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NYC Public Engagement Unit

The Mayorโ€™s Public Engagement Unit (PEU) proactively connects New Yorkers to key City services, like housing and healthcare.

New York City Hall, City Hall Park, New York, NY, USA
housing, Good health and well-being

Low-Cost Sensors and Systems for Ocean Discovery

We are creating low-cost, easy-to-use deep-sea systems that gather the most critical data to inform environmental decision-making and deployment strategies.

Rhode Island
Life below water

Street Activity Sensors

8-month pilot to test 12 computer-vision sensors across four boroughs of NYC to employ machine vision and improve street-level data collection and improve planning decisions

New York City
2020
mobility, city, streetscape, Sustainable cities and communities

VoteAmerica

VoteAmerica builds technology to simplify political engagement, increase voter turnout, and strengthen American democracy for all eligible voters.

San Francisco
US Election 2020

#STOPSHOTSPOTTER

A coalition working against ShotSpotter's "harmful impacts on the Black, brown, and poor people that the company surveils."

USA
criminal justice, noise, surveillance

ClearGov Transparency

Cloud-based budget and performance management software built for local governments.

Maynard, MA
2015
ChatGPT

Air Alliance Houston

Air Alliance Houston is a non-profit advocacy organization working to reduce the public health impacts from air pollution and advance environmental justice.

Houston
air quality

Pokket

Pokketโ„  connects justice agencies and human service providers with returning citizens to break the cycle.

75 5th Street NW Atlanta, GA 30308
recidivism

The Future of Privacy Forum

FPF brings together industry, academics, civil society, policymakers, and other stakeholders to explore the challenges posed by emerging technologies and develop privacy protections, ethical norms, and workable best practices in these areas and more.

Washington, DC