{"id":11,"date":"2018-12-18T19:57:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T19:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/data\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2026-03-03T00:47:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T00:47:29","slug":"data-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/data\/","title":{"rendered":"Data Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Data Team<\/h3>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"columns large-6\">\n<p>The New York City Council&#8217;s Data Team uses a data-driven approach to impact the New York City Council\u2019s policy making process.<\/p>\n<p>The Data Team answers questions and informs laws about everything from public housing residents&#8217; heat, to school bus delays, and marijuana arrests.<\/p>\n<p>The Data Team also uses data to conduct oversight of City Agencies.<\/p>\n<p>We source datasets, analyze data, build models, and create maps and dashboards to assist Council staff and Council Members to use data to make decisions.<\/p>\n<p>Our unique strength is in marrying data with public policy making.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin: 0; list-style: none;\">\n<li><a class=\"button expanded primary\" href=\"mailto:datainfo@council.nyc.gov\">Contact Us &nbsp;<i class=\"fas fa-envelope\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"button expanded primary\" href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/data\/web-dev-data-teams\/\">Meet the Team &nbsp;<i class=\"fas fa-user-friends\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"button expanded\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/NewYorkCityCouncil\/\">Contribute on Github &nbsp;<i class=\"fab fa-github\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"button expanded\" href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/legislation\/api\/\">Access the Legislative API <i class=\"fas fa-server\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"columns large-6\">\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div style=\"color: #82c91e;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<h5>Inform policy decisions through maps, charts, and visualizations<\/h5>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div style=\"color: #be4bdb;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h5>Analyze data to understand issues facing New Yorkers<\/h5>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div style=\"color: #228ae6;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<h5>Create tools for policymakers, residents, and advocates to understand NYC policy issues<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"callout\">\n<p class=\"text-large text-center\">Contribute to NYC Council on Twitter<br \/><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?f=tweets&amp;q=%23NYCCData\"><i class=\"fa fa-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>&nbsp;#NYCCData<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Using Data to Improve the Lives of New Yorkers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":7,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/data\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/data\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/data\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/data\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/134"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/data\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/data\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/data\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/data\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}