NYC Open Data Help Desk: Data Questions and Reported Errors

11076

Data Question

Department of Finance (DOF)

WHEN I SEARCH FOR DETACHED TRAILER, I GET OVER 100,000 PARKING TICKETS. BUT ALL OF THEM WERE ISSUED BEFORE 2024. HOWEVER, WHEN I SEARCH FOR *****, I GET TWO TICKETS ISSUED FOR DETACHED TRAILER IN 2024. WHY?

Open Parking and Camera Violations

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/nc67-uf89

Response not sent yet.

Pending

2024-07-19T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

11073

Data Question

Department of Finance (DOF)

Hi,

I am confused about the seemingly partial overlap between the linked dataset and the Open Parking and Camera Violations (https://data.cityofnewyork.us/City-Government/Open-Parking-and-Camera-Violations/nc67-uf89) dataset. From the description, I would expect a total overlap on the column 'Summons Number'. However, when looking specifically at 'MOBILE BUS LANE VIOLATION' incidents, there are 352k incidents in the linked dataset, yet around 112k in the Open Camera and Parking violations dataset. It would be greatly helpful to learn why this discrepency is happening, as I'm writing a report on the equity of automated camera enforcement on MTA buses in New York. TLDR, it would be helpful to know which dataset represents the complete picture of violations. Thanks in advance!

Parking Violations Issued - Fiscal Year 2027

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/pvqr-7yc4

The complete inventory of violations would be the Fiscal Year datasets (linked dataset). The Open Parking and Camera Violations dataset contains violations that are not satisfied either by payment, or adjudication.

Closed

2024-07-18T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

11072

Data Question

Mayor's Office of Operations (OPS)

Hello!
I am an intern at *****. I had a question inquiring the spend to date budget and the numbers. By the bar graphs provided there are numbers that are representing each borough. I am just a bit confused on wat those numbers mean. Thank you for your time.

https://app.powerbigov.us/view?r=eyJrIjoiMTkwYWMyNGEtMDNiZC00OTY4LTk4YjEtYzI0MzhlOTA3MzllIiwidCI6IjM1YzgyODE2LTZjNTYtNDQzYi1iYWY2LTgzMTIxNjNjYWRjMSJ9

The numbers for each borough that you are referring to is the ‘number of budget line items’ (or FMSIDs). It also can be considered the number of projects involved in each borough. Since the actual budget for each budget line items may vary, it doesn’t represent the ‘amount of budget’ allocated for each borough.

Closed

2024-07-18T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

11071

Data Question

Department of Buildings (DOB)

I am trying to understand how to sort this to see new building permits/soe permits/ foundation permits that have been filed but are awaiting approval. Please let me know if this is possible. I have tried what I think would do so but it just keeps giving me old jobs. Maybe there is another data set that has this info more updated? Please let me know

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Housing-Development/DOB-NYC-New-Buildings/6xbh-bxki/data

For approved job which may or may not have a permit issued, please refer to DOB NOW: Build - Job Application Filings to see whether or not a permit has been issued.

Closed

2024-07-17T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

11070

Data Question

311

What do the following columns mean?
1. Created Date - Is this the date and time the 311 call was made, thus when the incident of missed trash collection was reported?
2. Closed Date - Is this the date and time the complaint was resolved, thus when the trash had been collected?

If not, I would like to find out what the timestamps signify.

Thank you very much.

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Social-Services/311-trash-reports/h2g7-xbpj/about_data

Response not sent yet.

Pending

2024-07-17T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

11067

Data Question

Department of Parks and Recreation (PARKS)

I am writing to inquire about specific variables in the park properties dataset:
1. ACQUISITIONDATE: Could you please clarify which entity acquires the property referenced in this variable? Does this pertain to acquisitions by the NYC Parks Department or other entities listed under the "JURISDICTION" column?
2. JURISDICTION: Does this term refer to the department responsible for management, regulatory oversight, and decision-making processes related to land acquisition?
3. Is the ACQUISITIONDATE the result of the land acquisition process described here: https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/central-park/dailyplant/13491

Parks Properties

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/enfh-gkve

Please see the response to the questions below: 
 
1. It’s the date the site came under the control of NYC Parks.
2. There is no correlation between jurisdiction and the acquisition of the land.
3. No, not always. The process describes the current land acquisition practice typically used when negotiating with private parties. Not all property under NYC Parks jurisdiction is acquired in that manner.

