NYC Open Data Help Desk: Data Questions and Reported Errors

6672

Data Question

Department of Finance (DOF)

Hello! ACRIS is such a useful dataset. Thank you for maintaining it. I am wondering if it is possible for it to be updated weekly or daily on open data. ACRIS documents are added daily on a836-acris.nyc.gov.

ACRIS - Real Property Master

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

Hi,

There are currently no plans to change the update frequency of the ACRIS dataset.


Thank you,
- NYC DOF

Closed

2020-04-27T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

6671

Data Question

Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)

Hi,

I am doing a college project that involves the use of data collected from your website. This email is only to ask for confirmation that you allow the use of this data for academic purposes.

Thanks,
Pedro Travanca Oliveira

Drinking Water Quality Distribution Monitoring Data

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/bkwf-xfky

Hi,

​This data is not subject to any copyright or license restrictions at all. You are free to use all the data on the NYC Open Data Portal in whatever way you wish.

Thank you,
- NYC Open Data Team

Closed

2020-04-27T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

6670

Data Question

Agency not assigned yet.

Hello,

I'm a researcher at Google working on covid-19 models. For our research project, we'd like to use the anonymous data for New York City (United States) covid-19 statistics that you have published on https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-data.page. We didn't see an explicit license on that page and couldn't tell if it's covered under NYC Open Data.

Could you confirm that it is okay for a commercial entity to use this data for research purposes?

We appreciate your efforts both in publishing this data and allowing us to use it in research!

Katie Everett

No URL Submitted.

Good Afternoon ,

Unfortunately, this data is not covered under Open Data. The Open Data Team is currently working on getting Covid-19 data available to the public. We do not have a definite date as to when this data will be available, [please visit the website frequently for this updated data.

Thank You,

Closed

2020-04-26T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

6669

Data Question

Agency not assigned yet.

Hi - The Evictions dataset description mentions that a "scheduled status" value is included. However, I'm not able to locate it in any of the export options - CSV, API, etc.

I'd be grateful for any guidance on this value - how to locate it or when it will be included.

Many thanks,

No URL Submitted.

Hi {{respondent_name}},

Hello, we reached out to the Department of Investigation who originally request that the aforementioned column "Scheduled Status" be removed. The Agency clarifies by mentioning that "...the true indicator of whether an eviction was executed is found in the EXECUTED_DATE column.”

Thank you,
- NYC Open Data Team

Closed

2020-04-26T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

6654

Data Question

Agency not assigned yet.

Hello,
I have two questions:
- Is "srcategory" an input to the data request process or is this an outcome fed back by NYC parks and recreation (from the ForMS)?
- Genera question: Which data fields go in to the ForMS and which ones go back to the 311 System?
Thanks and best regards, Tim

No URL Submitted.

Thank for your message about the NYC Parks Forestry datasets. I sincerely apologize for the delayed response. I see you sent us multiple messages, but I included responses to both here. You may receive the same message twice to close out the requests in our system.

1. No, every service request does not generate an inspection. This could be for several reasons including: the service request is a duplicate of an existing request, the request is for a location where a recent inspection occurred or work is already scheduled, or the request is for a location we determine is not under our jurisdiction (e.g. private property).
2. The srcategory is triggered by the requester and the type of service request they are making - either via the web request system or the 311 operator accepting the request by phone.
3. We receive the category and type, location of the request, caller information, and complaint details. Notes to customer and srresolution are returned back to 311 as they are updated. If you have not done so already, please check out the 311 datasets on the Portal.

Thank you again for your message.
Best,
NYC Parks, and the NYC Open Data Team

Closed

2020-04-21T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

6648

Data Question

Department of Buildings (DOB)

Good afternoon - it would be helpful to have the expiration date of license holders in the dataset.

DOB License Info

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/t8hj-ruu2

Response not sent yet.

Pending

2020-04-20T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

6645

Data Question

Agency not assigned yet.

Hello,
I have a question about the data structure.
Does every service request result in an inspection?
Best, Tim

No URL Submitted.

Thank for your messages about the NYC Parks Forestry datasets. I sincerely apologize for the delayed response. I see you sent us multiple messages, but I included responses to both here. You may receive the same message twice to close out the requests in our system.

