NYC Public Advocates Office
“We work toward results that ensure that all New York City residents are treated with dignity: We fight for equitable access to quality housing, education, and economic opportunity in a healthy, safe environment, and advance equity in the distribution of resources by holding city agencies accountable, as well as by engaging and empowering community members in order to confront institutions, drive change and achieve justice.”
My time at the NYC Public Advocates Office
In the summer of 2010, I worked as a New Media Programming Intern at the New York City Public Advocates Office under Bill DeBlasio where I helped establish the office’s digital presence.
Conducted initial design research and wireframes that led to creating a blog tool for the Public Advocates site aimed at helping NYC bloggers connect to city services and to each other in order to improve living standards for citizens.
Worked on the initial stages of a designing public record database for the city, which was being built with the goal of making public information easily accessible and less time consuming than filing traditional FOIA requests.
Acted as the department representative in conferences focused on OpenGov and NYC's Big Data efforts.
Information is an incredibly powerful tool and I am proud to have worked with a team committed to providing public government information and to improving the daily lives of the city's inhabitants.
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Blog Kit
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Blog Kit Widgets
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Blog Kit Embeds
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Public Records Database
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Public Records Database (cont.)
