NYC PIT Pop Up

Zine/DIY Day
2025-10-30 00:00 - 23:59 (America/New_York) | NYC PIT Pop Up at The Oculus, 185 Greenwich Street, Shop #LL4345, Level LL4, New York, NY, 10006, United States
Welcome to Day 4 of the NYC PIT Pop Up! Today’s PIT theme is: Zine/DIY.
Zine/DIY Day Schedule:
Daily Demos: 2:00pm-6:00pm

Zine Lab by Missouri PIT-UN
Wiki.NYC Public Library Wiki-Kiosk
fomo.city

The Reboot: 6:00pm-7:30pm

The Reboot: Day 3
2025-10-29 18:00 - 19:30
The Reboot is our time to hang out, reflect on the day’s demos, and interact with the online PIT community.

whatisthislinefor.nyc
2025-10-29 14:00 - 18:00
Whether for pop-ups, concerts, trendy bakeries, or sneaker drops, whatisthislinefor.nyc addresses the uniquely NYC phenomenon of standing in long lines. The project is a real-time, community powered website that tracks queues: where people are gathering, how long they’re waiting, and what they’re waiting for.
Lines are more than just means to access… in NYC they’re a cultural ritual. Waiting has become a badge of participation, a way to feel part of a shared cultural moment. At the same time, it highlights questions of access and time: not everyone has the flexibility, mobility, or availability to wait. The project gives people practical information to navigate what’s worth the wait, making access to cultural participation more transparent.
The PIT Pop Up is the perfect space to demonstrate how playful design and community storytelling can transform something as ordinary as a line into public interest technology that promotes transparency, accessibility, and shared belonging. Visitors can directly interact with the platform, exploring a live map of lines across the city, adding wait times and instantly seeing how their contributions shape collective knowledge.
whatisthislinefor.nyc is a project created by Kaitlyn Zou, a designer and creative technologist based in NYC.’

Bed-Stuy 2125
2025-10-29 14:00 - 18:00
Bed-Stuy 2125 is a speculative design project that imagines what Bedford-Stuyvestant could look like in 100 years. Against the backdrop of gentrification today, this project is meant to inspire creative, participatory, and culturally-informed ideas about the types of spaces and services that residents can build and demand to reflect the history and contributions of the neighborhood, while being responsive to environmental and demographic shifts.
This project began with creating physical prototypes and digital renderings of future buildings in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. These prototypes, each with an RFID sticker, link to online posters detailing their digital renderings and descriptions. Early developments include the “Shirley Chisholm College for Social Justice and Political Leadership (2060)” at 631 Myrtle Ave, the “Una S.T. & Yvette Clarke Center (2056)” at 1293 Fulton St, and the “Federal African American Registry (2100).”
This project directly connects to my current practice by leveraging neighborhood knowledge, lore, and research to envision future urban landscapes. It emphasizes community co-creation and aims to empower residents in shaping their neighborhood’s development, moving beyond theoretical design to practical, community-driven solutions. The use of digital tools like Gemini and Midjourney, alongside physical prototyping and community engagement, reflects an interdisciplinary approach to interactive media and social impact.
Bed-Stuy 2125 is a project by Jeremy Knight, NYU Interactive Media Arts, Low-Res Masters Candidate.
About Jeremy Knight:
Jeremy Knight is a cultural strategist and futurist. For more than a decade, he has helped queer, Black and brown folks and brands activate in culture — elevating new narratives about the future through art, technology, and storytelling. In his work, he always partners with communities and brands to define and depict a future that we can all work towards, ensuring marginalized communities see their hopes, dreams and aspirations reflected in the places they live, the media they consume, and the products they use. He is from Atlanta, Georgia and currently lives in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. He currently works as the Head of External Engagement at New_ Public, a nonprofit product studio that builds healthy digital public spaces; and is receiving his Masters of Arts (MA) in Interactive Media Arts at New York University.

