NYCuriosity Data

Charts behind every post, tools that track the city

The charts behind every NYCuriosity post on transit, streets, the City budget, and how New York governs itself, plus civic tools I keep up to date: what Council laws cost, require, and allow, who leads all 59 community boards, and what each city agency spends. Members also get Ask the Trackers, which answers questions with cited records, plus monthly email alerts, a brief for every council district, a watchlist, community board alerts, full-text search of 39,017 resolutions from 27 community boards since 1984, and the data behind every post's charts.

Tools

Trackers and explorers I keep up to date

State Capacity Ecosystem

A standalone initiative that maps the government-effectiveness field and convenes its builders

Standalone project
State Capacity Ecosystem
A directory of 300+ organizations working to make American government more effective, research, advocacy, GovTech, philanthropy, fellowships, digital services, and ecosystem-builders. Plus an affinity network with natural-language search: type "where should I work on procurement in NYC?" and the map ranks orgs by relevance.
300+ orgs · 11 segments · 36 problem topics Explore →
Substack Posts

Every data-driven post leaves its charts here

Government & Technology
Duties, powers and staffing in the Legislation Trackers update
Which agencies get powers with their duties, what kinds of powers they get, and whether staffing kept pace.
4 charts · 2014–2026 Explore →
Budget
NYC's Next Union Contracts Meet a Budget That Funds 1.25% Raises
Six charts on labor's share of the City budget, the labor reserve, overtime, pensions and union density ahead of Mayor Mamdani's first bargaining round.
6 charts · FY2014–FY2030 Explore →
Transit
Two Years of G Train Weekend Shutdowns
Every weekend the G was shut since 2023, read from turnstile data: 15 of the first 34 weekends of 2026. Plus who rides the G on a Saturday, what CBTC did for the 7's on-time performance, how the Crosstown signal project's schedule compares with the subway's other CBTC lines, weekend bus speeds on the corridor, and the minutes a shutdown weekend costs riders.
6 charts · 2015–2026 Explore →
Government Efficiency
What Mamdani's Efficiency Commission Put on the Ballot
COGE studied twelve areas of the City Charter and sent five questions to voters this November. Where each area landed, plus the procurement numbers behind it: a 387-day median RFP, 39% of contracts registered on time, and $105M lent to nonprofits the City had not paid.
6 charts · FY2019–FY2025 Explore →
City Council
What the Council Asks of NYC Agencies
Every local law hands agencies work. The standing stack of recurring obligations, up 45-fold since 2014, the 850 reports due at least once a year, and the tracker that extracts all 8,185 obligations from the law text.
3 charts + tracker · 2014–2026 Explore →
Governance
Suggestions to Improve NYC Community Boards
The data behind fixing community boards: all 59 board budgets ranked, a decade of underfunding versus City Hall, and a 14-point reform table for the CEC's Better Public Meetings study.
3 visuals · FY17–FY27 Explore →
Transit
West 4th St Station Deep Dive
The only station where the IND's two Manhattan trunk lines meet: 94 years of history, the ridership recovery, the station's late-night rhythm, and what subway construction cost then versus now.
4 visuals · 1932–2026 Explore →
Health & Budget
Medicaid's Check Register Is Public
238 million federal claim records for NY, TX, and CA, a searchable provider payment lookup, and a replication of the billing behind New York's $9M EyePic fraud indictment.
238M records · 8 visuals Explore →
Government & Technology
State Capacity Has a New Toolkit
How AI is already changing what government can do, with the data behind public service delivery, procurement, and federal regulation, each paired with real examples.
June 2026 · 3 charts Explore →
Transit & Housing
New York Needs to Grow
Why NYC builds so little and pays so much: subway costs vs. the world, the MTA's expansion wishlist ranked, and the rezonings that could change it.
June 2026 · 4 charts Explore →
Transit
QueensWay vs QueensLink
Side-by-side comparison of the QueensLink M-train extension proposal and the MTA's 2018 Rockaway Beach Branch feasibility study, capital cost, ridership projections, service design, and economic impact across 22 metrics.
April 2026 · 1 table Explore →
Mamdani Administration
Lessons from Mamdani's First 100 Days
Federal funding changes, AI driving uncertainty, and cultural shifts creating opportunities, data from the April 2026 transition team panel covering Rikers, subway expansion, school funding, and DOT.
April 2026 · 4 charts Explore →
MCB3 History Analysis
What Has MCB3 Focused On Over Time?
Annual breakdown of 7,134 MCB3 resolutions across 10 topic categories from 2004 to 2025, plus a comparison to 377,536 CB3 311 complaints revealing where board attention diverges from resident concerns.
22 years · 2 charts Explore →
CSO Reports 2026
Chief Savings Officer Reports
Agency-by-agency breakdown of NYC's Chief Savings Officer savings plans for FY26 and FY27, with FY25 budget context and sortable table.
16 agencies Explore →
Streets Plan 2026
Local Law 195 Data
Fiscal impact, compliance tracking, and program-level cost breakdowns from NYC's 10-year streets plan. Includes CSV downloads and methodology.
4 datasets Explore →

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