources. Come listen to digital forms enthusiasts talk about their work in digitizing services.

Individuals: Alison Corn, Francis Ho, Honey Dacanay, Joshua Gee, Mayo Nissen, Sarah Rodriguez | Organizations: Center for Families, Children, and the Court, Judicial Council for California, Employment and Social Development Canada, City of Boston, City of New York, Beeck Center for Social Impact & Innovation at Georgetown University

2021

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#SystemsThinking NYC: Leveraging Culture to Collect Powerful Data Part 2

This workshop will explore the possibilities that digital tools and strategies can open up for private-public partnerships to engage communities in service design and technology. How can we create content architectures that reward citizens for their participation and collaborate with digital brands to create informative and accessible visual surveying tools?
We will dive into a case study that centers around mobility systems outside Manhattan's Central Business District, specifically looking at connectivity between The Bronx, and the boroughs and tri-state area, as a way to better understand the relationship between "car culture" and public transportation and micro-mobility initiatives.
This workshop is geared towards systems thinkers with a background in digital marketing, social media, community organizing campaigns geared towards the Bronx, and data collection for local government organizations working on transportation and mobility issues.

FORMAT

10-10:30AM Intro & Presentation

10:30-11:15 Systems Thinking Activity & Group Discussion


This participatory workshop is part of a two-part series. The second workshop (Sat 3/13) will be focused on curated dialogue and small group discussions.
REGISTER HERE https://withfriends.co/event/9504121/systemsthinking_nyc_part_2

Individuals: Roo Shamim | Organizations: Future Local

2021

Building a Community Spatial Dataset of New York City Capital Projects

We’re building the first community-built and managed spatial dataset of NYC Capital Projects. 

We’ll present the available capital project documentation, review the effort to scrape & collect the data, and share the progress made towards a complete dataset.  Members of our community have already located 2000 projects!  

Attendees will also have an opportunity to participate by geocoding a few projects as part of the workshop!

While every New Yorker might find this valuable, we want to warmly invite Academic researchers, local businesses (small to large), local & state government officials and agencies, and any New Yorker with a capital budget project (planned or ongoing) in their neighborhood.

Individuals: Chris Whong, Frederico Gardaphe | Organizations: Qri, Qri

2021

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DxD 2021: Ground Truth Exhibition

The theme for this year’s Data Through Design exhibition is Ground Truth: the insight we receive from being ”on the ground,” collecting or confirming data through direct observation, as opposed to abstract estimates, samples, or reports derived from remote locations.
At a time of unprecedented upheaval—characterized by the overlapping crises of a global pandemic, a long-overdue reckoning over ongoing social and racial injustice, and climate chaos—we invited artists to examine the relationship between lived, real-world experience and the overlay of data and mediated information used to interpret that experience.
The pandemic has affected not only the work but also the format of this year’s exhibition, which for the first time is being presented online and outdoors, instead of in a gallery space. This constraint prompts reflection on how art in a time of social distancing can straddle the digital and IRL worlds, and how artworks can stake out and maintain a vital presence in the digital realm. 
Data Through Design is an independent collective which organizes an annual art exhibition featuring works that creatively analyze, interpret and interrogate data made available in NYC’s Open Data Portal.

Individuals: Aishwarya Keshav, Hoang Pham, Jen Ray, John Stockton, Rachel Blake, Rachel LaBine, Rachel Wetzel, Sukanya Aneja, Brian Foo, Snoweria Zhang, Cindy Stockton Moore, Alec Barrett, Ivan Himanen, Jennifer Dalton, Julia Bloom, Michael Hsu, Noah Garcia, Renée Crowley, Jason Forrest | Organizations: Lost Wax, Shadow Tag, NEW YORK ALIVE!, Shadow Tag, Shadow Tag, Lost Wax, Shadow Tag, KPF Urban Interface, Shadow Tag, Every Row is a Garden, Democratic District Leader, Broadway Boogie Woogie, Feel My City Breaking & Everybody Shaking, Compositions, Compositions, Broadway Boogie Woogie, Wasted Potential, Data Through Design

2021

Reimagining Patterns, drop-in workshop

Celebrate Open Data Week! Join us for a virtual drop-in workshop to explore structured data using common craft supplies. We will construct and reinterpret small datasets using readily available at-home resources (paper scraps, fabric, yarn, glue, beads, cardboard, tape, etc.) Develop your personal, hands-on interpretation of data using non-digital materials.

