What's New in NYC Tech - Feb 16, 2024

Greetings on this President’s Day weekend, everyone! It's time to dive into this week’s updates. ???

ICYMI — NYC School of Data early bird tickets are now on sale! Grab your tickets to conclude Open Data Week on Saturday, March 23. ??? ???

This Week in NYC Civic Tech / Gov Watch ???

Community board applications are due soon. Queens residents, your deadline is today! ??

• Queens - due today at 5pm!
• Brooklyn - due this Monday, February 19?
• Manhattan - due February 23 by 5pm?
• Bronx - due March 1?
• Staten Island - open all year-round

In other news:

• The U.S. Census Bureau came out with a report highlighting that New York City’s apartment vacancy rate is a record-low 1.4%. THE CITY has more details on the findings.
• Congestion pricing update: the program is near the finish line. But first, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is accepting public comment on proposed congestion pricing tolls until March 11. In addition, Reinvent Albany has an informative guide on the various ways you can voice your opinion.??
• The NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights released a report arguing that social media is the leading tech-related threat to this year’s elections.
• OpenStreetMap US 's Mapping USA 2024 session recordings are now available! Be sure to catch our very own Dimitri Mimy’s presentation on our ongoing public space data playbook.
• The 2024 Du Bois Visualization Challenge is here! Join the Data Visualization Society in recreating the data visualization legacy of W.E.B. Du Bois from the 1900 Paris Exposition.
• Lauren Teixeira did a deep dive into the NYC motor vehicle collisions dataset, illustrating the spatial distribution of pedestrian incidents!??

Jobs Alert and Announcements (for more listings, check out #Jobs in our Slack workspace - https://slack.beta.nyc) ??

• Measures for Justice is searching for a UX Designer I/II.
• Mozilla is seeking a Public Policy and Government Relations Analyst.
• Manhattan District Attorney's Office is recruiting a Deputy Director of Network Services and Oracle HCM Software Business Analyst.
• NYS Office of Information Technology Services is hiring a Project Director.
• Open Heroines is looking for volunteers to help run their community.
• Strength In Numbers Consulting Group is seeking a Lead Consultant (Program Evaluation).
• Women Deliver is hiring a Senior Director, Collective Action.

Upcoming Events ??

• Feb 22 at 5pm AI Meetup (February): AI, GenAI, LLMs and ML
• Feb 26 at 6pm Transit Techies #22: LiftNet
• Feb 28 at 6pm AI Seminar (Virtual): PyData for LLMs and Generative AI
• Mar 23 NYC School of Data 2024

That’s all for today! Want to be featured in future posts? Share your projects, events, announcements, and anything else for our community. Take care, and have a great holiday weekend! ????