Learning AI by Building
I'm building tools to make government more transparent and efficient for citizens and small businesses. These projects live under GreenLights Civic Tech — focused on Huntington, NY → NYC → New York State.
Making NYC Transparent
The umbrella brand and portfolio landing page for all civic tech projects. Showcases the vision of using technology to bring transparency and efficiency to local government services.
View Project →Congressional Stock Trading Transparency
Scores members of Congress on corruption risk based on their stock trading activity. Uses public financial disclosure data to surface potential conflicts of interest and unusual trading patterns.
View Project →Permit Transparency for Small Businesses
NYC building permit transparency tool exposing the "wait tax" on small businesses. Tracks ALT-2 permit processing times to show which applications get stuck in the system and how long businesses actually wait.
View Project → Read Case Study →Block-by-Block City Service Transparency
Hyper-local transparency map showing which NYC blocks get city services fast and which are ignored. 550+ blocks mapped with 311 response times, crime data, and air quality metrics at block-level granularity — not just neighborhood averages.
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