Individuals: Rajene Hardeman | Organizations: AnyTime Learning

2021

The Subway Above Ground - Listening Session

Listen to Brian Foo’s data sonification piece en route to Shadow Tag and New York Alive! This project generates music based on income data from the census blocks one travels beneath while riding the subway. Inspired by the work of minimalist composer and New York City native Steve Reich, 46 data-driven songs that correspond to 46 MTA subway lines will be available to download and play while you ride underground. The dramatic contrasts embedded in each song provide space to meditate on the dramatic differences in income throughout the city.
No registration required. Feel free to listen while riding to and from the other DxD events: 12:00pm - 1:00pm and 3:30pm - 4:30pm.

Individuals: Brian Foo, Alexander Kennedy | Organizations: Data Through Design

2021

Trash Warriors Hackathon Grand Finale Presentation

Members of the public are invited to come see the results of our magic! Join our virtual Grand Finale Presentation where we share the results of our weekend-long virtual civic tech sprint to build technology supporting grassroots litter cleanup efforts.
Our participants spent the weekend working collaboratively building out a functional tool to engage users in group cleanup efforts, adopt city blocks for litter cleanup, and more. Our goal is to end the weekend with a user-friendly tool that makes litter cleanup easier and more inclusive- come find out how we did. We will aim to leave time for questions and audience participation!

Individuals: Catie Savage, Jen Jung, Jonathan Gottfried, Kate Peterson, Michelle Johnson | Organizations: Hell's Kitchen Litter Legion, Major League Hacking, Proud Astorian, the US Forest Service who co-leads the Stewardship Mapping and Assessment Project

2021

Using FOIA Libraries as a Springboard for Civic Education

FOIA Libraries are robust resources for government data and information. There are over 240 FOIA Libraries containing FOIA responses (with redactions) and frequently requested federal agency information. This can include datasets from many agencies in many formats. This program will emphasize the breadth of government information, including datasets, available to citizens, high school students, college professors, journalists, and non-profits in these FOIA repositories. More outreach is needed to promote these resources. This program is a collaboration opportunity for technologists, civic educators, non-profits and universities during NYC Open Data Week. Ideally, this collaboration would also include data.gov, the portal for U.S. Government open data.

The goal of this event is to bring together government technologists from the General Services Administration, 18F, the Office of Information and Privacy (US DOJ) and FOIA specialists from federal agencies to discuss outreach with civic educators, non-profits and universities.  An additional goal is to generate goals for civic education about FOIA Libraries and data.gov as valuable research repositories. While we know agency responses to FOIA requests may not be publicly available due to FOIA exemptions and/or redactions, the information present in agency repositories can help civic educators teach about agency history and operations, as well as lead citizens and students to primary documents for research in disciplines ranging from political science, international relations, medicine, environmental science, transportation, and history.

Other attendees will include academic librarians and university professors.

Individuals: Lisa DeLuca | Organizations: University Libraries, Seton Hall University Libraries

2021

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Real Estate Public Data Scavenger Hunt

The event will be split into two segments; a presentation and an interactive exploration of data. The presentation will provide a brief overview of NYC real estate open data and its associated complexities. Topics covered will include the BIN & BBL system, and how to differentiate condos, apartments, & coops. We will finish the presentation with a review of relevant datasets in NYC Open Data.

