This summary outlines statewide progress in improving digital services, reducing administrative burdens, and elevating customer satisfaction through human-centered and data-informed government design.
This roadmap outlines NYC’s strategy to achieve digital equity by expanding broadband access, improving digital literacy, and fostering cross-agency coordination.
A statewide initiative by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to plant and track 25 million trees by 2033 across New York State.
At Rules as Code Demo Day we heard from Song Hia of the NYC Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity and Ethan Lo of the NYC Office of Technology and Innovation who demoed the NYC Benefits Platform Screening API which provides machine-readable calculations and criteria for benefits screening that power the ACCESS NYC screening questionnaire. This makes it easier for NYC residents to discover multiple benefits they may be eligible for. The City is now extending the API to support the new MyCity platform, a one-stop shop for all services and benefits.
Easy Localization System Access (ELSA) is an Open Source continuous translation and localization system that ensures all content is automatically and continuously kept up to date in the 11 languages most commonly spoken by New Yorkers, using a combination of Neural Machine Translation (NMT) and human Localization vendors.
NYC Mayor's Office of the Chief Technology Officer
The NYC Benefits Screening API provides machine-readable calculations and criteria for benefits screening that power the ACCESS NYC screening questionnaire.