IlluminationSpace Hub Ecosystem Map
2025-10-29 14:00 - 18:00
The IlluminationSpace Hub Ecosystem Map: Civic Science in Action Analyzing the Impact of Emergent Informal STEM Learning Partnerships on Under-resourced Communities and Academic STEM Research is a project that presents outcomes of a Rita Allen Foundation Civic Science Fellowship, supporting an 18-month effort to research, analyze, and expand the ASRC IlluminationSpace Hub (IS Hub). The IS Hub – a collective space for science communication, outreach, and education housed inside CUNY’s Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) in West Harlem – provides opportunities for community members, students, teachers and researchers to collaborate to address public needs.
The project presents a dynamic ecosystem map as a model of emergent civic science, connecting participants, partners, and knowledge holders while elucidating individual and shared value propositions, describing a scalable, replicable model for public universities seeking to make STEM more inclusive, accessible, and impactful. Included are network maps and data stories reflecting the Hub’s commitment to defining—through an equity and inclusion lens—what constitutes an effective, engaged civic science ecosystem: one in which all participants, from community members to academic researchers, experience both ownership of and benefit from the work. Inclusion in the Pop Up presents an impactful way to demonstrate this model of Public Interest Technology and an invitation to use it to further address public concerns.
IlluminationSpace Hub Ecosystem Map is presented by Catherine Cramer, Civic Science Fellow at the CUNY Graduate Center Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) and UX designer (and Baruch College graduate) Mashya Mumin.

Heat Complaints in NYC
2025-10-29 14:00 - 18:00
Heat Complaints in NYC: Borough Focused Analysis from August ’23 to April ’25 is an interactive project that addresses two critical questions for those NYC residents who experience no-heat situations in their residences. Using elements of Tableau, this project determines 1) how different winter temperature patterns affect the number of complaints and 2) that there were strong policy implementation ideas based on the Tableau data analytics. The key PIT message here is that, with the existing data infrastructure (NYC 311 Service Request Data) and with elementary knowledge of Tableau, we can develop clear policy insights.
With the existing data structure, such as the NYC public data pool, and an elementary understanding of data visualization tools, anyone can develop robust policy suggestions for New York City. With the planned introduction of agentic AI to data visualization tools like Tableau and Spotfire, this will become even easier. Heat Complaints in NYC is one such example of bringing information power to anybody willing to spend a few hours learning a few elements of data visualization tools.
Heat Complaints in NYC is a project by Masaru Kakutani, CUNY Graduate Center, MS in Data Visualization and Analysis.
About Masaru Kakutani:
Since obtaining his MBA in 1981, Masaru Kakutani has worked for over 40 years at large financial institutions as a risk analyst. Having recently retired, he has been studying new skills in data analysis and visualization to pursue new challenges, focusing on different approaches to managing public challenges and complex economic development.
Learn More about Masaru Kakutani’s work:

More about Heat Complaints in NYC
Masaru’s blog, New Tools for a Long-Standing Financial Analyst

Community Engagement Day
2025-10-29 00:00 - 23:59
Welcome to Day 3 of the NYC PIT Pop Up. Today’s PIT theme is: Community Engagement.
Community Engagement Day Schedule:
Daily Demos: 2:00pm-6:00pm

Heat Complaints in NYC: Borough Focused Analysis from August ’23 to April ’25
IlluminationSpace Hub Ecosystem Map
Bed-Stuy 2125
whatisthislinefor.nyc

The Reboot: 6:00pm-7:30pm

The Reboot: Day 2
2025-10-28 18:00 - 19:30

Life Project 4 Youth Alliance
2025-10-28 14:00 - 18:00
Life Project 4 Youth Alliance is a federation of 16 organizations in 13 countries whose aim is the development of innovative solutions for the comprehensive inclusion (professional and social) of young adults (18-24 years old) living in extreme poverty and suffering from exclusion. It implements professional and social skills training as well as contact between Youth and the private sector, to enhance their knowledge on company settings and what to expect from a decent job.
As part of the NYC PIT Pop Up, Life Project 4 Youth will showcase a video about IT training in its centers and its new online platform, Digital Inclusion, that provides training on well being, sustainability and citizenship.
LP4Y will also present its Youth Inclusion International Forum, happening on October 29th, 2025, from 4-7pm, at Year Up United (85 Broad St, New York, NY 10004). This event will feature two panel discussions: 1. How civil society organizations, companies, youth and institutions in the U.S. are building resilient and innovative strategies to advance youth inclusion; 2. How artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies are reshaping workforce skills, digital literacy, and hiring practices for the next generation. This event is free, but registration is required here. Join us for a learning and networking event and expand your awareness on youth inclusion!

