NYC Open Data Help Desk: Data Questions and Reported Errors

8321

Data Question

Agency not assigned yet.

Hi,
I'm using the 2010 Census tracts for NYC and I would like to know what the unit is for the variable "shape_area?" I'd like to use this variable to calculate population density, so it would be helpful to know the unit (e.g., miles) that is being used to measure shape area. Thanks!

No URL Submitted.

Response not sent yet.

Pending

2021-12-15T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

8320

Data Question

Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD)

Original:
DataSet: Order to Repair/Vacate Orders by HPD. Data provided is number of vacated units, however it would be useful to know which units are vacated, information already collected.
What units are under a specific vacate order?
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Edit:
DataSet: Order to Repair/Vacate Orders by HPD. What units are under a specific vacate order?

****This is information already available on HPDonline.hpdnyc.org through a simple building search and clicking on vacate orders*** How can the data be subject to privacy if it is publicly accessible on HPD's own website?

Order to Repair/Vacate Orders

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/tb8q-a3ar

Unfortunately, we cannot release those specifics. Certain agency information is exempt from disclosure because the data is subject to privacy.

Thank you,
- NYC HPD Open Data

Closed

2021-12-15T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

8318

Reported Error

Agency not assigned yet.

Hi,
Multiple Dwelling Registrations and https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Housing-Development/Multiple-Dwelling-Registrations/tesw-yqqr and Registration Contacts https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Housing-Development/Registration-Contacts/feu5-w2e2 datasets still have not been updated for the month of December.

No URL Submitted.

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

Thank you,
- NYC Open Data Team

Closed

2021-12-14T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

8316

Data Question

Agency not assigned yet.

Good Morning!

When will DOB NOW permits be updated? It used to be updated daily. However, it has not been updated since Oct 31st. Please advise.

Thanks,

****

No URL Submitted.

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

Thank you,
- NYC Open Data Team

Closed

2021-12-14T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

8315

Data Question

Agency not assigned yet.

How can I search for DOB Permits which are not "Signed Off" for a particular apartment in a condominium or co-op? I'm a real estate broker and need want to check the status of any open permits for each of my listings.
For instance I know there is an open permit for apartment #15D at 80 Chambers Street in Manhattan, however, when I filter the dataset by that building, the permit is not included in result set. I am able to find this open permit by scrolling through the ARA/LAA Jobs on BIS, so I know it exists, but I am not able to find it on NYC Open Data.
thx!

No URL Submitted.

Response not sent yet.

Pending

2021-12-13T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

8310

Reported Error

Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD)

There are several values within the "CurrentStatus" field which are not reflected in the explanatory table within the User Guide: "VIOLATION DISMISSED", "NOTICE OF ISSUANCE SENT TO TENANT", "VIOLATION DISMISSED" (which is distinct from "VIOLATION CLOSED"), and "DOWNGRADE PENDING INSPECTION".

"CIV14 MAILED" is identified as a possible value for the "CurrentStatus" field within the User Guide but is otherwise missing information within the guide ("LongName", "Definition", "OPEN OR CLOSED?" are all empty).

ThE "ShortName" field within the table explaining the "CurrentStatus" field within the UserGuide is not included in the dataset. (Suggesting it should be added to the dataset or removed from the guide.)

Housing Maintenance Code Violations

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/wvxf-dwi5

Response not sent yet.

Pending

2021-12-10T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

8309

Reported Error

Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD)

The "RentImpairing" field is not included in the Data Dictionary or User Guide spreadsheets.

Housing Maintenance Code Violations

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/wvxf-dwi5

We received your inquiry re the reported error with our Housing Maintenance Code Violations dataset. We have added a definition for the “RentImpairing” field to our violations data dictionary and user guide. Many thanks for pointing out this error to us.

Best,
[ODC Name]

Closed

2021-12-10T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

8307

Data Question

Agency not assigned yet.

Hi, I appreciate the population by community district data sets available on this site but they don't seem to include the 2020 census data (the data stops at 2010). Does the Population Division have updated data? Thanks! Here's the dataset in question: https://data.cityofnewyork.us/City-Government/New-York-City-Population-By-Community-Districts/xi7c-iiu2

No URL Submitted.