Closed

2024-07-16T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

11066

Data Question

Department of City Planning (DCP)

Hello,
My team at *****, a non-profit community development organization, is interested in using MapPluto data for a web mapping tool.
We have a few questions:
1. Are there notifications or change logs available for data updates regarding the MapPluto dataset, or would we need to manually check for updates?
2. Regarding the Restful API for MapPluto:
- Do breaking changes result in a new version of the API, and is the API backwards compatible?
- Are there notifications or timeframes provided when versions of the API are deprecated, and how long will deprecated versions continue to work?
- Are email updates available when new data is released?
Thank you for your assistance.
Best regards,
*****

Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output - Map (MapPLUTO)

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/f888-ni5f

We received your inquiry from the NYC Open Data Helpdesk. Our response is as follows:
Below are the Department of City Planning’s (DCP) responses to your questions in bold:
1. Are there notifications or change logs available for data updates regarding the MapPluto dataset, or would we need to manually check for updates?
1. Notifications: There are not notifications for updates to our data on BYTES of the BIG APPLE. If you are comfortable with using REST services or ArcGIS online feature services, you could stream the data live so whenever we update the data your stream would be updated.
2. Change Logs:
a. PLUTO Readme file explains changes to how the PLUTO file is generated between releases, if applicable.
b. PLUTO CHANGE FILE README documents DCP applied changes to selected source field values.
 
2. Regarding the Restful API for MapPluto: To clarify, the RESTful API for MapPLUTO is an ArcGIS online feature service.
   - Do breaking changes result in a new version of the API, and is the API backwards compatible? When DCP updates the feature service for a new release of MapPLUTO (i.e. 24v2) the URL of that feature service is NOT changed.
   - Are there notifications or timeframes provided when versions of the API are deprecated, and how long will deprecated versions continue to work? No, the feature service is never deprecated unless Arcgis.com is unavailable.
   - Are email updates available when new data is released? No
Best,
Department of City Planning (DCP)

Closed

2024-07-16T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

11064

Data Question

Department of City Planning (DCP)

Hi Open Data Team and Coordinators, thank you for your help with this question which pertains to recently introduced Bill #772, related to NYC's Local Law 97.

One of bill 772's clauses requires calculating the "average assessed value" for units of condominiums / co-ops:
- "§ 3. Article 320 of Chapter 3 of Title 28 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 28-320.6.1.2 to read as follows:
- § 28-320.6.1.2 Reduced civil penalties for certain covered buildings. For covered buildings held in the cooperative or condominium form of ownership comprised of units with an average assessed value of $65,000 or less, as determined by the department of finance, that qualify for a penalty reduction based on the mitigating factors of section 28-320.6.1, civil penalties shall be reduced according to the following schedule (...)"

My sense was that PLUTO is the appropriate dataset to calculate the "average assessed value" stipulated in Bill 772, by dividing the variable "ASSESSED TOTAL VALUE (AssessTot)" by "RESIDENTIAL UNITS (UnitsRes)"

However, in calculating this average assessed value per BBL, I found that >80% BBLs would have an averaged assessed value <$65K. This does not seem plausible nor the intention of the bill. 

As such, my question is: does the open data team know what I might be doing wrong, or alternate fields I should be using to capture "average assessed value" as characterized in Bill #772?

Thank you for your help!

Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO)

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/64uk-42ks

After consulting with our colleagues at the Department of Finance (DOF), we recommend that the All Tax Class file found on this DOF site, should be used for this analysis since it contains all the ordinary real estate (ORE) parcels from PTS as of FY25 Final Roll.

If you have any additional questions please follow up with us at dcpopendata@planning.nyc.gov.

Closed

2024-07-16T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

11058

Data Question

Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH)

I am seeking updated data on the leading causes of death in New York City. My goal is to determine the primary cause of death among Black women in New York City.

New York City Leading Causes of Death

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/jb7j-dtam

Thank you for bringing this to our attention. This dataset has been updated with the latest available information.

Closed

2024-07-13T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

11057

Data Question

Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH)

I'm *****, a team member of the ***** research project at *****. It is a great pleasure to have the opportunity to communicate with you. Our project, *****, is focused on establishing connections among mothers in the same neighborhood through various activities, including 12-week fitness classes that include childcare options for select participants. Furthermore, the project aims to obtain data regarding the availability of Pre-K and 3-K programs in the community across New York City.

