WNYC Data News Tools (Feb 2018)

Criminal court case search

We can search convicted criminal court cases in the NYC area (12 counties) using our copy of CRIMS (Criminal Record Information and Management System). Fields include defendant's name, arresting officers, defense attorney names, charges, dispositions and sentences. CRIMS data is a good resource for leads or to help verify information. It SHOULD NOT be reported out directly without careful consideration. Email your question to *DataNews, or find a member of Data News.

Bots - automate reporting tasks

Track changes: We can set up an alert for when a web page changes. We commonly do this for updates on PACER in federal court cases.
Download files as they're updated: We can help you save a copy of data that updates regularly. Examples include daily school attendance data and weekly crime stats.

Locator Map Builder

Make and customize your own static map with marker(s).

Link: http://datanews.github.io/locator/

Embeddable Tools

Weather

Warnings

Live Weather Service warnings, with WNYC/NJPR coverage areas.

Last updated: Every 1 minute

Made for internal WNYC use only. Link: https://project.wnyc.org/dashboard-warnings/

Storm Radar

Current National Weather Service radar for the entire US.

Hurricane Tracker

Automatically tracks every named Atlantic cyclone.

Evacuation Zones

Official NYC evacuation maps, searchable.

Last updated: July 2013

Link: https://project.wnyc.org/hurricane-zones/hurricane-zones.html

Flood Gauges

Current river & coastal flooding.

Last updated: Every 2 mins

Link: https://project.wnyc.org/flood-monitoring/embed.html

Transportation

Transit Time NYC

Travel times by subway from any point.

Last updated: July 2013 (still valid May 2015)

Link: https://project.wnyc.org/transit-time/

Transit Tracker

Status of all NYC-area transit services.

Updated: During storms and civic emergencies.

Link: https://project.wnyc.org/transit-tracker/

Live Traffic

Current road traffic status from Google. Great for holidays.

Last updated: Real time

Link: https://project.wnyc.org/news-maps/traffic-map/

Economics

Median Income Nation

National Median Income Map, by county.

Last updated: 2012 5-Year ACS data.

Link: https://project.wnyc.org/median-income-nation/

NYC Change in Median Income

Change in median income across NYC from 2007-2009 to 2010-2012.

Last updated: 2007-2009 and 2010-2012 ACS data.

Link: https://project.wnyc.org/median-income-nabes/

NYC Median Income

Median income by census tract.

Last updated: 2011 ACS

New New Yorkers

Where the newest New Yorkers live.

Last updated: 2012 with 2011 ACS data

NYC Rent Burden

The median portion of income spent on rent & utilities increases across many neighborhoods.

Last updated: 2006-2011 data

Link: https://project.wnyc.org/housing-costs/

Diversity in NYC

We use USA Today's "Diversity Index" to calculate diversity in NYC's census tracts.

Last updated: 2010 Census

Link: https://project.wnyc.org/census-maps/nyc-diversity/

Recession Recovery

Rebound of jobs after each recession.

Last updated: December 2013 data

Link: https://project.wnyc.org/30iss-recessions/embed.html

Education

Graduation Rates

For every NYC high school, on one chart.

Last updated: 2015 data

Link: https://project.wnyc.org/gradrates/