Presenter: Michael Freedman Crashcount.nyc is a public, open-data–driven tool that uses NYC Open Data and AI to document and contextualize traffic crashes involving pedestrians and cyclists, with the goal of supporting safer-streets advocacy at the neighborhood and district level. This session will demonstrate how publicly available NYC datasets—particularly traffic crash data—can be transformed into clear, […]
Presenter: Mike Spade (The Knowledge House) 35 years after slavery, Du Bois set out to provide a definitive image of the Negro condition in the United States. His data efforts not only quantified economic parity or lack thereof, he also focused on where people lived, and how they lived. During the 1900 Paris Exposition, he […]
Presenter: Ray Brescia (Albany Law School) This presentation will explore the power of gamification and then describe one current work in progress, an online game, “Haunted Housing,” that is designed in partnership with community-based advocacy organizations in New York City to educate youth, particularly from immigrant communities, about housing rights. Gamification can be utilized in […]
Presenter: Merlin Valdez VoteFeed.org is a Twitter/Bluesky-like user experience that allows constituents to interact with their respective U.S. representative in congress by sharing their opinion on policies up for vote in the legislative agenda. Bio: Merlin Valdez is the founder of VoteFeed, a digital civic engagement platform built to help constituents understand how their representatives […]
The MTA’s dashboard, metrics.mta.info, which is built entirely off of open data, is going through a major redesign in 2026. MTA’s open data team will be collecting user feedback to better understand features and visuals that the civic tech community would want.
The MTA’s dashboard, metrics.mta.info, which is built entirely off of open data, is going through a major redesign in 2026. MTA’s open data team will be collecting user feedback to better understand features and visuals that the civic tech community would want.
The MTA’s dashboard, metrics.mta.info, which is built entirely off of open data, is going through a major redesign in 2026. MTA’s open data team will be collecting user feedback to better understand features and visuals that the civic tech community would want.
“The People’s Money Speaks”: Data Stories from the Whole Community Health Datathon Students will present their visualizations and data stories produced during the March 27 Whole Community Health Datathon, which will focus analyzed the NYC Civic Engagement Commission’s People’s Money data related to the five social determinants of health–domains: Economic Stability, Education, Healthcare, Neighborhood & […]
Wikimedia New York City invites you to Wiki-Play Fridays, a pop-up exhibition and laboratory of wiki-based immersive design gaming at the World Trade Center Oculus in Lower Manhattan. These are Friday afternoon events (2-6pm), held once per month. There will be demos and playtesting of wiki-games and novel modes of interaction, both digital and tactile. […]
NYU is taking over the NYC PIT Pop-Up for a special afternoon of immersive demos, visionary projects, and community dialogue. Come see how NYU faculty and students are designing technology to serve justice, equity, and community empowerment. Registration link Schedule of Events: 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Open Gallery Explore the PIT storefront and interactive […]
Part of NYC PIT Pop-Up’s inaugural Sonic Spaces series exploring the intersection of sound/music with public interest technology. Sounds of Earth is a live performance and public conversation that reimagines the archive as a collective “sound ark.” Inspired by NASA’s 1977 Golden Record, the project reflects on how voices, music, and media technologies serve as […]
Part of NYC PIT Pop-Up’s inaugural Sonic Spaces series exploring the intersection of sound/music with public interest technology. On Monday April 20th at 6pm, writer/educator/DJ Todd Craig will be in dialogue with Chenjerai Kumanyika to celebrate the audiobook release of his recent book K for the Way. Craig’s book establishes and investigates the function of […]