Response not sent yet.

Pending

2021-12-09T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

8305

Data Question

Agency not assigned yet.

I understand that the shooting data includes any incident in which a firearm is discharged that is made known to the NYPD.

My question was whether it includes (attempted) suicide. Please let me know. Thank you.

No URL Submitted.

Suicides or attempted suicides that involve the use of a firearm are not included as part of the shooting database. These are not tracked by the NYPD.

Thank you,
- NYC Open Data Team

Closed

2021-12-09T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

8299

Data Question

311

For the 311 data, the portal says: "NOTE: This data does not present a full picture of 311 calls or service requests, in part because of operational and system complexities associated with remote call taking necessitated by the unprecedented volume 311 is handling during the Covid-19 crisis. The City is working to address this issue."

If you have the info, can you say a little bit about how the data is not representative? Any sense of the scale of incompleteness? And is there any update on what's being done to address the issue (totally recognizing the amazing hard work that goes into making this available in the first place!)?

Many thanks for all your work.

311 Service Requests from 2020 to Present

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

Response not sent yet.

Pending

2021-12-07T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

8292

Data Question

Agency not assigned yet.

This data includes "every shooting incident that occurred in NYC during the current calendar year." Would you please clarify the definition of every shooting incident. I wanted to know whether it includes (attempted) suicide as well as homicide and other interpersonal violence. Also, I wanted to know whether it should result in an injured victim to be counted as a shooting incident. Thank you for your assistance.

No URL Submitted.

The shooting data includes any incident in which a firearm is discharged that is made known to the NYPD. It includes fatal and non-fatal incidents. Fatal incidents are identified by the Statistical Murder Flag included in the data.


Thank you,
- NYPD Open Data Team

Closed

2021-12-06T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

8290

Data Question

Agency not assigned yet.

In the NYC taxi dataset, is data for companies such as Uber, Lyft, etc. included in both, FHV and High Volume FHV, data files or just one? If it's in both the data files, will same trips be included in both and double-counted or do these datasets consist of different trips?

No URL Submitted.

Thank you for reaching out to TLC Open Data.
TLC maintains several trip datasets, and trips are not double counted across the lists. Uber and Lyft (and previously Via and Juno) are classified as High Volume For-Hire Services (HVFHS) because they make over 10,000 trips per day, and their trips would be in those HVFHS trip tables. Yellow Medallion Taxi, Green SHL, and FHV trips are all separate lists. While vehicles can sometimes work across various platforms and industry sectors, their trips are assigned to the industry sector for which they were dispatched. For example: an FHV might be dispatched by a local community livery base for a trip and that trip would be included in our FHV trip records. That same car might later make a trip for Uber and that trip would be included in our HVFHS trip table.
Please feel free to reach out directly to odc@tlc.nyc.gov if you have any additional questions.
Best,
Ted
NYC Open Data & NYC TLC

Closed

2021-12-06T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

8289

Reported Error

Department of Buildings (DOB)

Data set "DOB NOW: Safety Boiler" has not been updated since November 20th 2021. Is there a technical issue with this data set or has department of buildings stopped providing this data set to the public? Is there an estimate when the data set will be updated again?

Please let me know.

Thank you
Respectfully
*****

DOB NOW: Safety Boiler

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/52dp-yji6

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

Thank you,
- NYC Open Data Team

Closed

2021-12-06T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

8282

Data Question

Department of Buildings (DOB)

Edit: Thanks for the response. Is there any way to pull this data from a different data set, and if not, is there any time frame on when the data would be added to this data set?

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Original: This dataset includes the SpecialInspectionRequirement column which provides some information about the status of the permit, but we'd like to know which inspections are required for that permit and their status. This information is available on the site: https://a810-lmpaca.nyc.gov/CitizenAccessBuildings/ under the headings "Upcoming Inspections" and "Completed Inspections." Is there a data set that has this data?

DOB NOW: Build – Job Application Filings

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

Original: We can ask that these columns be added to the exiting data set in a future iteration.

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Follow-up: The data that is available on the Open Data portal is what there is. We can't yet give a time frame for possibly adding these two columns until the appropriate staff from the Dept. of Buildings and DOITT communicate on the change and a timeline.