In the interactive portion of the event, attendees will have the opportunity to join either a user-friendly/non-technical workshop focusing on exploring public real estate data, or a technical “hackathon” style question-answering session. Volunteers from Cherre will be available to answer questions on the scavenger hunt, clarify concepts, and troubleshoot technical issues.

The event is for anyone interested in property open data. While the presentation is geared towards beginners who are learning about NYC’s open property data for the first time, the scavenger hunt portion will be for both technical (i.e. people who can use Excel, SQL, or Python for data analysis) and non-technical people alike.

Individuals: Alyce Ge, Cho Xue, Cyrus Blankinship, Tal Galfsky | Organizations: Cherre, Cherre, Cherre, Cherre

2021

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Pushing the Envelope: Zoning Analysis in 3D

Envelope has developed a zoning and massing application that has digitized rules from the NYC Zoning Resolution and instantly identifies, interprets, and visualizes a site's zoning envelope in 3D.

In order to do this, we utilize datasets that are provided by NYC OpenData, combine them with other data sources, and process the data to derive a dataset that can accurately describe the zoning envelope for any lot in NYC.

This Open Data Week presentation will cover NYC zoning basics, demonstrate what we do, how we do it and discuss the ongoing challenges of working with complex, nuanced, and ever-changing data sets.

Individuals: Bennett Norman, Brian Lott, Eldad Gothelf, Rachel Bristow | Organizations: Envelope City, Envelope City, Envelope City, Envelope City

2021

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Sunrise Lightning Talks @ Open Data Week Virtual Breakfast Meet-up

Looking to learn more about today’s events? Have a question for the Open Data Week team? Attended a great session you’d like to share? Join our Breakfast Meet-ups to get a preview of the day’s events, chat with the Open Data Week team, and meet other festival attendees. And don’t forget to bring your morning beverage!

Individuals: Open Data Week Team | Organizations:

2021

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The Role of GenZ in the Online Data Privacy Movement

The tech privacy conversation thus far has been dominated by highly educated and well-established privacy advocates. Those of us who actually grew up using Internet-connected devices (Gen Zers) aren't listening, can't understand when we do, or aren't perceived as authoritative enough to contribute to the discussion. The goal of this session, therefore, is to bridge the gap between the most engaged users of data-driven technologies, Generation Z, and those who create and regulate tech. How can more Gen Zers participate in tech privacy conversations? How can technologists and other career professionals empower young people to voice their privacy perspectives?
We'll start with personal introductions. Then I'll present the case for why the Internet Generation is underrepresented in tech privacy spaces, and why our perspectives are valuable. We'll have a discussion about the aforementioned questions, and brainstorm concrete actions we can take to address these issues.
Afterwards, we'll create virtual guides in Book Creator (https://bookcreator.com/) based on our discussion. Participants will pull online materials from articles, tweets, videos, and other media related to increasing youth involvement in tech privacy spaces within schools, governments, private companies, and nonprofits. Finally, we'll reflect on best practices and takeaways.

Individuals: Zhamilya Bilyalova | Organizations: Wellesley College

2021

Sunrise Lightning Talks: Reading the News

Reading the news is a workshop which takes a explores the different ways in which we perceive the news we read. Inspired by the creation of the Calendar of Conflict project, the intent is to see the forest for the trees, by looking the news through a different lens. What are the different ways in which news can be interpreted? Are we missing something? Does it look different upside down? Inside out?

This short workshop explores different ways of reading the news and making sense of the data, with participants creating initial prototypes of their ideas. No technical skills required, everyone is welcome! You only need a cup of coffee, a notepad, and an open mind to participate.

Individuals: Salil Parekh | Organizations:

2021

Made in NY Media Center + Fabernovel Data & Media: Open Data Breakfast

Whether you are a developer, agency or civil service non-profit having access to data drives business, improves services, and promotes free public access.

