The New York Tech Blog

Expect a more comprehensive debriefing later next week as the aftermath officially sets in. Meanwhile, General Assembly is hosting a rare event on behalf of the city government. Earlier this month, news broke of a new civic-minded call to arms from Rachel Sterne. New York’s first digital officer wanted to rally the troops for a [...]

It all starts with NYC.gov, a city portal that’s deemed hideous by many. It’s also a sprawling mess at over a million pages. To further ingratiate itself with the tech scene and local hacking talent, a hackathon is going down at the end of the month at general Assembly. Strangely enough, it’s not very popular. [...]