CityScroll connects official publications to agencies, mandates, parcels, people, and processes, so you can see what New York City government is doing and what you can do next. Use Now for urgent dates. Use Near you for local changes. Use Following for saved watches. Use Browse for contracts and plans, land use, meetings and votes, job exams, city property sales, and rules. The site uses official city publications. CityScroll is independent. It is not part of city government.
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Records and activity tied to a place.
Saved searches, watches, and alerts.
Contracts, staffing and exams, zoning, property, rules, meetings, and votes.
CityScroll is maintained by Anna Bao, James Carroll, Dev Doshi, and Michael Sheehan. Contact them at [email protected].
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Procurement notices carry two kinds of computed notes. Both are statistical context, not findings or blame. A flag just means "worth a closer look." Every formula has a fair reason behind it. Emergencies really happen. Some markets are specialized and have few bidders. Name matching is not perfect. This method follows two guides. One is the Open Contracting Partnership's red-flags guide (opens in new tab). The other is Opentender's (opens in new tab) integrity rules.
All numbers come live from the City Record Open Data (opens in new tab) when you view the notice. These are awards as published. The numbers can lag behind contract registration and real payment. Nothing here says anyone did wrong. It just saves you the math.
Some pages use past public records to add context. These patterns do not replace official dates or predict what will happen.
CityScroll compares past exams to show how long DCAS may take to set up an eligible list. The comparison uses no applicant names, scores, or ranks.
We match exams by exam number and measure from the filing deadline to the date the list was set up. If a group is too small or its test results are weak, CityScroll shows only the citywide middle value.
Some city property notices announce a hearing before they name a sale date. CityScroll may show how many weeks auctions have followed past notices, but it does not predict that a sale will happen.
The public set is small, and earlier hearings rarely share the same lot number as later auction notices. A real sale date always replaces the pattern.
CityScroll shows how often tax liens at the same stage reached a past cycle's final sale list. It does not predict that a property will be sold or foreclosed.
A lien may leave the list after payment, a payment plan, an exemption, a correction, or a canceled sale. When the evidence is too weak, the site shows only group totals and the lot's current status.
CityScroll uses past zoning cases to show a usual time range and results for similar cases. These are past patterns, not a forecast. Legal deadlines still control.
We start with the same action type and borough, then use a wider group if there are fewer than 20 cases. Long or unfinished cases stay out of the time range.
When an applicant has at least 20 past zoning results, CityScroll may show that history next to the overall result rate. It is context, not a claim that the applicant will win or lose.
We compare approved, modified, and disapproved cases. If name matches or past test results are weak, the site labels the result as descriptive history or does not show it.
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CityScroll uses generative artificial intelligence (AI) to draft headings and plain-language explanations. A human reviews and edits this content before it goes live. AI does not create or change the official records shown on the site.