During our data collection process, our team found information on Pre-K and 3-K programs via the Open Data page. However, we noticed that the available information only dates back to 2016. I would like to know if there is information about these centers of child care from previous years that you could provide us with.

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Health/Childcare-Centers/tdif-34xu/data_preview

Response not sent yet.

Pending

2024-07-12T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

11056

Data Question

Department of Transportation (DOT)

I am wondering what the difference is between this public seating data and more specific CityBench data. Please reach me by email at ***** to talk further.

Seating Locations

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/esmy-s8q5

Thank you for reaching out to Open Data regarding the City Bench data.
Please use the up to date Seating Locations dataset, it combines both the City Bench and Leaning Bars datasets, which are now historical datasets and no longer updates.
Best,
Department of Transportation (DOT) 

Closed

2024-07-11T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

11055

Data Question

Department of Investigation (DOI)

Good afternoon,

I am writing to see whether New York City Open Data would ever consider or has considered making Evictions data available for an earlier period than 2017 - Present. I am referring to this dataset: https://data.cityofnewyork.us/City-Government/Evictions/6z8x-wfk4/about_data. I am planning to conduct an analysis of neighborhood policing and housing instability in New York from 2004 to 2017 and was hoping to access earlier data than what is publicly available.

Thanks so much

Evictions

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/6z8x-wfk4

The NYC Department of Investigation does not have data that mirrors the Evictions dataset prior to 2017. From 2005 to 2026 data was captured as a summary of all evictions conducted per borough per year, the data is not disaggregated. If you would like to view the borough-wide summaries please file a FOIL request with DOI via the website (https://www.nyc.gov/site/doi/contact/foil.page).

Closed

2024-07-11T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

11051

Data Question

Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP)

A number of important DCWP datasets have not been updated since last July. In addition to the one linked above, see Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) Inspections and Legally Operating Businesses. Do you have any idea what DCWP is working on and when these datasets will be back online?

License Revocations, Suspensions, Surrenders, and Reinstatements

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/rpeq-j89e

Response not sent yet.

Pending

2024-07-10T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

11050

Data Question

Department of Parks and Recreation (PARKS)

Hi, I run an app that looks to bring people together around NYC parks. Does this Data Set have Long and Lat coordinates? Those are the only two data points i need in addition to the dataset to make it useful for my org.

Athletic Facilities

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/qpgi-ckmp

Hi,

This dataset does not have lat/long coordinates because these are polygons of the athletic facilities. One way to get lat/long is to get the centroid of the polygons and then convert to lat/long.

Thanks,
NYC Parks Open Data Team

Closed

2024-07-10T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

11047

Data Question

Department of Buildings (DOB)

I'm interested in identifying active vacate orders. I know that with this dataset you can find all vacate orders issued (where disposition code is either Y1 or Y3) but is there a way to know if the order is still in place? It seems like for this complaints table once it's issues that closed out the complaint, but I don't see any other datasets that have more information what vacate orders once they are issued. If there is data on this could it be added? thanks!

DOB Complaints Received

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/eabe-havv

 Vacate orders fully or partially rescinded can be identified by looking for values of "Y2" and "Y4" in the "Disposition Code" field.

Closed

2024-07-09T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

11046

Data Question

Office of Technology and Innovation (OTI)

There is no metadata in the Planimetrics Github for the Building Footprints Historical Shape dataset. https://github.com/CityOfNewYork/nyc-planimetrics/blob/main/Capture_Rules.md The unpublished metadata contains information on Building Footprints, but not the Historical Shape dataset. How was this data derived and how should we interpret it? Thanks.

BUILDING_HISTORIC

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/s5zg-yzea

Response not sent yet.

Pending

2024-07-09T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

11044

Reported Error

Department of City Planning (DCP)

The search bar to enter an address to find the school district no longer exists. Is there another way to search specific addresses?

