Civic Tech Field Guide
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Civic Hall

The home for civic tech in New York City

118 West 22nd Street, New York, NY 10011, USA
2015
Hubs
CTFG partners
https://www.communitytechny.org/portable-network-kitsActive

Portable Network Kits

The Portable Network Kit (PNK) is a wireless network in a suitcase that helps people understand how to build their own mini-internet – and with it, how the internet works and might be owned and governed more equitably.

New York City
Connectivity, Disaster response and humanitarian tech, Hardware
https://tech.cornell.edu/Active

Cornell Tech

Cornell Tech is a graduate campus and research center of Cornell University, located on Roosevelt Island, Manhattan, in New York City.

Cornell Tech
Academia, Academic programs, Learn about civic tech
CTFG partners
https://lcau.mit.edu/research/spatial-equity-nycActive

Spatial Equity NYC

Spatial Equity NYC (SE), a tool developed by MIT’s Norman B. Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism (LCAU) in close collaboration with New York City-based nonprofit Transportation Alternatives (TA), visualizes mobility, environment, and health data.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Civic data, Civic maps, Data visualization
city, streetscape, Reduced inequalities, Sustainable cities and communities, place-based
https://github.com/BetaNYC/civic.jsonActiveOpen-source

civic.json

A specification of the civic.json metadata standard for civic technology projects

Civic data, Data schemas and standards, The Tech
https://africanofilter.org/disruption/why-we-need-to-change-the-way-we-write-about-africaActive

Why We Need to Change the Way We Write About Africa

A storyteller’s guide to reframing Africa

Africa, Asia
Diversity & Inclusion, Media, Translation and linguistic representation
guides
http://nycroadmap.usActiveOpen-source

People's Roadmap for a Digital New York City

In this citizen created roadmap, we outline how to humanize technology, move beyond transparency for transparency's sake, and ensure we have government technology that works for the people, built with the people.

Data & Society Research Institute, West 20th Street, New York, NY, USA
2013
Build something, Engagement tech, Govtech, Playbooks and design principles, Tech roadmaps, The People, The Tech
http://www.ideas42.org/new-text-message-reminders-summons-recipients-improves-attendance-court-dramatically-cuts-warrants/Active

SMS reminders from the Office of Court Administration

New York City partnered with behavioral economics firm ideas42 and the University of Chicago Crime Lab to test simple “nudges” to get people to court; text reminders improved appearance rates, resulting in thousands fewer arrest warrants

New York City
2019
Behavioral economics programs, Govtech, Open justice, Organize campaigns, SMS tools, The Tech
https://open.nytimes.com/how-the-new-york-times-thinks-about-your-privacy-bc07d2171531Active

How The New York Times Thinks About Your Privacy

A guide to the news company's data usage

New York Times Building, 8th Avenue, New York, NY, USA
Digital literacy, Digital security and privacy, Ethical tech and responsible tech, Media