1. No, every service request does not generate an inspection. This could be for several reasons including: the service request is a duplicate of an existing request, the request is for a location where a recent inspection occurred or work is already scheduled, or the request is for a location we determine is not under our jurisdiction (e.g. private property).
2. The srcategory is triggered by the requester and the type of service request they are making - either via the web request system or the 311 operator accepting the request by phone.
3. We receive the category and type, location of the request, caller information, and complaint details. Notes to customer and srresolution are returned back to 311 as they are updated. If you have not done so already, please check out the 311 datasets on the Portal.

Thank you again for your message.
Best,
NYC Parks, and the NYC Open Data Team

Closed

2020-04-20T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

6642

Reported Error

311

I am trying to query 311 calls for 2018 and the between query doesn't seem to return anything outside of the first date provided.

311 Service Requests from 2020 to Present

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

Hi ,

​It appears that the query to entered comes with a default limit of 10,000 rows. We added in an extra function at the end of the query to ease the limit here: https://data.cityofnewyork.us/resource/erm2-nwe9.json?$where=created_date%20between%20%272018-01-01%27%20and%20%272018-12-31%27&$limit=100000000

Thank you,
- NYC Open Data Team

Closed

2020-04-19T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

6640

Data Question

Department of Finance (DOF)

The list is for 2020 Lien Sales. The first column title "Month" shows 2019 dates. Exactly what does that column represent.

Tax Lien Sale Lists

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/9rz4-mjek

Hi,

The data on the file is accumulated and that first column gives the date the lien was created.


Thank you,
- NYC DOF

Closed

2020-04-18T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

6639

Reported Error

Department of Finance (DOF)

Hi. I'm seeing 54,983 rows of data which appear to be erroneous. The only actual value is the PRIORYEAR field, which seems to be 0. I was not seeing any data like this previously, and I see this dataset was recently updated. I wanted to let you know as I'm sure this is unintentional. Thank you!

DOF: Property Charges Balance

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/scjx-j6np

Hi ≈,

Thanks for pointing out the issue with the PRIORYEAR column.

The value for PRIORYEAR for PARIDs which start with ‘1’, was unintentionally changed to zero in one of the steps, during the formatting of the data for the portal.

Since the rest of the data is correct and the next quarterly update will be available in June, the currently posted dataset will not be updated.

If this has any direct effect on data you may be working with, please report it in a new inquiry.




Thank you,
- NYC DOF

Closed

2020-04-17T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

6638

Data Question

New York City Fire Department (FDNY)

Is there a place or a way to get EMS Incident Dispatch Data by month or week?

EMS Incident Dispatch Data

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/76xm-jjuj

Response not sent yet.

Pending

2020-04-17T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

6637

Data Question

Agency not assigned yet.

Is there any way I can get another column of information? Really need addresses for all the organization listed.

No URL Submitted.

Response not sent yet.

Pending

2020-04-17T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

6631

Reported Error

Department of Finance (DOF)

Hi,
I saw that in the data dictionary file that it is noted "Tax year. Tax year = 9999. If there were more than one abatement in a particular tax year this record is a total of the amounts for that year." However, in the original dataset, only the column "init_year" has 9999, and all the tax_year values are within the normal range. Would you please take a look at the data dictionary file and see if it's the case? Thanks very much and take care!

J-51 Exemption and Abatement (Historical)

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

The additional note in the data dictionary should have stated that the Init_year = 9999 and not the Tax Year =9999, when there are more than one abatements for a particular tax year.

Thanks for pointing that out and the data dictionary will be updated to reflect this.


Thank you,
- NYC Open Data Team

Closed

2020-04-15T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

6630

Data Question

Office of Technology and Innovation (OTI)

Hi! I would like to know if DoITT has more recent Zip Code boundary file and what would be the best way to request it. File that is currently on Open Data is from 2014 and I believe it doesn't have most up to date zip codes listed. I did a spot check with one other more recent DOITT file which summarizes data by Zip Code (nyc.domain registration by Zip Code) and some Zip Codes in that file are not in the boundary file. Thank you for your help! Marija Drobnjak

Zip Code Boundaries

Response not sent yet.