Together with FaberNovel we are hosting and interactive breakfast and conversation on March 8th to learn more about the City of New York’s Free Open Data Portal and how you can use it to build products, conduct research and analysis or create new applications. Sign up here

Made in NY, FaberNovel

2017

Power to the Public: Why data is only as good as the people who are working with it

Hana Schank and Tara McGuinness spent a year researching and writing a book about using data and technology to solve the hardest public problems. It's filled with examples of real change that's been brought about using data. For instance, one story centers on Amen Ra Mashariki, who is currently the Global Director of the Data Lab at World Resources Institute. At the time, he was Chief Analytics Officer for the City of New York Director of the Mayor’s Office of Data Analytics at the City of New York. When he first started working there he decided to look at the city's 311 data. He was especially interested in seeing what was going on in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. He was shocked when the data showed that there was no rat problem. When he grew up, there were a lot of rats. In fact, Mashariki knew from personal experience that it was rat infested. Mashariki called a friend who still lived in the projects and asked what had happened to all of the rats. According to the city’s data, he explained, there were no more rats there. His friend laughed. There were plenty of rats, he assured Mashariki. “Then why doesn’t anyone call 311 to complain?” asked Mashariki. “What’s 311?” his friend replied.

This shows how important it is to have people who have a vested interest in data involved in the data creation, collection, and analysis -- and that it’s simply not happening as often as it should. 

During this event our speakers will discuss: 
- What it is about data analytics that makes it especially important to bring diverse experiences to the table
- What data team diversity looks like and how to ensure it’s happening
- What the risks are for data teams that do not incorporate community voices?
- Data is only one of the tools available to modern problem solvers. How it can be used in conjunction with other tools like user interviews, usability research or piloting to ensure policies and practice are diverse.

Individuals: Hana Schank, Tara Dawson McGuinness, Angela Spidalette, Karen Bannan | Organizations: Public Interest Technology at New America, New America's New Practice Lab, New America, New America

2021

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Decoding New York City's Parking Signs

Curbside parking: where is it, and who is it for?

NYCDOT publishes a dataset of the location of every parking sign in the city. I walk you through the process of turning this into usable data on the City's curbside space. You can help address some of the shortcomings of the data.

https://marcel.dejean.nyc/parking/map/

Individuals: Marcel Dejean | Organizations:

2021

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Up Close and Personal: Isochrones and Interaction in a Flood of Data

This event will be a discussion about CovidCommitment.org, nycvaccinelist.com, and what we learned in designing information and attention flows to lessen the harm caused by the pandemic. This talk will be aimed at a general audience and will be beneficial to anyone interested in data visualization, behavioral science, public health, or interaction design. We'll talk through our use of isochrones, interaction, and commitment devices to cut through the flood of red dot maps and help people assess the situation close to home and take action to stay safe.
The ideas involved are broadly applicable to a range of open data applications inside and outside the domain of healthcare. We hope to spark conversations around the difference between presenting data in arbitrary geographic boundaries (zip code, county, state) and human-centered geography ("within an hour's drive of my apartment").

Individuals: Alex Rich, Cameron Yick | Organizations: UNC Chapel Hill, Datadog

2021

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MTA Data for Web Dev Using Python

Learn how to use the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) data to create an interactive web development experience using HTML/CSS, Javascript and Python (Flask and Jinja) to parse and clean the data feed for a visual user experience. This workshop will require an intermediate to advance knowledge of HTML/CSS, Javascript and Python. We strongly suggest preparing your development environment before attending the workshop series. We are supporting operating systems, macOS Big Sur (v 11.0.1) and up and Windows 10 (v 1909 for x64) and will provide technical support prior to the workshop via email at judesire@yahoo.com

Create/Access 
- GitHub account: https://github.com/
- Heroku https://www.heroku.com/
- MTA Data (Real Time Data Feeds): https://api.mta.info/
Environment setup (Install)
- Python 3 https://www.python.org/downloads/
- pip https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installing/
- Anaconda https://docs.anaconda.com/anaconda/install/
Text Editor:
- Visual Studio Code (workshop editor): https://code.visualstudio.com/download
- Jupyterlab: https://jupyterlab.readthedocs.io/en/stable/getting_started/installation.html

