Public Data Is a Public Good
The Public Good leverages data and conversations to support strategic decisions and business solutions that benefit communities and social change. We advise local and global clients with insights and analysis based on facts as well as the valuable experiences and preferences of community stakeholders, policy makers and funders.
Our team brings a human oriented perspective to our work with data. We unravel complex processes with the goal of identifying opportunities for public policies with solutions rooted in the needs and priorities of communities.
Our work is based on pillars that contribute to a safer, healthier, more prosperous society for everyone, including the belief that open data should be cultivated and made public for the benefit of communities and society in general. “Open data is data that can be freely used, re-used and redistributed by anyone - subject only, at most, to the requirement to attribute and sharealike.”
We also believe in the value of looking at environmental and social outcomes from a location perspective. We created the maps below to provide simple glimpses into the crisis of housing instability using open data provided by New York City, the US Census and other sources.
Where NYC housing evictions are happening since the moratorium ended.
On January 15, 2022 New York lifted the moratorium that protected residents from eviction from their homes.
Between January 16 and March 4 this year, 198 residential evictions have been filed throughout New York City.
2017 saw a total 20,810 residential evictions City-wide.
2021 - January 15, 2022 evictions dropped to 397, thanks to the moratorium preventing landlords from evicting families and other adults from their homes.
Clicking on any district shows the total number of evictions for each Council District.
In the Bronx, Council Districts 14, 15, and 16 (darkest blue) are bearing the brunt of this difficulty.
In Brooklyn, Council Districts 36, 41 and 42 (darkest blue) - especially the neighborhood of Brownsville; Staten Island’s Council District 49 has seen the majority of eviction actions so far.
Where NYC Residents are Being Evicted
Eviction is a leading cause of homelessness, especially for families.
Our map uses NYC open data to shed light on the neighborhoods where residents are most at risk of losing their homes.
Each red dot represents an eviction notice. Shaded areas represent each Council District by number. Darker colors mean more evictions, lighter colors mean fewer. Click on a City Council District (by number) to get the total number of residential evictions between January 16 and February 25 in 2022.
Pre-Pandemic Evictions by Council District
Eviction is a leading cause of homelessness. What was happening across the City prior to the eviction moratorium?
Will we see similar patterns now that the moratorium has been lifted? Where are residents most at risk?
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Where the Risk of Homelessness Exists in Northeast NJ
Northeast NJ Legal Services provides pro bono legal help to residents of Bergen, Passaic and Hudson Counties. Eviction and other housing related matters is the number one request for help. Learn more about this project and how we helped NNJLS use data to plan for strategic growth and targeted service delivery.
Our team brings a human oriented perspective to our work with data. We unravel complex processes with the goal of identifying opportunities for public policies with solutions rooted in the needs and priorities of communities.