School Districts

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/r8nu-ymqj

The link you provided https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/r8nu-ymqj is to access the NYC School Districts data, this is not an application. You may be thinking of the Find a School application from the Department of Education (DOE).
Best,
Department of City Planning (DCP) 

Closed

2024-07-09T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

11042

Data Question

Department of Transportation (DOT)

Hi,

I was looking at the Street Closures by Block data set and attempting to translate the geo.json coordinates provided to their associated latitude/longitudes (for mapping purposes). The specification for the Multiline field states that these coordinates are in WGS84. However, the nature of the coordinates being quite large (i.e. [948311.729673132, 169650.836601228]) would suggest that these are UTM coordinates instead. Although, my attempts to convert this as a UTM in zone 18 were grossly unsuccessful. I have exhausted many resources along with cross-referencing the provided street names in an effort to deduce what these coordinates could possibly belong to. If possible, could you provide what coordinate system these coordinates actually belong to?

Thank you for your time!

Street Closures due to Construction Activities by Block

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/i6b5-j7bu

Thank you for reaching out to Open Data regarding the coordinates for Street Closures due to Construction Activities by Block. This data has been changed to local NYC Longitude and Latitude coordinates. Apologies for any inconvenience.
Best,
Department of Transportation (DOT) 

Closed

2024-07-09T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

11040

Data Question

Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS)

How do agencies get the gender info for employees? I see NB is included in the definition of gender, but do they send a survey out to employees or are they using hiring Info ( like drivers license) to report gender? its not clear if a questionnaire is sent out or not for current info. The DMV does not have an option for NB and all the data is categorized as either male or female. Thanks!

https://modaprojects.cityofnewyork.us/local-law-18/#ib-toc-anchor-3

The data is self-reported through the City’s personnel system.

Closed

2024-07-08T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

11039

Reported Error

Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS)

Need to update the Kings County Clerk/Commissioner of Jurors page information

https://a856-gbol.nyc.gov/GBOLWebsite/GreenBook/Details?orgId=13

Thank you for your inquiry. Please write to communications@dcas.nyc.gov with your request. Please include the exact information you would like to update.

Closed

2024-07-08T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

11037

Data Question

Department of Records and Information Services (DORIS)

Hello -
I am trying to find my grandparents marriage certificates to request a copy. In the book 'Index Marriage Certificates *****' I see their names but I do not see their names in the dataset mentioned above.
Is this dataset complete for *****? Why would their names not be in the dataset? Is there a different dataset I should be looking at? I do not have the certificate number, which is what I need.
For reference Groom: *****. Bride: *****. Marriage is *****. The index is VOL ***** Number *****. I don't think that number ties to the certificate number.
I did try a few other names in the book and found them in the dataset. For example - ***** is two names below my grandfather and I was able to find his certificate (Cert *****).
Thanks!
Peter

NYC Historical Vital Records: Index to Digitized Marriage Certificates

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/j62e-7maa

Thank you for contacting the NYC Open Data Helpdesk! Please see the below response from the NYC Department of Records and Information Services (DORIS):
The Dataset referenced in your inquiry are certificates of marriage filed with the Department of Health (1866-1937). The record you are researching is a marriage license record (#*****). Digitization of marriage license records for online access is an on-going project, and the ***** records from ***** have not yet been digitized. If you would like to receive a copy of the ***** license record, you may visit the Municipal Archives in person, or submit a request online: https://www.nyc.gov/site/records/historical-records/order-new.page . Thank you.
Best,
The NYC Open Data Team

Closed

2024-07-07T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

11034

Data Question

New York City Police Department (NYPD)

What do the codes D, E, and L for the variable victim_sex mean? Thanks!

NYPD Complaint Data Current (Year To Date)

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/5uac-w243

Response not sent yet.

Pending

2024-07-06T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

11031

Data Question

Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC)

I have some questions regarding the taxi data:

1) Does the Yellow Taxi and Green Taxi data include data for taxis hailed using taxi-hail apps like Curb and Arro?

2) How can I differentiate between street hailed and e-hailed rides (using curb and arrow) in the yellow taxi data?

https://www.nyc.gov/site/tlc/about/tlc-trip-record-data.page

We received your inquiry from the NYC Open Data Helpdesk. Our response is as follows:
Thanks for reaching out about NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission's open data.
1.      Yes, the yellow and green taxi data do include trip records for e-hail rides (hailed through apps like Curb/Arro)
2.      For yellow, you can identify flex fare e-hails from payment_type=0; for green you can for payment_type is NULL and trip_type is null.
Best,
Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) 

Closed

2024-07-05T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

11028

Data Question

New York City Police Department (NYPD)

Is there a way to delete duplicates for the CAD number? I want to determine how many police pursuits there have been so far this year but there are multiples entries per CAD number.