Pathfinder - AI For Immigration
2025-10-28 14:00 - 18:00
Our immigration system is broken, outdated, and overwhelmed. Families are being separated, and millions face deportation without legal help or reliable information.
Pathfinder, Mobile Pathways’ newest AI-powered platform, helps immigration legal representatives access the fast facts that matter most. It transforms thousands of rows of government data into a clear, intuitive interface that simplifies case research and analysis.
Here’s the challenge: for every legal aid worker, there are 1,400 immigrants in need. Pathfinder bridges that gap. With just a case number, it instantly compiles key details—deadlines, hearings, work permits—so no one slips through the cracks.
What once took hours of interviews and paperwork now takes seconds. One tool, one report, all the facts—empowering advocates to focus on people, not paperwork.
Visitors to the NYC Pit Pop Up will be able to see our tool in action and explore our interactive dashboards — including the Asylum Navigator, which visualizes key immigration court data trends such as asylum grant rates by nationality.
Pathfinder is presented by Ana Ortega Villegas (she/her/ella), Program Director, Mobile Pathways.
About Mobile Pathways:
Mobile Pathways harnesses mobile tech, data, and AI to help immigrants navigate their legal proceedings. We power trusted nonprofits and attorneys with tools to reach more immigrants and deliver better outcomes—faster, smarter, and at scale.

Planning with Parents Who Fear Deportation
2025-10-28 14:00 - 18:00
Planning with Parents Who Fear Deportation is an interactive demo of the “Planning with Parents” website presented by CUNY Law came about from a project started in 2017 by CUNY Law School alums, professors, students, and other advocates and activists to help undocumented parents plan for their children and families in response to the threat of detention and deportation.
As history repeats itself with the 2024 U.S. Presidential election, the reality and threat of mass deportations are all too real.
This website includes links to “guided interviews” (in English and Spanish) where parents, family members, and advocates can learn more about New York advance planning documents, start the emergency planning process, and if you choose, create advance planning documents.
What is emergency planning and why is it important?
• When a parent is detained or deported, emergency planning can avoid the possibility that their children are placed with the state.
• Emergency planning empowers families to choose who will care for their children and who will be able to make important decisions over their children’s care in their absence.
Planning with Parents Who Fear Deportation is presented by Joe Rosenberg, CUNY Law.

Innovating for Inclusion Day: Youth, Tech, and the Future of Immigration Justice
2025-10-28 00:00 - 23:59
Welcome to Day 2 of the NYC PIT Pop Up! Today’s PIT theme is: Innovating for Inclusion- Youth, Tech, and the Future of Immigration Justice.
Innovating for Inclusion Day Schedule:
Daily Demos: 2:00pm-6:00pm

Planning With Parents Who Fear Deportation
Pathfinder – AI For Immigration
Life Project 4 Youth Alliance

The Reboot: 6:00pm-7:30pm

The Reboot: Day 1
2025-10-27 18:00 - 19:30

Community Sensor Lab: Low Cost, DIY, Air Quality Monitor for NYC
2025-10-27 14:00 - 18:00
The Community Sensor Lab is a low cost air quality monitor and data network for NYC that seeks to equip youth and community members with research tools and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics) skills to better advocate for local policy change on public health and environmental justice. The project mobilizes CUNY undergraduate and NYC high school students as public educators on the versatility of DIY (Do-It-Yourself) electronics and sensors. The program is built around making and using a low-cost environmental air quality sensor system and data network.
The Community Sensor Lab is presented by the CUNY Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) and its team includes Kendra Krueger, Evelyn Roman, Ricardo Toledo-Crow, Mark Bellamy, Shawn Blackman, Astrit Boshnjaku, and Jerisson Ramirez.
Check out the Community Sensor Lab’s GitHub page, here.

Lab Flood by BetaNYC
2025-10-27 14:00 - 15:00
Lab Flood is presented by BetaNYC.
About BetaNYC:
BetaNYC is a civic organization dedicated to improving lives in New York through civic design, technology, and data. We believe that all New Yorkers should be able to access information and use technology as tools for public good. When communities are empowered with modern civic tools, residents can hold their government accountable while expanding their economic opportunities. We also partner with government agencies, local nonprofits, and civic actors — helping them adopt more transparent, equitable, and human-centered systems for the digital era.
For the NYC PIT Pop Up, BetaNYC collaborated with the CUNY PIT Lab on curation, mapping support, and civic tech engagement. We helped design interactive exhibits, supported hands-on data & mapping demos, and connected local technologists and community partners to the project.
Learn more about BetaNYC’s work:

Mapping for Equity (M4E) Project
News and Announcements

Opening Day: Climate Day!
2025-10-27 00:00 - 23:59
Welcome to the Opening Day of the NYC PIT Pop Up! Today’s PIT theme is: Climate.
Climate Day Schedule:
Daily Demos: 2:00pm-6:00pm

Lab Flood by BetaNYC
Community Sensor Lab: Low Cost, DIY, Air Quality Monitor for NYC

The Reboot: 6:00pm-7:30pm