Pending

2021-12-01T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

8275

Reported Error

Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC)

My TLC license does not show on open data but show active on TLC UP. I can’t work because of that.
ID : *****

For Hire Vehicles (FHV) - Active Drivers

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

Thank you for your TLC Open Data inquiry. This is now showing as active in open data. For any future licensing issues, please reach out to licensingi@tlc.nyc.gov.
Thank you,
Ted
TLC Open Data

Closed

2021-11-29T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

8273

Reported Error

Agency not assigned yet.

This says the population in NYC's five boroughs is SIXTEEN million. Not possible. I was a census enumerator, and I can tell you, 100 percent - that number is ridiculous.

No URL Submitted.

This data contains NYC population numbers by NTA for both the 2000 and 2010 census so that is why you are seeing a 16 million number if sum up all rows. If you filter for the two years you will see the following:
2000 - 8,008,278
2010 - 8,175,133
For updated NYC census information please view the Department of City Planning's (DCP) Population Fact Finder app (https://popfactfinder.planning.nyc.gov/#12.25/40.724/-73.9868).

Thank you,
- DCP Open Data Team

Closed

2021-11-28T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

8268

Data Question

Agency not assigned yet.

In the dataset for Parking Violations Issued - Fiscal Year 2019, in column E "Issue Date" there are violations with dates from other years (not just 2019). Why is that? what does that mean? How many ticket violations were issued only in 2019?

No URL Submitted.

To find how many tickets were issued in 2019, you will need to search the datasets for fiscal years 2019 and 2020.
Parking Violations Issued - Fiscal Year 2019 (https://data.cityofnewyork.us/City-Government/Parking-Violations-Issued-Fiscal-Year-2019/faiq-9dfq)
Parking Violations Issued - Fiscal Year 2020 (https://data.cityofnewyork.us/City-Government/Parking-Violations-Issued-Fiscal-Year-2020/p7t3-5i9s)
Thank you,
- NYC DOF

Closed

2021-11-25T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

8267

Data Question

Agency not assigned yet.

I wanted to know my test results for october 5
If I passed to see what are the next steps for me with my job opportunity bus operator

No URL Submitted.

You should be able to find information on DCAS Exams here: https://data.cityofnewyork.us/City-Government/Civil-Service-List-Active-/vx8i-nprf. When viewing the data, you can use the filters to narrow your search. Hope this helps!

Thank you,
- NYC Open Data Team

Pending

2021-11-23T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

8266

Reported Error

Department of Finance (DOF)

We subscribe to a service which supposedly has all J51 records. The provider reports back that your J51 file is not correct. For example, ***** has a J51 abatement and exemption yet our service says it is not in the file. Please advise. Thanks.

J-51 Exemption and Abatement (Historical)

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

Response not sent yet.

Pending

2021-11-23T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

8261

Data Question

Agency not assigned yet.

Is there older archived version of the following dataset. Preferably when this dataset was created. (Apr 27, 2015)

No URL Submitted.

The GIS Team contacted the user directly with a download link for the archival data requested.

Closed

2021-11-22T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

8258

Reported Error

Agency not assigned yet.

It seems like this dataset is supposed to provide disaggregated test score by ethnicity, SWD, etc, but it does not. The same is true for the corresponding file for ELA test scores.

No URL Submitted.

If you note carefully, the site does not allow for the upload of multiple datasheets. So if you were to look under the "ATTACHMENTS" section, you'll find all the data posted as indicated.

Thank you,
- NYC Open Data Team

Closed

2021-11-20T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

8256

Data Question

Agency not assigned yet.

Hi! Great work!
I was doing a search for data that was on this database in 2019 but is no longer there...how can I obtain it? Thank you.

No URL Submitted.

Response not sent yet.

Pending

2021-11-19T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

8250

Data Question

Agency not assigned yet.

For column DoBBuildingClass what does each of the classes actually mean?

No URL Submitted.

Response not sent yet.

Pending

2021-11-18T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

8249

Reported Error

New York City Police Department (NYPD)

Hello,
We have tried to download the shapefile of the historic arrests data, but it doesn't work.
The other formats work, but we need to use the shapefile. Please can you assist me.