NYPD Calls for Service (Year to Date)

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/n2zq-pubd

Response not sent yet.

Pending

2024-07-04T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

11027

Reported Error

Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC)

vehicle license number 5713613, this vehicle passed inspection on 07/03/2024 04:27 PM. but its not updated on the data base. as a result i cant update on uber and i can not work. i hope you understand the situation. thank you

For Hire Vehicles (FHV) - Active

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/8wbx-tsch

We received your inquiry from the NYC Open Data Helpdesk. Our response is as follows:
I see that you have since been added back to the For Hire Vehicles (FHV) - Active list. This list is automatically updated once daily around 4pm, so changes already reflected in TLC systems will not be posted to the For Hire Vehicles (FHV) - Active list until that time.
 
In the future, please feel free to email the Licensing Inquiries inbox (licensinginquiries@tlc.nyc.gov) with your inquiry directly, or you may use the TLC Upload Portal (TLC UP) to check TLC license status and update documents, and the Licensing Applications, Renewals and Summonses portal (LARS) to apply for a new license, renew a license, or handle a summons. The information on these portals is updated more frequently than NYC Open Data, and is available on-demand 24 hours per day. Links are included below.

TLC UP
www.nyc.gov/tlcup

LARS
https://www1.nyc.gov/lars/
 
Best,
NYC Open Data + Taxi and Limousine Commission

Closed

2024-07-04T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

11023

Data Question

Agency not assigned yet.

i need congestion zone boundaries of polygon

311 Service Requests from 2020 to Present

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/erm2-nwe9

Response not sent yet.

Open

2024-07-02T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

11017

Reported Error

The NYC Open Data Team

Hi,
I found error in City Assessor promotion list 3582. As it is a promotion list, experiences play the vital role to be determined the list number. I strongly believe, it didn't count properly. As for example ; two person got 65 out of 80 in MCQ test and their experiences are same , the joined in the job at the same time, but unfortunately one person got experience credit 1.54 and another person got only .26 which makes a big difference in the list. I have another example , one person got 66 out of 80 in MCQ ,So, 66x1.25= 82.5.unfortunately in the list shows up adjusted credit 81.98, this is wrong and didn't count his experience. In conclusion, there is lot of errors in the list. I found every person got different credit from the job experience while they are all started job at the same time.
I would like to request you please again verify the list and give everyone their desired experience credit,
Thanks

Civil Service List (Active)

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/vx8i-nprf

Thank you for contacting the NYC Open Data Helpdesk! Please forward your request and any future list inquiries directly to the NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) via LMACustomerService@dcas.nyc.gov.
Be sure to include:
1. Your Full Name
2. Your Employee ID or Profile number
3. Your Exam No., Title, and List Number
4. And the reason for your inquiry
Best,
The NYC Open Data Team 

Closed

2024-06-30T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

11016

Data Question

Agency not assigned yet.

I m not able to search all the permit data. All the permittee Name and PermitTypeID is not populating.

Street Construction Permits (2022 - Present)

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/tqtj-sjs8

Response not sent yet.

Open

2024-06-28T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

11005

Reported Error

The NYC Open Data Team

My information was long since supposed to be removed as I informed DEC I have a mentally ill man stalking, threatening, harassing, and doxxing my information.

https://data.ny.gov/api/views/p5wx-nivw/rows.pdf?accessType=DOWNLOAD

Thank you for contacting the NYC Open Data Helpdesk. The dataset you referenced is managed by New York State open data, not New York City. Please redirect this question to NYS Open Data here: https://data.ny.gov/dataset/Give-Feedback/fq3e-q75i.
Best,
The NYC Open Data Team

Closed

2024-06-26T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

11003

Reported Error

Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)

Erroneous location data. There are about 6100 observations where the sampling location lat and lon are transposed, one or both coordinates are missing or obviously wrong. It would be helpful to have another dataset with metadata about the stations, e.g. ID, long name, lat lon and date of last observation. thank you.

Harbor Water Quality

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/5uug-f49n

Response not sent yet.

Pending

2024-06-25T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

11002

Reported Error

The NYC Open Data Team

I downloaded the CSV file of this data and the Socrata API endpoint. the data dictionaries are not precisely the same. The CSV file has five more fields than the data gathered from the API endpoint. thank you.

Harbor Water Quality

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/5uug-f49n

Response not sent yet.

