Name: Building an AI-Powered Knowledge Base for NYC Community Boards
Start: 2026-03-28T15:45:00-0400
End: 2026-03-28T16:45:00-0400

Welcome to NYC School of Data — a community conference that demystifies the practices and policies around open data, technology, and service design. Hosted by BetaNYC at CUNY School of Law, this year’s conference concludes NYC’s Open Data Week 2026 and is the TENTH edition of both SoData and Open Data Week!

Register for tickets: < https://ti.to/betanyc/nycsodata26 >

2026 is bigger than ever with 40+ sessions organized by NYC’s civic technology, data, and design community!

Day 1: the classic NYC School of Data conference, with programming across 12 rooms during 4 session blocks.
Day 2: NEW in 2026 – UnSchool of Data! The unconference agenda is created together on the day, with attendee pitches at the top of the day. Select sessions have been pre-seeded by BetaNYC to kick things off.

Our venue is accessible and content is all-ages friendly! If you have accessibility questions or needs, please email us at < [email protected] >.

Building an AI-Powered Knowledge Base for NYC Community Boards

Saturday March 28, 2026 3:45pm - 4:45pm EDT

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For decades, NYC’s Community Boards have produced thousands of resolutions and hours of discussion at meetings. These resolutions are how community boards take actions like accepting new restaurant or outdoor cafe applications, communicate with city agencies and elected officials, and state their stances on issues. Yet, almost none of it is easily searchable, navigable, or used by the community board members shaping local policy.

In this session, Tal Roded (Manhattan Community Board 3, NYCuriosity Writer) and Sarah Sachs (Founder of BlockParty) will walk attendees through how they built an AI-powered knowledge base that ingests Community Board resolutions and meeting transcripts, making local government memory finally discoverable. They will also have attendees explore the brand-new CB searchable archive.

Anyone interested in learning more about community boards and their effect on NYC neighborhoods, or interested in using AI tools to build new databases and search tools, should attend.

Speakers

Sarah Sachs

Data Scientist, Founder, Block Party

Data Scientist, Block Party

Tal Roded

Author & Data Scientist, NYCuriosity

I write about how New York City actually works, and how it could work better. Through a mix of data analysis, policy research, and my own on-the-ground observation, I explore the city’s infrastructure, development, and governance from the perspective of someone who lives in it and... Read More →

Saturday March 28, 2026 3:45pm - 4:45pm EDT
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NYC School of Data 2026

Sarah Sachs

Tal Roded

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Tal Roded

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