NYPD Arrests Data (Historic)

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/8h9b-rp9u

Since this in an issue with Socrata (the platform that powers the NYC Open Data Portal) and not an issue with the data itself, we suggest you send them a ticket describing the issue here: Submit a request – Socrata Client Center.

Hope this helps!

Thank you,
- NYC Open Data Team

Closed

2021-11-18T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

8243

Data Question

Department of Buildings (DOB)

I am trying to analyze building permit approval times for new buildings in the DOB Permit Issuance dataset. Basically I want to know how long it takes after a permit application is filed for the permits to be approved. I hoped to do this by subtracting the 'Filing Date' column from the 'Issuance Date' column, to get the permit approval time. However, doing this resulted in the overwhelming majority (>90%) of all permits having a permit approval time of 0 days. This seems incorrect, especially since the DOB's own estimates for approvals on New Buildings is definitely greater than 0. Was wondering if I could be provided an explanation for this discrepancy and for what exactly 'Filing Date', 'Issuance Date'. 'Expiration Date', and 'Job Start Date' mean. Thanks.

DOB Permit Issuance

Pending

2021-11-16T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

8242

Data Question

Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS)

Could you please add Title Description and Title Level to the Civil List dataset?

Civil List

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/ye3c-m4ga

Response not sent yet.

Pending

2021-11-16T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

8241

Data Question

Financial Information Services Agency / Office of Payroll Administration (FISA-OPA)

Can you please add Title Code and Title Level to the Citywide Payroll Data (Fiscal Year)?

Citywide Payroll Data (Fiscal Year)

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/k397-673e

FISA-OPA is unable to make changes to the FY2021 Citywide Payroll dataset, as it is currently under review for publication. However, we will explore your request further with our Technical Team and determine whether such data categories may be added to future reports.

Thank you,
- NYC FISA-OPA Open Data

Closed

2021-11-16T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

8237

Reported Error

Department of Finance (DOF)

There are red light camera records in this database that are marked county = "MN", when the county should be "BK". Many of these begin with "Nostrand Ave". Can these be corrected?

Parking Violations Issued - Fiscal Year 2027

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

Thank again for reaching out to us.
The NYC Department of Finance is working collaboratively with the NYC Department of Transportation to review and address any potential issues with the data value in the referenced data set.

Thank you,
- NYC DOF

Closed

2021-11-15T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

8235

Reported Error

Department of Correction (DOC)

Is there an update on this data? It hasn't been updated for a week and a half now.

Daily Inmates In Custody

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/7479-ugqb

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

Closed

2021-11-15T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

8234

Data Question

Agency not assigned yet.

Summons #*****
I need confirmation this has been paid. We were told it was but I need to provide proof to the Director. There is a pending hearing on 11.22.21.

No URL Submitted.

You may find the status of your summons on the Office of Administrative Trails and Hearing (OATH) ECB Ticket Finder website: http://a820-ecbticketfinder.nyc.gov/searchHome.action

Thank you,
- NYC DOT Open Data Team

Closed

2021-11-15T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

8233

Data Question

Agency not assigned yet.

Is it okay to upload the data provided from NYC open data to a public site like Kaggle after filtering, anonymizing, and pre-processing the data? We will upload data after separating data into train and test sets for machine learning model development, or performing data preprocessing such as missing values ​​for data EDA.

No URL Submitted.

Thank you for contacting NYC Open Data Help Desk. Yes, you are free to use any of the data on the open data portal for any purpose. You do not need a license or any permission from any agency to use this data.

Thank you,
- NYC Open Data Team

Closed

2021-11-15T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

8230

Data Question

Agency not assigned yet.

Hi,

I am trying to access the datasets via "https://data.cityofnewyork.us/resource/gre9-vvjv.json". I generated a token to access the API and still am not able to get it. I tried accessing the Ouath app as well but the result is the same.
{
"code": "not_found",
"error": true,
"message": "No such app token"
}
https://data.cityofnewyork.us/oauth/access_token

This is for an University project. Helping me would be appriciated

No URL Submitted.

According to the team at Socrata, there looks like there may be multiple items at fault here.