Date: Saturday, March 13, 20201
Time: 2.5 hours (coding and demonstration)
Zoom Connection:
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYrcO-sqjsvGNLQPeEdm1KE7Cve8Se52kIS 

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Live stream on Silicon Harlem Youtube and Facebook platform

Individuals: Bruce Lincoln, Clayton Banks, Judith Desire | Organizations: Silicon Harlem, Silicon Harlem, Silicon Harlem

2021

#SystemsThinking NYC: Leveraging Culture to Collect Powerful Data Part 1

This workshop will explore the possibilities that digital tools and strategies can open up for private-public partnerships to engage communities in service design and technology. How can we create content architectures that reward citizens for their participation and collaborate with digital brands to create informative and accessible visual surveying tools?

We will dive into a case study that centers around mobility systems outside Manhattan's Central Business District, specifically looking at connectivity between The Bronx, and the boroughs and tri-state area, as a way to better understand the relationship between "car culture" and public transportation and micro-mobility initiatives.  

This workshop is geared towards systems thinkers with a background in digital marketing, social media, community organizing campaigns geared towards the Bronx, and data collection for local government organizations working on transportation and mobility issues.

FORMAT
6:30-7:00 Intro & Presentation
7:00-7:15 Systems Thinking Activity
7:15-8PM Group Discussion


This participatory workshop is part of a two-part series. The second workshop (Sat 3/13) will be focused on curated dialogue and small group discussions.
REGISTER HERE https://withfriends.co/event/9504121/systemsthinking_nyc_part_2

Individuals: Roo Shamim | Organizations: Future Local

2021

Women in Analytics: Making Data-Driven Decisions

We're excited to bring together leaders for a conversation spanning from freelance to full-time professionals. These creative and inspirational womxn will share their stories on how they got to where they are today and share their insights into being a womxn in data. Trying to get your foot into an analytics function but can’t seem to land any interviews? Want to understand what a career in product analytics, growth analytics or marketing analytics could look like and what hiring managers are looking for? Join to hear our panel of womxn who work in analytics in tech companies and learn how they leverage a large set of numbers to make data-driven decisions.

Individuals: Alissa Livingston, Lara Tromba, Lauren Rogers, "Triveni Gandhi, PhD" | Organizations: Hudson Bay Company, General Assembly, Dataiku

2021

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Block Party: A Platform to Explore NYC Community Board Meetings

Celebrate Open Data and explore how civic-technology can bring together Community Board meetings in New York City.

This interactive showcase will welcome you to block party as we dive into the public archive of Community Board meetings and explore what is discussed throughout New York City at a local level.

Have you ever attended a Community Board meeting? Maybe you know what Community District you live in, but don't have the time (or desire) to attend a few 2-3 hour-long meetings that happen each week. That's why we built block party, our goal is to make local policy information accessible and byte-sized.

Community Boards are key to local democracy, they advocate new initiatives, advise on permits, approve land-use and zoning, allocate program budgets, and since the Covid-19 lockdown — their role has become even more critical. Whether it's education, transportation, economic development, housing, parks...just to name a few, your Community Board is shaping the conversation and your neighborhood.

If you are curious about exploring these conversations, check out our civic-tech platform called block party and join our event at Open Data Week.

We are looking to connect with Data Enthusiasts, Policymakers, Researchers, and the Civic-Tech community. We will present how we built the tool, share insight from trends and topics in Community Board meetings, and brainstorm how this data can be further used, for civic engagement, local democracy, and community building.

Twitter: @my_block_party
Website: block party

Individuals: Brandon Pachuca, Sarah Sachs | Organizations: Block Party, Block Party

2021

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