Pending

2020-04-15T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

6628

Data Question

Department of Finance (DOF)

What software do I need to view the Digital_Tax_Map_20200410.zip download? Thank you.

Department of Finance Digital Tax Map

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/smk3-tmxj

Hi ,

The mapping software - ArcGIS is used to view the Digital Tax Map data.

Thank you,
- NYC Open Data Team

Closed

2020-04-15T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

6627

Data Question

Agency not assigned yet.

COVID death counts haven't been updated in 2 days. Did the data move somewhere else? Also, can it be published in machine readable format instead of PDF? Our company has created a COVID tracker and we are trying to collect current data for NYC and across the country. You can see our project here: https://covid19.topos.com/.

No URL Submitted.

Good Morning,

Unfortunately, This data is not provided on the Open Data site, so appearance and delivery of data is not within our jurisdiction.

Thank You,

Open Data Team

Closed

2020-04-14T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

6626

Data Question

New York City Fire Department (FDNY)

Hi,

When will data be updated to include information up to April 2020. I am hoping to conduct research related to drug related calls during the covid-19 crisis.

Thank you,

*****
*****

EMS Incident Dispatch Data

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/76xm-jjuj

Response not sent yet.

Pending

2020-04-14T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

6622

Reported Error

Agency not assigned yet.

Hello: I visited your great homepage today. In the URL address which I pasted above, Step 5 says to click on the green "Visualize" tab. And then a drop-down menu appears. But it won't let you select either "Map" or "Chart." There is only a big button called "Launch New Visualization." Is this an error? The thumbnail for Step 5 let's your choose either "Map" or "Chart."

No URL Submitted.

Hi,

It appears that you may have reached an outdated guide for visualizations. please reach out to support@socrata.com for more assistance. Thanks!

Thank you,
- NYC Open Data Team

Closed

2020-04-14T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

6620

Data Question

Agency not assigned yet.

Need UNIT PRICE and QUANTITY for:
COVID19 KN95 Face Mask
Awarded to Shopworx Inc
$9,750,000.00
The City Record: Notification
4/13/2020

No URL Submitted.

Can you please provide additional information? what dataset are you referring to in particular?

Closed

2020-04-13T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

6619

Data Question

Department of Finance (DOF)

It looks like the J-51 Exemption database was last updated through tax year 2018/19. Will you please add tax year 2019/20?

J-51 Exemption and Abatement (Historical)

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

The Property Abatement Detail was loaded to the portal on, 9/3/2020.
https://data.cityofnewyork.us/City-Government/DOF-Property-Abatement-Detail/rgyu-ii48


Thank you,
- NYC DOF

Closed

2020-04-13T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

6617

Data Question

New York City Police Department (NYPD)

In the "vehicle type code" columns of the NYC traffic collisions dataset, how are vehicles belonging to multiple categories coded (for example an oversized taxi)? Does each column correspond to a specific vehicle (and therefore each vehicle only has one category)? If so, is there an order of precedenece in category assignment?

For example, some taxis are station wagons or SUVs. Is there a rule that determines when such a vehicle is marked "SPORT UTILITY / STATION WAGON" vs "TAXI"? And if so, are these rules specified someplace that I can access?

Motor Vehicle Collisions - Crashes

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/h9gi-nx95

Thank you for your question. The procedure is as follows: First a vehicle category must be selected from the following eight choices: 1. ATV, 2. Bicycle, 3. Car/SUV, 4. Truck/Bus, 5. Motorcycle, 6. E-bike, 7. E-scooter or 8. Other. Then a vehicle type is selected from the following six choices: 1. Convertible, 2. Limo, 3. Pick-up, 4. Sedan, 5. Station wagon/SUV or 6. Taxi. Since Car/SUV are grouped together in the vehicle category, it is not possible to determine if a taxi vehicle type was a car or SUV.

- NYC Police Department

Closed

2020-04-13T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

6611

Data Question

Department of Buildings (DOB)

To whom it may concern,

I am attempting to query Jobs from the referenced Job Application Filings Dataset using a list of General Contractor License Numbers. This behavior can be accomplished on the following NYC web page using section 13: http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/bispi00.jsp

However it seems I am unable to do this in the Job Application Filings dataset because no column exists for General Contractor License Number. Do you have a recommended workaround or is there some way to update the dataset to include this information?