To start, the asset in question is a filtered dataset with no records - https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Transportation/uber-Data/gre9-vvjv.

Secondly, it seems like you may have created and supplied an API Key instead of an App token. For more information on the differences between to the two please see - https://support.socrata.com/hc/en-us/articles/210138558-Generating-App-Tokens-and-API-Keys

Hope this helps!

Thank you,
- NYC Open Data Team

Closed

2021-11-12T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

8228

Data Question

Office of Technology and Innovation (OTI)

I am an intern working with ***** at the ***** on a ***** research project that involves developing a database of NYC buildings, energy consumption data, energy audit data, and other building permit data. I am looking into datasets to build efficient data structures and building identifiers and was wondering whether there is a way to get the coordinates of the red points on this map or how the red points on this map were generated because we are trying to get a point within the building footprint. We currently have the datasets for the coordinates of the perimeters of the buildings, but our main matter of interest is getting a coordinate within the building footprint, and it looks as though the red points on the map of this dataset are all within the buildings' footprints. Please get back to me, as this would be greatly beneficial towards our research project. Thank you!

Building Footprints (Deprecated)

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/nqwf-w8eh

You can download the building footprints as point features instead of polygons. Just choose building_p from the dropdown under Download a specific layer’s data (see image below). The point version has all the same data columns as the polygon version. The points are created from the within-shape centroid locations.

Closed

2021-11-11T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

8226

Data Question

Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS)

Hi. My name is *****, and I am a data reporter working at *****.
I was wondering if someone might be able to explain to me what the rules are for publishing a name on the "personnel changes" dataset ("Special Materials")? I am only asking this because I believe some employees aren't listed, and I wanted to make sure I understood the rules for inclusion.
Looking forward to speaking with you.
All the best.
*****

City Record Online

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/dg92-zbpx

Response not sent yet.

Pending

2021-11-11T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

8224

Data Question

New York City Police Department (NYPD)

Hi, I would like to use NYPD call for service data to do analysis. Here I have some questions in understanding the dataset:

1. Why do some accidents have the same DISP_TS and ARRVD_TS? Does that mean the event does not need police to arrive at the scene?

1. Why do some accidents have ARRVD_TS = NA? Does that mean the recording is missing, or the event is not urgent that the police do not need to go?

Many Thanks,
*****

NYPD Calls for Service (Year to Date)

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

In response to your specific questions:
1) if an incident has the same DISP_TS and ARRVD_TS that indicates that the member of service was on-scene when the incident was reported. Typically this means that the member of service alerted dispatch to the incident rather than a member of the public.
2) Not all jobs require an ARRVD_TS. Typical these are non critical or not serious incidents.

Thank you,
- NYPD Open Data Team

Closed

2021-11-10T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

8223

Reported Error

Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME)

Says updated November 8, 2021, but no new data have not been entered since August 8, 2021.

Film Permits

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/tg4x-b46p

Thank you for contacting NYC Open Data Help Desk. Please be advised that for public safety reasons, we do not include Project Title and delay posting by 3 months, a schedule which we agreed upon with City Council.

Thank you,
-NYC Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment

Closed

2021-11-10T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

8221

Data Question

Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD)

Original: Is there a dataset with a demographic breakdown, at the zip-code level, that includes more in-depth information about ancestry/place of origin/national affiliation for Latinx people (e.g., Dominican Republic, Puerto Rican, Mexican, Cuban, South American, Central American) and Asian people (e.g., Chinese, Indian, Filipino, Korean, Japanese)?

Edit: I’m looking for data on NYC residents as a whole.

In my lab, we want to examine zip-code COVID-19 data (from NYC DOHMH) and overlay this over zip-code demographic data, but we want to go beyond the broader demographic categories (Black, Latinx, API).

Is there a dataset with a demographic breakdown, at the zip-code level, that includes more in-depth information about ancestry/place of origin/national affiliation for Black people (African-American, Caribbean, African), Latinx people (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rican, Mexican, South American, Central American) and Asian people (e.g., Chinese, Indian, Filipino, Korean)?

