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New York urged to follow four point plan for Covid resilience

21 Dec 2020

The city was one of the United States’ most badly hit parts of the country during the Covid-19 pandemic.

New York City announces cybersecurity challenge finalists

16 Aug 2019

Seven finalists will receive an award of $10,000 from NYC to test their proposals in the city, and be given the opportunity to partner to deliver solutions to local small businesses.

New York City extends for-hire-vehicle licence cap

16 Jun 2019

The city is also restricting how long vehicles can cruise empty without passengers in a bid to reduce congestion as well as increase the earning potential for drivers.

NYC launches air quality challenge

10 Jun 2019

The open innovation call hopes to attract new ideas to help reduce the negative impacts of urban air pollution and urban heat island effect.

NYC announces resiliency plan for Lower Manhattan

18 Mar 2019

The plan will advance $500 million in capital projects and interim measures to protect the area from the effects of climate change into the next century.

NYC adopts blockchain-based smart city standard

20 Dec 2018

Using the MXProtocol and insights from the Citiesense platform will significantly increase data reach and efficiency across the city

NYC opens up more datasets

24 Sep 2018

Dozens of agencies have released datasets to the portal, bringing increased transparency to all aspects of the city’s operations

NYC issues call for wireless expansion

15 Jun 2018

New York is inviting firms to become franchisees of the city, granting them the right to install technology on city-owned light and utility poles

NYC open data winners announced

11 Jun 2018

Awards given for NYC’s most compelling civic projects built using one or more of the city’s 2,000 open datasets

Special Reports

Realising the true value of data

In an extract from our Sydney City Profile, we explore how the city’s Smart City Strategy Framework aims to help transform raw data into actionable knowledge.