CITI Youth: Future of NYC

July 17, 2008 By Eve Baron

On Wednesday, June 25, in a special awards ceremony featuring music by Dimitri Bartholomew and a rousing inspirational speech by former Planning Center director Micaela Birmingham, MAS honored this year’s crop of CITI Youth Map Technicians. The CITI Youth program trains high school students in the use of Geographic Information Systems and places them in paid internships at their local community boards to provide on-the-spot electronic maps (www.myciti.org) at board and committee meetings. Continue reading...

CitiYouth Maps the Five Boroughs

April 25, 2008 By Sideya Sherman

On Saturday April 5th, 2008, CITI Youth interns Tiffany Williams, Latoya Herndon, Eric Kenny, and Peejay Howard joined over 100 students from across North America at the 2008 PLANet Youth Conference. This inaugural conference, organized by the Young Planners Network, held at the Brooklyn Academy of Urban Planning in Bushwick, marked the start of "... an international movement to empower young people, educate adults, influence planning trends, and exchange best practices." The conference featured sessions led by young people from various cities, covering topics ranging from gentrification to rebuilding New Orleans. Continue reading...

This is My CITI

March 26, 2007 By Victoria Taylor
A guest contributor to the MAS website, Victoria Taylor, a student at the Academy of Urban Planning High School in Bushwick, tells the story of her internship with CITI, the Community Information Technology Initiative. She and her partner, Peejay Howard, now work as map technicians at meetings of Brooklyn’s Community Board 3. Continue reading...

The Community Information Technology Initiative (CITI) - A Tool for Local Planning

The Community Information Technology Initiative (CITI) is a project of the MAS Planning Center. The goal of CITI is to provide community-based organizations with maps, data and technical assistance to support local planning efforts. Continue reading...

MAS and NYC Team Up on CITI

By Seth Johnson A new partnership between the Municipal Art Society's Planning Center and New York City gives users of the city government's website direct access to the interactive maps and data featured on the Planning Center's CITI website. The current CITI website provides access to detailed property information including zoning, ownership, land use and lot dimensions. Over time, city officials will add new data and functions to the widely used map portal. Continue reading...