Demographic Statistics By Zip Code

The Department of City Planning (DCP), and I believe the City of New York, does not put out census (demographic) data by zip codes since zip codes do not align with census geographies. You can use the Population Fact Finder (PFF) to download various demographic data, both decennial census and American Community Survey (ACS), by several geographies including census tract, census block, neighborhood tabulation area (NTA), community district tabulation area (CDTA) community district (limited to decennial census), borough and citywide (see more geographies tab). You can also select smaller geographies like census tracts or NTAs to create custom geographies that could approximate zip codes but would not be a 100% match.

Thank you,
- DCP Open Data Team

Closed

2021-11-10T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

8216

Data Question

Agency not assigned yet.

Hi,

Are shootings incidents by police included in this dataset, or only by civilians?

No URL Submitted.

As per your question, officer involved shootings are not included in the Shootings dataset. Incidents in which an officer used force are part of the NYPD Force datasets, which are available here:
NYPD Use of Force Incidents (https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Public-Safety/NYPD-Use-of-Force-Incidents/f4tj-796d)


Thank you,
- NYC Open Data Team

Closed

2021-11-09T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

8215

Data Question

Agency not assigned yet.

What's the name of the data set should I search from the list of datasets maintained by the Department of Education?
We are looking for the data set containing an indicator to determine the list of the NYC screened high schools from 1996 to 2020.

No URL Submitted.

Just to be clear:
The data is present in the High School Directories on the Open Data Portal. On the description for each school, the "SELECTION METHOD" is identified. A search on "HIGH SCHOOL DIRECTORY" should produce a list of the directories available on the Open Data Portal.
There is no High School Directory data on the Open Data Portal prior to 2008.
As I stated in the first response, if you need this data, please make the request using the following link: Research (IRB) (nyced.org), as the NYC DOE Open Data Coordinator cannot accommodate requests to perform individual lookups or queries for single data points or records.
Thank you,
- NYC DOE Open Data Coordinator

Closed

2021-11-08T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

8212

Reported Error

Agency not assigned yet.

Original:
All values in the “counts” field before 9/17/2021 at 10:00:00am for rows with site = 300020904 have been inaccurately doubled. One can verify this by comparing the counts from 08/01/2021 in the data set to the official numbers posted by DOT on their website: https://www1.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/east-river-bridge-24hr-cyclist-count-aug2021.pdf

The official count for 8/1/21 is 1,744 but the tallied counts in the data set for 8/1/21 sum up to 3,488. You can repeat this for any other date as well to verify. Please correct the data set to reflect the official numbers.
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All values in the “counts” field before 9/17/2021 at 10:00:00am for rows with site = 300020904 have been inaccurately doubled. One can verify this by comparing the counts from 08/01/2021 in the data set to the official numbers posted by DOT on their website: https://www1.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/east-river-bridge-24hr-cyclist-count-aug2021.pdf

The official count for 8/1/21 is 1,744 but the tallied counts in the data set for 8/1/21 sum up to 3,488. You can repeat this for any other date as well to verify. Please correct the data set to reflect the official numbers.

The data set was updated 12/16 but the count issues described above still exist. Is there an update from DOT about their plan to review and correct the discrepancies?

No URL Submitted.

Thank you for your request for the Bicycle Counts data error. NYC DOT will look into these discrepancies and will provide a follow up on this error.

Thank you,
- NYC DOT Open Data Team
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Thank you for following up on the Bicycle Counts data error. NYC DOT Open Data Team has reported this error again to the Bicycle Unit and the third party vendor that collects the data. We're awaiting a response from them and will report back once we identify and resolve this issue. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Thank you,
- NYC DOT Open Data Team
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We would like to provide you a follow up on the Bicycle Counts error, we are continuing to work with the internal Bicycle Unit and the external vendor on resolving this error. I hope to complete the troubleshooting before the February update.

Thank you,
- NYC DOT Open Data Team
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Thank you for bringing this issue to our attention. The dataset has now been updated with the latest available information.
Bicycle Counts: https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Transportation/Bicycle-Counts/uczf-rk3c

Thank you,
- NYC DOT Open Data Team

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2021-11-08T00:00:00.000

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8210

Data Question

Agency not assigned yet.

