NYCuriosity
Tal Roded, Zachary Thomas, State Capacity Ecosystem, Alexa WeiserNYCuriosity explores New York through data, policy, and place: streets, transit, and parks, the City budget and Council legislation, community boards from the inside (I serve on Manhattan CB3), and the people building better tools for government.
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Mamdani's First Union Contract Will Largely Lock In the City’s Next Budgets
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This November, Mayor Zohran Mamdani faces a major test: how he will handle negotiations with public sector unions. He has, on the one hand, expressed solidarity with organized labor; on the other, he has pledged to make gover...
October Parks Committee Report for Manhattan CB3: Tompkins Square Park Renovation
Author’s note #1: Tal and I serve on the Parks Committee of Manhattan Community Board 3 (CB3) together. I write the newsletter Friends of New York City Abundance. The views expressed here are my own and do not necessarily represent those of...
NYC Knows How to Make Its Streets Safer. So Why Are Pedestrians Still Dying?
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New York is, finally, seeing record-low levels of traffic fatalities. In 2025, there were 229 deaths involving vehicle crashes, compared to 297 in 2013. This trend is largely driven by the success of street safety policies pu...
I Built Tools to Read NYC Council Laws So You Don't Have To
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NYC’s legislation and agency data are, by law, “open”. For example, you can access any City Council legislation text and details through Legistar. But laws and data being made public does not necessarily make them accessible...
Manhattan Community Board 3 Sep 2026 Report
As always, the below summary of the Full Board Meeting is not complete but represents my best attempt to highlight key takeaways from the meeting. If you attended the meeting and believe I missed or misstated any important points, please co...
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Writer of NYCuriosity: data-driven analysis of NYC transit, streets, the City budget, and how the city governs itself. Data scientist, member of Manhattan Community Board 3, and co-organizer of the State Capacity Ecosystem.
📍 Williamsburg. I help write the NYC Friends of Abundance Substack
We're a team building the infrastructure for State Capacity. Check out the Hub (https://statecapacityecosystem.com/) to learn more and collaborate with us on improving government operations.
I spend an unhealthy amount of time finding niche events and things to do in nyc. Thought I would share what I find.
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