Thank you,

DOB Job Application Filings

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/ic3t-wcy2

Hi,

If you are using section 13 of BIS to select general contractor as the applicant type, the "Applicant License #" field in he job applications data set should correspond.

Thank you,
- NYC Open Data Team

Sign up for our Open Data mailing list here.

NOTE: To respond to this inquiry, you must edit your original submission by opening the following link and selecting "Edit Response": https://nyc-moda.forms.fm/nyc-open-data-team-help-desk/responses/a4UsTFIKoTcT

Closed

2020-04-10T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

6598

Data Question

311

Thanks for posting the data online. This is awesome for researchers. How can I get access to the API key?
Thanks in advance

311 Service Requests from 2020 to Present

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

Hi,

The data you've requested can be found here: https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Social-Services/311-Service-Requests-from-2010-to-Present/erm2-nwe9
​
​At the top of this primer page, you will find to the right of the data set title, the button to drop down and access the API endpoint. From there, you will be able to access the endpoint a CSV or JSON.
​
​Additional links will also be available for API documentation and support documents.

Thank you,
- NYC Open Data Team

Closed

2020-04-07T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

6593

Data Question

Agency not assigned yet.

How did you predict the data for 2020-2040?

No URL Submitted.

Hi ,

The population projections are calculated by the Population division at the Department of City Planning (DCP). For more information on the methodology and the full report please visit:
https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/planning-level/nyc-population/nyc-population-projections.page

There are two links there:
-Full Report https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/planning-level/nyc-population/projections_report_2010_2040.pdf
-Briefing Booklet: An illustrated guide to the projection methodology and to the major findings.
https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/planning-level/nyc-population/projections_briefing_booklet_2010_2040.pdf

Thank you,
- DCP Open Data Team

Closed

2020-04-06T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

6592

Data Question

Department of Transportation (DOT)

I am trying to use this data to gauge real time traffic volume for NYC. I am confused by the labels of this data set. What is the meaning of a row? Is a row equal to one car? I pulled the data for March 2019 and March 2020 and they are very similar in row count. If each row is a single car, then I would expect a decrease in traffic volume(row count) from March 2019 to March 2020 (because of the Coronavirus). If each row is not a single car, do you know of anyway I can estimate traffic volume from this data?

Thanks!

-Austin

Real-Time Traffic Speed Data

Hello Austin Stegall,

Thank you for your inquiry on Real Time Traffic Speed Data. This data set tracks the speed of the vehicles traveling between point A and point B, for more information on the data, please see the document in the "attachments" section. The latest traffic volume data is also listed below, the Department of Transportation conducts traffic counts at at specified locations for a period of time, usually three- six month annually.

Closed

2020-04-06T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

6587

Reported Error

Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD)

Dataset description lists field "OpenJudgment" and does not list field "CaseJudgment." When I download the data from the API, I get a CaseJudgment field (factor with levels YES, NO) but no OpenJudgment field. I'm assuming these are the same but it would be good to update/clarify.

Housing Litigations

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/59kj-x8nc

Hi,

When you visit the API documentation page for this dataset: https://dev.socrata.com/foundry/data.cityofnewyork.us/59kj-x8nc

All columns names for this dataset are listed side by side with the API names.
You can find the API documentation link in the same tab where you retrieved the API URL endpoint

API filed names are also available on a datasets primer page, where column definitions are shown. Simply Click on a desired field for more information and it will drop down revealing an API name

Thank you,
- NYC Open Data Team

Closed

2020-04-05T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

6582

Data Question

New York City Fire Department (FDNY)

When is the next data refresh of this dataset? I would specifically like to look at trends starting Jan 2020 to March 2020. Currently, the latest date entry is Dec 31,2019.

Thank you,
Tiffany

EMS Incident Dispatch Data

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/76xm-jjuj

Response not sent yet.

Pending

2020-04-03T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

6580

Data Question

Agency not assigned yet.

Dear sirs, I am doing research for a science article and I would like to know how I can get the total number of aggregate deaths in NYC (by date) for the period April 3, 2015 to current. How can I get this statistic? Thank you for your assistance.

No URL Submitted.