Hi, I noticed that the November updates for HPD Multiple Dwelling Registrations Housing & Development:
https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Housing-Development/Multiple-Dwelling-Registrations/tesw-yqqr
and

HPD Registration Contacts
https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Housing-Development/Registration-Contacts/feu5-w2e2
are not live yet. (These datasets state that they are on a monthly update frequency). Do you have an estimate for when these updates will be live?

Warm Regards,
*****

No URL Submitted.

We appreciate you bringing this to our attention. The datasets have now been updated with the latest available information.

Thank you,
- NYC Open Data Team

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2021-11-08T00:00:00.000

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8205

Data Question

Department of Buildings (DOB)

Hello,

Is there a way to search multiple Job Filing Numbers at once in the dataset above without having to enter each one by one? Is there a place to copy and past 40 Job Filing Numbers instead of having to enter each one by one under the Filter dropdown? Thank you.

DOB NOW: Build – Job Application Filings

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

Since this inquiry is not about the data itself, but rather portal functionality, we encourage you to send it to Socrata Support at: https://support.socrata.com/hc/en-us/requests/new. Hope this helps!

Thank you,
- NYC Open Data Team

Closed

2021-11-05T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

8204

Data Question

Agency not assigned yet.

I am wondering if a dataset would be available to show both BBL and community district number.

No URL Submitted.

The Department of City Planning (DCP) creates the PLUTO (tabular-CSV) and MapPLUTO (spatial-SHP/GDB) datasets, which contain tax lot data from the Department of Finance (DOF). This includes both BBL and Community District.

You can download either version of PLUTO here:https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/data-maps/open-data.page#pluto. Please consult the Data Dictionary (https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/data-maps/open-data/pluto_datadictionary.pdf?r=21v3) if you have any questions about any fields in PLUTO.

Thank you,
- DCP Open Data Team

Closed

2021-11-05T00:00:00.000

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8203

Data Question

Agency not assigned yet.

Hi,

I was hoping to reach someone to ask some questions about the Co-Location Data referenced above. There is no codebook for the variables and I'd like more information about what they mean.

*****

No URL Submitted.

You can find the list of datasets maintained by the Department of Education here:
https://data.cityofnewyork.us/browse?Dataset-Information_Agency=Department+of+Citywide+Administrative+Services+%28DCAS%29&provenance=official

Please see the data dictionary attached in the metadata section
https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Education/2020-2021-Co-Location-Report/ugqd-j3dx

Thank you,
- NYC Open Data Team

Closed

2021-11-05T00:00:00.000

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8202

Data Question

Department of Buildings (DOB)

When I download the DOB data using the API the column Special District 2 is missing.
When downloaded using pd.read_csv(...) all the columns are present.

Best,
*****

DOB Permit Issuance

The following response was sent by the Socrata Support Desk:

"When accessing the dataset through the SODA endpoint https://data.cityofnewyork.us/resource/ipu4-2q9a.json, the columns returned on a given row will be all columns that have non-null values.

There are a fair amount of null values for Special District 2, so it would not be surprising for you to not see it being returned. If you are only interested in rows where District 2 is not null, you can query the SODA endpoint like so:
https://data.cityofnewyork.us/resource/ipu4-2q9a.json?$where=special_district_2 is not null

Please note the endpoint only returns 1000 records by default, if more rows are needed please set a limit parameter that specifies a higher row count like:
https://data.cityofnewyork.us/resource/ipu4-2q9a.json?$where=special_district_2 is not null&$limit=2000"

If you would like to reach out to them further, please contact them at: https://support.socrata.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

Thank you,
- NYC Open Data Team

Closed

2021-11-05T00:00:00.000

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8199

Data Question

Mayor's Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

Hello — I am wondering what program at the NYC Small Business Services does this dataset belong to? Could you direct me to the page of this program?

COVID-19 Loan/Grant Report (Historical)

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/buv4-at34

The link for the LMI program is https://www1.nyc.gov/nycbusiness/article/nyc-lmi-storefront-loan. Regarding the ERG program, the program is no longer active.

Thank you,
- NYC OMB Open Data

Closed

2021-11-04T00:00:00.000

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8198

Data Question

Agency not assigned yet.

