Miranda Neubauer
Capital New York
Sunnyside, NY, United States
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Rubio to discuss views on 'sharing economy'
GOP presidential candidate will take questions from members of the NY Tech Meetup → Read More
De Blasio campaign sends fundraising appeal for Russ Feingold
Mayor Bill de Blasio's re-election campaign sent out a fundraising email on Wednesday for Russ Feingold, who is campaigning to regain the Senate he previously held from Wisconsin. It is the first email from the campaign email's address since he took office on Jan. 1, 2014. Since then, emails in de Blasio's name promoting various policy priorities have been sent from a City Hall email address to… → Read More
Lawmakers, advocates push for expanded online voter registration
They want it expanded beyond New Yorkers with driver's licenses → Read More
City hires firm to help overhaul its procurement approach
Aims to make process more flexible, better at accommodating new technology → Read More
De Blasio declares 'Daily Show with Jon Stewart' Day
'I promise to think of you every time I dig into a fresh slice with a fork and knife' → Read More
City to focus on making open data more accessible
The administration is planning an emphasis on making open data more accessible to the broader public in its annual update to the city's open data plan. The annual update on July 15 is a key component of the city's open data law passed in 2012, and this year marks the first update under chief analytics officer Amen Ra Mashariki, who assumed his position last fall. Rebranded as "Open Data For… → Read More
NYPD testing crime-forecast software
Department signs two contracts to test product in as many as three precincts → Read More
Brewer calls for parade to honor U.S. women's soccer team
'New York City has ... never held a parade to honor a women’s team' → Read More
Coders nudge Port Authority toward open data
Students analyze Path Train ridership to illustrate crowding issues → Read More
NYPD legal official on interplay of police technologies
The top New York Police Department legal official on Tuesday argued that the public benefits of data-gathering from phones, body cameras and other technologies far outweighs concerns from some advocates about privacy and "predictive policing." During a panel discussion organized by Public Advocate Letitia James at the New York City Bar Association, Lawrence Byrne, deputy commissioner of legal… → Read More
Schneiderman hires new C.I.O.
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Monday announced the appointment of Moses Kamya as his office's chief information officer. Kamya previously served as C.I.O. for the administrative and general services cluster of the state Office of Information Technology and Services. At I.T.S., he oversaw the I.T. strategy for six state agencies and departments. Kamya will work on modernizing the attorney… → Read More
City tech leadership touts conference as feedback opportunity
The city's technology leadership officials are promoting a tech event today as an opportunity to get feedback from the civic technology community. This year's Personal Democracy Conference encourages participants to think about the city's innovation and broadband agenda with a view toward "NYC 2025." Founded by Andrew Rasiej and Micah Sifry, who launched the civic technology hub Civic Hall… → Read More
Lawsky releases final Bitcoin regulations
Benjamin Lawsky, the state superintendent of financial services, announced Wednesday the release of the state's final first framework for regulating digital currency firms known as a Bitlicense. According to Lawsky's office, the final regulations include consumer protection, measures to fight money laundering, and cyber-security rules. Lawsky spoke about the final regulations in a speech in… → Read More
De Blasio to appear on 'Daily Show' next week
Mayor Bill de Blasio is scheduled to appear on "The Daily Show" next Tuesday, according to a spokesperson for Comedy Central. It will be de Blasio's second appearance on the show. His first appearance was in February of last year, when Jon Stewart mocked the mayor for eating pizza with a fork. Stewart is nearing the end of his run with the show. According to the show's website, at the start of… → Read More
City B.O.E. takes open data step with special election results
The recent special election in the 11th Congressional District may not have gripped the electorate, with a less than 11 percent turnout, but it has marked a new milestone for the city Board of Elections, which for the first time posted the results from the race in a machine-readable format that is easier for researchers and journalists to analyze. The move represents a first step of a renewed… → Read More
NYPD social media head on new programming
Despite some early stumbles, the New York Police Department's head of social-media outreach says, there’s no going back. The department’s new, more proactive social-media posture is best demonstrated by a new policy of putting Twitter handles on patrol cars, according to deputy commissioner for strategic initiatives Zach Tumin. “I think it symbolizes the great move forward of the department in… → Read More
Payphone wi-fi program seen as 'citizen engagement' platform
Tech Talent Pipeline announces mobile development training program during Internet Week → Read More
City seeks new 311 framework
The city has asked a pre-approved group of system-integrator vendors to come up with solutions for a new platform to manage the city's 311 system that would allow for extensive new functionality, capabilities and integration with third-party services. According to the R.F.S. issued by the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications, the current Oracle-based customer service… → Read More
NYPL enlists Judy Blume to call for library funding
The New York Public Library has enlisted author Judy Blume to encourage its patrons to push Mayor Bill de Blasio and the City Council to allocate more funding toward city libraries. On Wednesday, patrons received an email with the subject line "Are you there Mr. Mayor? It's Me, Judy Blume," an allusion to her famous novel, Are you there God? It's me, Margaret. Praising librarians as "heroes,"… → Read More
Schneiderman to partner with law schools to help start-ups
In a speech Friday, the attorney general will emphasize the importance of industry-government regulatory cooperation → Read More