NYC Open Data Plan Removals by Agency and Year

Removed entries from New York City's Open Data Plan are listed, tracking datasets no longer published. The dataset is maintained by data.cityofnewyork.us and was last updated in September 2025. It documents agency compliance with Local Law 11 of 2012 regarding open data reporting.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in dataset removal by filtering the 'Report Year' and 'Agency Name' columns.
• Identify common 'Reason for Removal' cited across different city agencies.
• Track changes in 'Update Frequency' for datasets prior to their removal from the plan.
• Monitor agency compliance by joining on 'Agency Name' with other open data plan datasets.

Strengths

• Includes a 'Reason for Removal' column providing explicit justification for each entry.
• Structured to support time-series analysis with a dedicated 'Report Year' column.
• Maintained by the official NYC data portal (data.cityofnewyork.us).

Limitations

• Sample size and total row count are unknown, limiting assessment of coverage.
• Key metadata like license, author, and original dataset size for removed entries is absent.
• Temporal coverage and history of removals prior to the latest report year are unclear.

Provenance

Source

data.cityofnewyork.us

Collection Method

Compiled as part of NYC's Open Data Plan reporting mandated by Local Law 11 of 2012.

Time Range

Coverage depends on 'Report Year' column; specific range is unknown.

Freshness

Updated September 2025.

Geography

New York City government agencies.