Hello,

I'm looking for all the parking tickets given out for blocked bike lanes in fiscal year 2020. I see there are two datasets that may contain this data:

1. "Parking Violations Issued - Fiscal Year 2020" (https://data.cityofnewyork.us/City-Government/Parking-Violations-Issued-Fiscal-Year-2020/p7t3-5i9s)

2. "Open Parking and Camera Violations" (https://data.cityofnewyork.us/City-Government/Open-Parking-and-Camera-Violations/nc67-uf89)

Will all of the blocked bike lane tickets issued in FY20 appear in the first dataset? Or are there some that may appear only in the second dataset but not in the first?

Thanks,
*****
*****
*****

No URL Submitted.

There are two separate datasets that are published to Open Data; the Fiscal Year Issuance file and the Open Parking and Camera Violations dataset.

The Fiscal Year issuance dataset is updated once a month on the sixteenth with the prior month's new issuance.
Use the FY2020 issuance dataset and search for speed camera violations in each month.
Parking Violations Issue Fiscal Year 2020: https://data.cityofnewyork.us/City-Government/Parking-Violations-Issued-Fiscal-Year-2020/pvqr-7yc4

The Open Parking and Camera Violations dataset is updated daily with status updates to existing violations in the dataset, new violations are added to the dataset on Sundays. A data set uploaded on Sunday will have data for up to the Thursday of that week which just ended.

To search for issuance in a specific month, use the referenced data set because the Open Parking and Camera dataset doesn’t support date range searches.

Open Parking and Camera Violation: https://data.cityofnewyork.us/City-Government/Open-Parking-and-Camera-Violations/nc67-uf89

Thank you,
- NYC DOF

Closed

2021-11-04T00:00:00.000

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8197

Data Question

Agency not assigned yet.

This dataset is supposed to be updated monthly, but was not updated in October. When will it be updated next? On which day each month is it supposed to be updated?

No URL Submitted.

Thank you for your request, the Bicycle Counts was updated today (11/5/2021). The update was delayed due the additions of two new counting sites by Brooklyn Bridge. The dataset has an update schedule of the 15th of every month.
Apologies for any inconvenience.

Thank you,
- NYC DOT Open Data Team

Closed

2021-11-04T00:00:00.000

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8192

Data Question

Agency not assigned yet.

I am a student and one of our assignments asks us to use an API from your website. I created an account to get an "app token", but never received a confirmation email to verify my email. i've clicked resend multiple times and even reloaded and tried re logging in and resending the verify email to no avail. please advise. thank you.

No URL Submitted.

Since this inquiry is not about the data itself, but rather portal functionality, we encourage you to send it to Socrata Support at: https://support.socrata.com/hc/en-us/requests/new. Hope this helps!

Thank you,
- NYC Open Data Team

Closed

2021-11-03T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

8191

Data Question

Department of Buildings (DOB)

We use the traditional job filling and permit data to study new construction and substantial alteration in the city. With the DOB NOW permit and job filling datasets, (1) is it possible to include some variables: job type (NB, A1,etc), flling status (initial, renewal, etc), work type (residential, commerical, single family home, multiple-family), proposed unit, etc? (2) we use Job # to match a permit to a certificate of occupancy with traditional filing data. It seems that DOBNOW is using a new set of job#. We are now left with matching using BBL. But a bbl could be dropped, apportioned, in between permit and completion. We won't be able to capture the fll set of construction to completion by using only BBL. Do you have a suggestion to address this? Thank you very much in advance. Also, Is it possible to connect me to someone at DOB to discuss all future data issues?

DOB NOW: Build – Job Application Filings

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

Please see responses to these items below.

In DOB NOW, job types are not categorized by NB, A1, A2, and A3. They are New Building, Alt-CO, Alt-CO with NB elements to remain, Alteration, and No Work.
Filing status us already included in the data. I believe you are asking about filing type when you mention initial or renewal. We can request that this be added to the data set in a future iteration.
Work type is a specific thing such as "plumbing", "general construction", or "curb cut", and so on. These are already included in the data. I believe you are asking about building type. This too is already in the data where you see 1 family, 2 family, etc.
Proposed units are also captured in the data.

Thank you,
- NYC Open Data Team

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