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Code Across Challenges: Community Boards
jmkerns00 edited this page Feb 22, 2014
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#Community Boards
- There are 59 community boards in NYC. Community boards are the first stop in NYC’s local democracy.
- Several community boards along with Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer have started reaching out to betaNYC expressing a willingness to work with new tools created by the civic tech community.
- Community Boards currently lack the staff, tools, and analytical ability needed to use NYC’s open data and have an effective online presence that engages the community.
- Construction (e.g., After-hours variances, which allow construction up to 24/7; stop work orders)
- Department of Building (DOB) violations (e.g., time to follow up on violation by DOB, time to correct problem)
- Homeless Services (e.g., outreach team / visibility / locations / suggestions)
- Housing and Social Services (e.g., locations, property tax certificates (e.g, 421a) certificates, apartment status and expiration dates)
- Succession rights (e.g., mapping of all rent stabilized and controlled units, visualize air rights and who owns them)
- Liquor licenses (e.g., number of violations, stipulations actually levied, list of penalties and enforcement)
- Transparency and Trends: Tools and tracking for aforementioned issues, neighborhood trends, track 311 tickets / resolutions
- Digitization tools: Easy ways to record, archive and distribute meeting minutes/video/audio; Embedding 311 ticket submission forms on their websites; Engage with community groups, local businesses, and city agencies online
- betaNYC Community Board Data Wiki
- List of Community Board Needs
- Community Board Tools: http://communityboardtools.org/
- Chicago: Search, browse, subscribe and comment on everything the City Council has done since Jan 1st 2010: http://opencityapps.org/