Articles About Access
Track the action in Albany
Good things happen when nonprofit newsrooms collaborate across state lines — and New York now has Minnesota to thank for helping us keep a close watch on our legislature ⧸ Full Story
City Council loosens NYPD grip on crime data
New York set to get neighborhood-level maps of incidents reported to police — though many details, including the level of NYPD cooperation, remain to be determined ⧸ Full Story
VIDEO: Parks performers brace for city crackdown
Enjoy the show while you can ⧸ Full Story
PLUTO out of orbit
While a new law liberates the city’s data online, a valuable city planning tool remains out of public reach ⧸ Full Story
New York’s data deluge begins
Under long-awaited law, all published city stats must now be downloadable for app makers and analysts ⧸ Full Story
Fixing the numbers
New and improved statistics from City Hall reveal fresh details about how the city works — from jail violence to your chances of surviving cardiac arrest ⧸ Full Story
Civic web news pioneer retools for 2013
For its 14th birthday, the Gotham Gazette gets a top-to-bottom remake, geared toward social engagement ⧸ Full Story
INTERACTIVE: How to pay a $4.5 billion bill
After Congress clears the way, Bloomberg budget shows first detailed picture of Sandy spending city seeks to recoup ⧸ Full Story
Comptroller opens Checkbook 2.0
Sequel to city's public contracts database offers code and content to help outsiders watchdog government spending ⧸ Full Story
City political campaigns could become members-only affairs
Good-government groups side with City Council in quest to curb Campaign Finance Board's reach ⧸ Full Story
Bold campaign spending rules in the spotlight
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says he expects to defend his disclosure mandates in court ⧸ Full Story
Digging deeper into Westchester’s gun permit data
We run the numbers on pistol permit-holders — with an assist from the database underlying a newspaper's controversial map ⧸ Full Story
How we farmed the numbers on fruit and veggie origins
Government bean-counters track hundreds of different food items trucked into the Bronx each week ⧸ Full Story
Sandy’s monstrous math problem
How the Bloomberg administration came up with its $9.8 billion (or $15 billion — who's counting?) recovery price tag for Congress ⧸ Full Story
Leaner government storm response one year after Irene
New York greets Hurricane Sandy with fewer shelters and state troopers — and a shorter timeline for evacuation ⧸ Full Story
Council to Board of Elections: Poll yourselves together
The party-appointed board faces demands for better ballots and public transparency ⧸ Full Story
How we mapped NYPD summonses across the city: Part II
In which we navigate the multiple databases used by New York City courts and update our summonses map to include data from community courts in Brooklyn and Manhattan ⧸ Full Story
City Council grades mayor’s report card
Committee considers suggestions for making Mayor's Management Report more useful ⧸ Full Story
City Council ‘participatory budgeting’ to expand
After a dynamic inaugural year of inviting the public to help decide how the New York City Council spends some of its funds, four council members who pioneered the practice here are about to have some company ⧸ Full Story
Between the lines
Shifting Assembly and Senate districts sow confusion for primaries ⧸ Full Story