Pending

2024-06-25T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

11001

Reported Error

The NYC Open Data Team

The socrata API endpoint, interactive query (https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Environment/Harbor-Water-Quality/5uug-f49n/data_preview) and CSV download is updated only through 12/31/2023, The "About" page (https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Environment/Harbor-Water-Quality/5uug-f49n/about_data) says the data is updated through May 15, 2024.

Harbor Water Quality

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/5uug-f49n

Response not sent yet.

Pending

2024-06-25T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

11000

Data Question

Department of Finance (DOF)

Hi,
We are looking for the mailing and situs address for NYC condos and co-ops. The URL included in this form looks like it has the situs address but I don't see mailing address.
Do you have a table where I can find both situs and mailing addresses for condos (perhaps a separate table or codes / classifications where condos & co-ops could be filtered out)?
I apologize in advance if it's something I missed.
Thank you for your help!

Property Valuation and Assessment Data Tax Classes 1,2,3,4

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/8y4t-faws

Property (situs) address data is available in the NYC Open Data portal Property Valuation and Assessment Data Tax Classes 1,2,3,4 (Property Valuation and Assessments) dataset. To view the latest data, filter YEAR = 2025 and PERIOD = 3 (i.e., 3 = final assessment roll data).
 
The Department of Finance maintains mailing address data at the tax map lot level (e.g., condo unit). The Department of Finance does not maintain mailing address data at the co-op unit level. You may view parcel by parcel mailing address data via the Property Tax Public Access portal. Mailing address data is not available in the NYC Open Data portal. You may submit a Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request to the Department of Finance for data not available via the NYC Open Data portal: https://home.nyc.gov/site/finance/about/foil-requests.page.

Closed

2024-06-24T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

10998

Data Question

Administration for Children's Services (ACS)

Is this the complete set of outside agencies providing services to NYC foster youth in 2020? And is the number roughly consistent with previous years?

ACS Community Partners

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/9hyh-zkx9

Response not sent yet.

Pending

2024-06-24T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

10997

Reported Error

The NYC Open Data Team

Pelham bay park is not included in this dataset. It being the biggest park in nyc this oversight is a major omission for anyone delving into this topic

Parks Properties

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/enfh-gkve

Thank you for contacting the NYC Open Data Helpdesk! We received your inquiry about the Parks Properties dataset but were unable to replicate the error you found. Pelham Bay Park is listed in this dataset as seen here. Please let us know if you are still unable to see this record.
Best, 
The NYC Open Data Team

Closed

2024-06-23T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

10993

Data Question

Agency not assigned yet.

How can I download all data for January 2015?

I seem to be limited to 1,000 rows.

2015 Green Taxi Trip Data

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/gi8d-wdg5

Response not sent yet.

Open

2024-06-21T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

10991

Reported Error

Agency not assigned yet.

No new data has been added to this dataset since the 14th. The dataset was previously updated daily.
It appears a similar issue might be happening with these datasets as well:
https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Housing-Development/DOB-Job-Application-Filings/ic3t-wcy2/about_data
https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Housing-Development/DOB-NOW-Certificate-of-Occupancy/pkdm-hqz6/about_data

DOB NOW: Build – Job Application Filings

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/w9ak-ipjd

Response not sent yet.

Open

2024-06-20T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

10989

Data Question

Department of Finance (DOF)

I'm looking into specifically ***** I'm curious about when the j51 rent abatement was no longer in effect on the building. It looks like from your records that it went into effect in 2002, and should last for 14 years, which would have been 2016, but records stop at 2011. Can you please clarify?

J-51 Exemption and Abatement (Historical)

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/y7az-s7wc

The J51 benefit consists of both an exemption and an abatement. The abatement is provided upon the issuance of an HPD-approved Certificate of Eligibility (COE), and it can last for up to 20 years or until the abatement pool is depleted, whichever occurs first.

In the case below the lifetime abatement pool is $11, 250 and the abatement pool was depleted in TY12/13 as denoted in the breakdown below. Basically, there is a 20-year time limit to exhaust the abatement pool, but it generally depletes around 12 years.