Note: Agency responded to this request directly.

Closed

2020-04-03T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

6579

Data Question

New York City Fire Department (FDNY)

Good evening,
I am doing a research project for class and I have a question about incident_classification_group variable in the Fire Incident Dispatch dataset. First, what is Medical and Non-medical "MFAs"? I could not find the definition everywhere. Second, what is the difference between medical MFA and medical emergencies? Thank you for the help!

Fire Incident Dispatch Data

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/8m42-w767

Response not sent yet.

Pending

2020-04-03T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

6577

Data Question

Agency not assigned yet.

I am looking for information about which zip codes that are consolidated together in order to make the "zip code areas" used for the purposes of the syndromic surveillance dataset. I understand that several small datasets are combined in some cases so that the total population of the "zip code area" is over 30,000. However, I do not see a dataset which links which zips are combined. I am working on a time sensitive COVID-19 project. Thank you.

No URL Submitted.

Our Agency is currently working on releaseing Covid data, by zipcode, onto Open Data. As we work towards publishing, please visit the following link to access Covid data on the DOHMH website.

https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-data.page

Thank You,

Department of Health Open Data Team

Closed

2020-04-02T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

6576

Data Question

Agency not assigned yet.

I have observed that this dataset does not cover all the parcels of a borough. For Manhattan, tax assessment was done for 1.3M Parcels and In Zoning there are only 42.4k Tax Lots. Does Tax Lot differ Parcels in this case ? and if Yes can you explain how could we match those Parcels the zoning?

No URL Submitted.

Original Question: I have observed that this dataset does not cover all the parcels of a borough. For Manhattan, tax assessment was done for 1.3M Parcels and In Zoning there are only 42.4k Tax Lots. Does Tax Lot differ Parcels in this case ? and if Yes can you explain how could we match those Parcels the zoning?

There are less than one million tax lots in NYC - you can verify that in MapPLUTO or DTM. I think this discrepancy is related to condos and condo lots. For every condominium building in the city there is a base lot for the building (usually begins with a 7500 number) and then each individual condo unit receives a condo lot number (usually in the 1000-1999 range). Therefore, PLUTO and the Zoning Tax Lot Database would have less lots (parcels) than a dataset the includes individual condo lots, That still seems too high to have 1.3 million parcels in only Manhattan.

If you want to follow up please email DCPOpenData@planning.nyc.gov.

Thank you,
- DCP Open Data Team

Closed

2020-04-02T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

6570

Data Question

Agency not assigned yet.

The above dataset was not up to date. I contacted Open Data before and received a message today that it had been updated (please see below). The data set still ends at 2018 even though it should be updated through last month. Is there a new data set or is this still in error?
Updated the dataset Commercial Bicycle Unit Inspections
You can access this asset here: https://data.cityofnewyork.us/dataset/Commercial-Bicycle-Unit-Inspections/tg3t-nh4h

Sincerely,

NYC Open Data

No URL Submitted.

Hi,

Thank you for your patience. The Commercial Bicycle Unit Inspections data set was updated and is currently up to date. The last inspection was on March 11, 2020.

Commercial Bicycle Unit Inspection: https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Transportation/Commercial-Bicycle-Unit-Inspections/tg3t-nh4h

Closed

2020-04-01T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

6566

Data Question

Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS)

Good day,
I’m wondering why for the second time unless than 3 weeks the data set (Civil Service List Certification) has not been updated in more than a week? Thanks in advance.

Civil Service List Certification

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/a9md-ynri

Hi,

The data you've requested can be found here: https://data.cityofnewyork.us/City-Government/Civil-Service-List-Certification/a9md-ynri

Thank you,
- NYC Open Data Team

Closed

2020-03-31T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

6563

Reported Error

Agency not assigned yet.

How does one look up any service request or report of a large problem ?



There are no instructions posted with this system.



How is anyone supposed to track any NYC service request, when the only e-reply received is a # such as
#1-1-182593.

THERE SHOULD BE A REPLY-WITH-HISTORY with every one of these requests.

The system needs this simple addition, as many such inquiry systems already have !

Kindly e-reply to this matter, to -

paul.gammarano@kbcc.cuny.edu
AND
paulg_10314@yahoo.com

Thanks.

