CityScroll
Get involved locally.
Contracts, rezonings, hearings and the people behind them. Search across city records, follow the connections, and get an alert when something changes.
Data engineering & information design
James Carroll
I build tools for reading New York, and write about public life.
Selected work
NYC Rent Seekers
Zillow is the tip of the iceberg.
Compare rents, household space and access across public housing, regulated apartments and market-rate rentals. Move between the map, the comparisons and the sources; share a figure with its evidence attached.
Essays & observations
Stranger Ethics
Fair rules and public goods in an age of expanding moral circles.
Reflections on caring for sentient beings beyond friendship and belonging.
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