Tax year J51 abatement applied Balance of CRC
2002/03 1,041.64 10,208.36
2003/04 1,041.64 9,166.72
2004/05 1,041.64 8,125.08
2005/06 1,041.64 7,083.44
2006/07 1,041.64 6,041.80
2007/08 1,041.64 5,000.16
2008/09 1,041.64 3,958.52
2009/10 1,041.64 2,916.88
2010/11 1,041.64 1,875.24
2011/12 1,041.64 833.60
2012/13 833.60 0.00

Closed

2024-06-20T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

10986

Data Question

Department of Transportation (DOT)

Hello, I would like to download a shapefile of the Open Streets Location Map dataset but a shapefile is not one of the export options. I am doing a final project for my GIS class about NYC's Open Streets and being able to obtain the shapefile would be very helpful.
Thank you.

Open Streets Locations (Map)

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/6vys-sfk5

We received your Open Streets Locations inquiry from the NYC Open Data Helpdesk. The Open Streets Locations main landing page offers more export options than the map page.
Open Streets Locations main landing page: https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Health/Open-Streets-Locations/uiay-nctu/about_data

Best,
Department of Transportation (DOT) 

Closed

2024-06-19T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

10985

Reported Error

The NYC Open Data Team

"Export server error, please try again"
We're getting this error when trying to export all the data

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/rbx6-tga4

Thank you for confirming. Yes, we were able to download the file using the “CSV for Excel” option. Have you tried to export other datasets as well? We suggest checking your browser’s privacy settings (especially for pop-ups) before trying again. If you are still unable to download the data after that, we will be happy to send it to you.
 
Best,
The NYC Open Data Team

Closed

2024-06-19T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

10980

Data Question

The NYC Open Data Team

The litter basket map is not correct. Who puts the data in the map? I would like to know if there is training for Open Data. Thanks.
Please advise.

DSNY Litter Basket (Map)

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/d6m8-cwh9

Response not sent yet.

Pending

2024-06-17T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

10976

Reported Error

Office of Technology and Innovation (OTI)

This dataset contains street roadbed features, but the description says "Roadbed is the foundation structure on which railroad tracks are laid," which is not the case for this dataset.

NYC Planimetric Database: Roadbed

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/i36f-5ih7

Response not sent yet.

Pending

2024-06-12T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

10969

Reported Error

Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC)

Look at "For Hire Vehicles (FHV) - Active" dataset. I found a case where there are multiple active drivers assigned to one vehicle. Can you please explain the situation that would cause this? Thank you!

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/resource/8wbx-tsch.json?vehicle_vin_number=1GYKPBR4XPZ178309

For Hire Vehicles (FHV) - Active

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/8wbx-tsch

Response not sent yet.

Pending

2024-06-10T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

10968

Data Question

Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD)

Hi, I am looking at the complaints for my property in Brooklyn. Under "complaint anonymous flag", it is listed as N (No) for most of them. Am I able to obtain record of who filed the complaint? Thank you.

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/ygpa-z7cr

Thank you for your inquiry. HPD does not provide personnel information related to complainants. Information about which apartment may have filed the complaint is already available in this dataset. 

Closed

2024-06-10T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

10962

Reported Error

Department of Transportation (DOT)

Hi there, I hope this email finds you well! I'm part of a team of researchers at ***** using Open Data's "Automated Traffic Volume Counts" dataset, and I believe we've found a major discrepancy in the data that has been uploaded to the site, which we wanted to alert Open Data to.

We have used this dataset for various research projects between 2022 and 2024. Last March I sent a request through this form asking for this data to be updated as it had been dormant since December 2022 (Inquiry ID #10761). A representative from NYC DOT promptly reached out and told me the dataset had been updated.

This was greatly appreciated by me and others using this dataset. However, we immediately noticed discrepancies between the updated dataset and the previous version. The current full dataset (which should include data from 2000 to 2023) has 1,673,725 rows. The previous dataset, in contrast, included 27,190,511 rows despite being an older dataset.

Investigating the cause of this further in R, we identified a significant number of streets in the old dataset that are completely absent from the new dataset. In Queens alone, for the year 2020, there are records for 90 unique streets in the old dataset, but only 10 unique streets in the new dataset, despite supposedly having 1 year's worth of new data, in addition to previously recorded data.

This is just one example of a discrepancy between the two sets. Due to the large volume of data we could not narrow down the exact differences between both versions. But, since this is a widely-used and critical dataset for transit researchers, I wanted to reach out and ask if anyone is aware of this issue, and to hopefully see a fix or explanation come in the future. I also want to apologize for the delay in alerting Open Data to this, amid my schedule.

If any extra information would be useful to solving this, please let me know and I'll get back to you as soon as possible.

