Josh Greenman

2026 27 items

Oct. 14 Where 311 complaints pile upOne in 20 New York City addresses accounts for just over half of all 311 complaints since 2020. Pick a slice of addresses, see what fills it, map it and look at how fast complaints arrive at the very top. Tool
Oct. 7 Where city vehicles chargeEvery charging site in New York City’s own fleet network, mapped and searchable by address, neighborhood, ZIP code, agency and charger type, with the ones open to the public marked. Tool
Oct. 7 Where New York livesNew York City’s population density at every census from 1910 to 2020, drawn as a landscape that rises where more people live. Tool
Oct. 7 New York SightlinesWhich of 16 New York landmarks, and the rising and setting sun, you can see at street level from every street, sidewalk and park in the five boroughs. Tool
Aug. 8 How Mamdani’s doing: One man’s assessment Substack
July 6 New York, in TimeAn interactive history of New York, from the Lenape to the present. Tool
June 30 A day on the police radioPick a precinct and a day and see what the 911 system logged, hour by hour. Tool
June 25 Darializa Avila Chevalier, Claire Valdez, Brad Lander, Zohran Mamdani and New York Vital City
June 11 The permanent residentsA map of 594 cemeteries and burial grounds in the five boroughs, including the ones that no longer exist. Tool
June 9 The Everything MapClick any spot in the city and get a full report on it: neighborhood, districts, representatives and more. Tool
June 5 Harbor MotionA live map of the ships, ferries and tugs moving through New York Harbor. Tool
May 20 NYC Grid PulseNew York’s electricity in real time: demand, supply and price, from the grid operator. Tool
April 30 Graveyard of ideasA century of mayoral campaign promises from the candidates who lost. Tool
April 30 Open Data explorer3,000-plus city datasets, mapped and searchable in plain English. Tool
April 25 Foreign-born AmericaWhere America’s immigrants live, county by county, by country of origin. Tool
April 23 Thinking about Paris and New York Substack
March 18 Psst, have you heard about AI? Substack
March 13 Every BuildingEvery building in New York, mapped by age, height and type. Tool
March 11 NYC News EngineScans local news sources to catch New York stories as they break. Tool
March 9 CompStat in contextNYPD CompStat crime data, made easier to read and compare. Tool
March 6 Walking New York City’s safe (and not so safe) streets, in numbers Substack
Feb. 27 When candidates lose and ideas live on Substack
Feb. 22 Beware radical urbanism Substack
Feb. 22 Raise taxes or the girl gets it: Mamdani’s forced, false budget choice Substack
Feb. 3 Make buses free? It’s a pragmatic, political and fiscal question Substack
Jan. 24 Cities, where the living is easy (well, easier than it used to be) Substack
Jan. 8 How far left is the Mamdani administration so far? Substack

2025 18 items

2024 5 items

2023 6 items

2021 8 items

2020 18 items

2019 6 items

2018 7 items

2017 5 items

2016 25 items

2015 26 items

2014 11 items

2013 11 items

2012 35 items

2011 45 items

2010 47 items

2009 37 items

2008 32 items

2007 2 items

2005 1 item

2004 2 items

Oct. 28 Alexander the Great New York Sun
Sept. 21 Tragicomedy in Albany New York Sun

Summaries and archived copies of the older pieces are on their own pages: Daily News, The New York Sun, The Washington Post. The full portfolio is on Authory, and every tool is in the catalogue.