In 2013, Governor Cuomo launched Open New York,
data.ny.gov,
a state data transparency website that provides user-friendly, one-stop
access to data from New York State agencies, localities, and the
federal government. The website classifies the data resources into ten categories: economic development, education, energy and environment, government and finance, health, human services, public safety, recreation, transparency, and transportation. Each area has maps as well as raw data you can access. For example, below is a map of licensed day care provides in the Ilion-Mohawk-Herkimer portion of the valley.
On the actual map, you can click any of the blue dots to see the name and contact information about the provider. Click the image to enlarge it.
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Below are 10 examples of what you can find available through the Economic Development section:
1. Retail Food Stores which are licensed by the Department of Agriculture and Markets.
2. Current Employment Statistics: Beginning 1990, reflecting jobs by "place of work."
3. Jobs By Industry: Donut Chart, based upon an economic profile created
for the 10 Empire State Development (ESD) economic development regions.
4. Farmers Markets in New York State Map. In the past decade the number
of farmers markets in New York State has grown at a rapid rate. The
dataset published on the Department website contains information
detailing the time and location of community farmers markets as well as
the name and phone number of the market manager.
5. Broadband Availability By Municipality
. New York State has just completed a broadband
mapping program as part of the national broadband mapping program funded
by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration in
the US Department of Commerce. Information about the availability of
high-speed Internet services, commonly called Broadband, was collected
from broadband provider companies regarding the technology type and
speed of services offered. The data was updated every six months for
five years, and is shown on the NYS Broadband Map at
www.broadbandmap.ny.gov as well as the National Broadband Map at
www.broadbandmap.gov. The data on the map depicts broadband availability
at the Census Block level. This table summarizes the information for
each municipality (town, city, village, Indian Reservation) in New York
State.
6. Wineries, Breweries, and Distilleries Map. Liquor Authority quarterly
list of all active licensees in NYS filtered by Winery and Brewery
specific License Types.
7. State of New York Mortgage Agency (SONYMA) Loans Purchased: Beginning
2004. The data set includes raw data on all the loans purchased by
SONYMA since January 2004. Users can use the data to get information on
the types of loans we are making (loan amount, loan type, term,
loan-to-value, with or without down payment assistance), when the loans
were made (purchase date), where the loans are being made (county), and
what property types (# of units, construction status, property type).
8. City of Albany Vacant Building Inventory: 2013. Since January 2012,
the Division of Buildings & Regulatory Compliance has created a
living database documenting vacant buildings in the City of Albany. To
create this database, the Division reconciled the Division of Building
and Codes Vacant Building Registry with the Department of Fire and
Emergency Services Vacant Building Database.
9. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages Quarterly Data: Beginning
2000 The QCEW program (also known as ES-202) collects employment and
wage data from employers covered by New York State's Unemployment
Insurance (UI) Law. This program is a cooperative program with the U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics. QCEW data encompass approximately 97 percent
of New York's nonfarm employment, providing a virtual census of
employees and their wages as well as the most complete universe of
employment and wage data, by industry, at the State, regional and county
levels. "Covered" employment refers broadly to both private-sector
employees as well as state, county, and municipal government employees
insured under the New York State Unemployment Insurance (UI) Act.
10. Manufactured Home Park Registrations captures the park name,
address, and county in which a manufactured home park is located; the
number of site capacity and number of occupied sites; and the name and
contact number for the park owner/operator. New York State Homes and
Community Renewal’s (HCR) Division of Housing and Community Renewal
(DHCR) oversees the registration of these parks in accordance with NYS
Real Property Law Section 233 sub-section (v.) which requires owners of
manufactured home parks with three or more homes register their park
with DHCR.