No URL Submitted.

Hi,

Unfortunately your request cannot be addressed by the Open Data Team.
We can only provide support and route inquiries relating to content hosted on the Open Data portal.

If this inquiry is about tracking your personal 311 request, you will have to reach out directly to 311 using the information here: https://portal.311.nyc.gov/about-nyc-311/

311 Data on the Open Data portal exist for analysis and public use. The dataset on our portal, does not incorporate your real service request number to protect your privacy and is therefore not searchable using your actual service request number. Searching and tracking your personal 311 requests will have to take place on the actual 311 service request look-up portal https://portal.311.nyc.gov/check-status/

Thank you,
- NYC Open Data Team

Closed

2020-03-30T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

6562

Data Question

Agency not assigned yet.

How is anyone supposed to track a NYC service request, when the only e-reply received is a # such as
#1-1-182593.
THERE SHOULD BE A REPLY-WITH-HISTORY with every one of these requests.
Kindly e-reply to this matter, to
paul.gammarano@kbcc.cuny.edu
AND
paulg_10314@yahoo.com
Thanks.

No URL Submitted.

Hi ,

Unfortunately your request cannot be addressed by the Open Data Team.
We can only provide support and route inquiries relating to content hosted on the Open Data portal.

If this inquiry is about tracking your personal 311 request, you will have to reach out directly to 311 using the information here: https://portal.311.nyc.gov/about-nyc-311/

311 Data on the Open Data portal exist for analysis and public use. The dataset on our portal, does not incorporate your real service request number to protect your privacy and is therefore not searchable using your actual service request number. Searching and tracking your personal 311 requests will have to take place on the actual 311 service request look-up portal https://portal.311.nyc.gov/check-status/

Thank you,
- NYC Open Data Team

Closed

2020-03-30T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

6558

Reported Error

Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD)

Hello -- I am using the API to query the dataset for a bunch of fields using SoQL. I am able to make it work for every field except the ones regarding status (status, statusid, statusdate). I don't believe I am doing anything wrong, as when I swap it out with another field such as "apartment" or "zip" it works completely fine. Thanks!

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints

Hi ,

Thanks for reaching out. our team has tested the the API fields and it works without issue.
​We recommend reviewing this API resource https://dev.socrata.com/foundry/data.cityofnewyork.us/uwyv-629c

There you will find the proper names of all API fields which are case sensitive in your SoQL query.
Please ensure that the API fields used in your query are ​spelled correctly and all lowercase. Also API documentation will let you know the correct functions to use on a particular column type.
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Thank you,
- NYC Open Data Team

Closed

2020-03-29T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

6550

Data Question

New York City Fire Department (FDNY)

Hello, two quick questions! 1) How often is this data set refreshed? 2) Is there any estimate of what percentage of NYC ambulance trips are reflected in this data?

Appreciate the work! Thank you.

EMS Incident Dispatch Data

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/76xm-jjuj

Response not sent yet.

Pending

2020-03-26T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

6548

Data Question

Agency not assigned yet.

Hello, I am doing a thesis project for Columbia University on dangerous intersections and would love to speak to the person who created this dataset.

No URL Submitted.

Hi,

Thank you for your inquiry. Can you please provide specific questions for the Vision Zero data set and we will answer them to the best of our abilities. These questions may be forwarded to the appropriate departments for additional information.

Thank you,
- NYCDOT Open Data Team

Closed

2020-03-24T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

6543

Data Question

Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP)

What are fast food restaurants classified as? I would like to pinpoint all of the businesses that specialize in fast food.
Thank you

Issued Licenses

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

Hi,

We have received an official response from the agency: "Restaurants do not require a DCA-issued license to operate within the City, so there would be no way to identify fast-food restaurants in the “Legally Operating Businesses” dataset. DCA does issue licenses for Sidewalk Cafes, but having this license provides no insight into the types of food served or services provided."

Apologies, but I don't think we have a datasets for fast-food restaurants.



Thank you,
- NYC Open Data Team

Closed

2020-03-21T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

6542

Data Question

Agency not assigned yet.

Need a dictionary for this dataset

No URL Submitted.