Automated Traffic Volume Counts

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/7ym2-wayt

Thank you for bringing this to our attention. New York City Department of Transportation is aware of the decrease amount of records in the Automated Traffic Counts datasets. This dataset had inflated rows because the data was uploaded multiple times to rectify previous errors. This occurred at multiple locations resulting in many duplicate records. The duplicated records have been identified removed, resulting in less data. 
Please note: locations previously that were previously available but was removed in the most recent update was due to errors in the data. Once the data gets corrected, they will be re-uploaded. 
Thank you,
NYC Department of Transportatio

Closed

2024-06-07T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

10950

Reported Error

Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP)

Unfortunately, in this link, all the licenses you provided are being presented openly along with their numbers and personal information, violating the privacy of personal data. Please take the necessary measures regarding this issue.
https://data.cityofnewyork.us/api/views/gkh5-q33f/rows.pdf?app_token=U29jcmF0YS0td2VraWNrYXNz0
Sincerely,

Issued Licenses

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/w7w3-xahh

Thank you for contacting the NYC Open Data Helpdesk! Your report was forwarded to the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) for review.

Applying for a DCWP-issued license is a matter of public record and that record is covered by NYC’s Open Data law. Consistent with DCWP’s Personally Identifying Information (PII) policy, other than name and the City, State, and ZIP Code of the mailing address, DCWP does not publish data regarding an individual’s contact information or address.

Thank you,
NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP)

Closed

2024-06-05T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

10949

Data Question

The NYC Open Data Team

Is there a limit to how many requests can be made? I have a need that will require me to make a lot per day and want to make sure there are no issues.

Thank you!

For Hire Vehicles (FHV) - Active Drivers

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/xjfq-wh2d

Thank you for contacting the Open Data Helpdesk! Each dataset has documentation that can guide you with API access to it. Here is the API documentation for For Hire Vehicles (FHV) - Active Drivers: https://dev.socrata.com/foundry/data.cityofnewyork.us/xjfq-wh2d
You can learn how to access the API documentation for any dataset here: https://support.socrata.com/hc/en-us/articles/115012440027-Locating-the-API-Docs-for-a-Dataset
There are also general rules and guidelines for accessing API data that can be found here: https://dev.socrata.com/docs/app-tokens.html. It states "...it says you get unlimited requests. But keep in mind that you’re using a shared platform, and you should still be deliberate in how you design your application to use our API..." Hope this helps!

Thank you,
NYC Open Data Team

Closed

2024-06-04T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

10948

Data Question

Department of Finance (DOF)

Hi,

I am reviewing the ACRIS - Real Property Master and filtered it to show only CTOR (COURT ORDER). It only shows 16,000 rows (properties) from 1920 to now, which seems very low. I’ve noticed that other document types also have few results. Does the OPEN NYC DATA website provide accurate results when filtering?

Thank you.

ACRIS - Real Property Master

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/bnx9-e6tj

Thank you for contacting the NYC Open Data Helpdesk! The Open Data website accurately reflects the record count when filtering. There are indeed approximately 16,000 COURT ORDER documents recorded by the City Register and indexed in ACRIS. Additionally, among roughly 120 document types, approximately 80 have fewer records than COURT ORDER.

Thank you,
NYC Department of Finance (DOF)

Closed

2024-06-04T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

10947

Data Question

Department of Finance (DOF)

Dear all
My students are working on a big data/machine learning project using the Parking violations data. To perform a meaningful analysis they are missing a more accurate location of where the Parking violation occurred. We could not figure out the Street codes 1, 2 and 3. Is there a way to interpret them?
Cheers

Parking Violations Issued - Fiscal Year 2027

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/pvqr-7yc4

Thank you for contacting the NYC Open Data Helpdesk! The three data fields (Street Code1/Code2/Code3) are GIS coordinates of the location where the violation was issued and intersecting street boundaries.

Thank you,
NYC Department of Finance (DOF)

Closed

2024-06-04T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

10944

Reported Error

Department of Finance (DOF)

The date column in this data set is set as text/string variable, so it's extremely difficult to filter the data by year.

Open Parking and Camera Violations

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/nc67-uf89

Changing this field would require an entire reupload of the dataset, which is not feasible at the moment. You can convert dates in a text format to date format by downloading this data and using it in Excel.

Closed

2024-06-03T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000