Hello, thank you for your inquiry. A data dictionary for this dataset has been uploaded:
https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Education/2014-2015-Arts-Survey-Data/budf-qanm

Thank You,
Department of Education

Closed

2020-03-21T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

6541

Data Question

Agency not assigned yet.

Is there a data dictionary for the 2015-2016 Arts Survey Data?

No URL Submitted.

Hello, thank you for your inquiry. A data dictionary for this dataset has been uploaded:
https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Education/2015-2016-Arts-Survey-Data/c4vk-jvzy

Thank You,
Department of Education

Closed

2020-03-21T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

6540

Data Question

Agency not assigned yet.

There is no dictionary for this data set. I looked at the arts survey for later years and there is a dictionary for later years, but not this current year.

No URL Submitted.

Hello, thank you for your inquiry. A data dictionary for this dataset has been uploaded:
https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Education/2016-2017-Arts-Survey-data/f33j-ecpr

Thank You,
Department of Education

Closed

2020-03-21T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

6539

Data Question

Agency not assigned yet.

Is there a data dictionary for the 2014-2015 Arts Survey Data?

No URL Submitted.

Hello, thank you for your inquiry. A data dictionary for this dataset has been uploaded:
https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Education/2014-2015-Arts-Survey-Data/budf-qanm

Thank You,
Department of Education

Closed

2020-03-21T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

6538

Data Question

Agency not assigned yet.

I am using these datasets for a project and there are data dictionaries listed for 2017-2019, but none before. Is it possible to have access to those data dictionaries, as well.

No URL Submitted.

Hello, the data dictionary has been added for previous iterations of the DOE ARTS Survey data
- Department of Education

Closed

2020-03-21T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

6537

Data Question

Agency not assigned yet.

There is no dictionary for this data set. I looked at the arts survey for later years and there is a dictionary for later years, but not this current year.

No URL Submitted.

Hello, the data dictionary has been added and can be found here: https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Education/2015-2016-Arts-Survey-Data/c4vk-jvzy
Thank You,
Department of Education

Closed

2020-03-21T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

6535

Reported Error

Agency not assigned yet.

The following document is corrupted and will not open:
QualityReviewRubric_1718.docx

No URL Submitted.

I have yet to receive a copy from the department responsible due to changes and reorgs. As soo as it is available I'll upload and alert you.

Thank you,
- NYC Open Data Team

Closed

2020-03-20T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

6534

Data Question

Agency not assigned yet.

Can you please release the end of 2019 data for NYCHA heating and cooking gas use? This will be very important for NYC LL84 Benchmarking.

No URL Submitted.

Response not sent yet.

Pending

2020-03-20T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

6531

Data Question

Agency not assigned yet.

There are some incidents that have even more than 50 days for the time response variable. Are they outliers or there are actually events that can last so long.

No URL Submitted.

Response not sent yet.

Pending

2020-03-20T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

6530

Reported Error

New York City Police Department (NYPD)

Hi,

The NYPD Arrest Data (Year to Date) dataset at <https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Public-Safety/NYPD-Arrest-Data-Year-to-Date-/uip8-fykc> contains data for the whole of 2019 but no data for arrests in 2020. I think the dataset previously updated daily but shows as not having been updated since January 17, 2020. Do you know when this dataset is likely to be updated?

Thanks in advance for any help you can give.

NYPD Arrest Data (Year to Date)

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/uip8-fykc

Hi,

Both the historic and year-to-date arrest data have been updated.
https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Public-Safety/NYPD-Arrest-Data-Year-to-Date-/uip8-fykc

Thank you,
- NYC Open Data Team

Closed

2020-03-20T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000

6516

Data Question

Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD)

Does this dataset capture all cases that tenants or HPD bring against landlords in housing court? What is the origin of the data?

Housing Litigations

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/59kj-x8nc

The Litigation data includes litigation in Housing Court to which HPD is a party. Notably, it does NOT include eviction data because HPD is NOT a party to those cases generally speaking. It does include cases initiated by HPD in Housing Court and tenant actions (initiated by tenants) in the Housing Court where tenants are seeking correction of conditions and to which HPD is a party.

Thank you,
- NYC Open Data Team + NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development

Closed

2020-03-16T00:00:00.000

2026-10-02T00:00:00.000