Q&A
Data sources and collection for benefits assessments in MyCity
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Council Member Jennifer Gutiérrez inquires about the data sources used for benefits assessments in MyCity. Matthew Fraser explains the process of collecting and using data from various city services.
- Data is primarily collected from applications for social service benefits and childcare services
- Information from existing systems like Access HRA is being unified with MyCity data
- The goal is to create a better assessment engine by combining and enriching data from multiple sources
- Fraser assures that data is only used in the context for which it was initially provided
- The Office of Information Privacy reviews the use of data and manages agreements between agencies
Jennifer Gutiérrez
0:21:04
And the data that you it it it in this phase where you're looking at the context of of all the data that the city has, are you looking specifically at data collected through existing accounts through my city, the search engine, where else are you pulling New Yorkers' data from to start making those assessments?
Matthew Fraser
0:21:21
Yeah.
0:21:21
So as it stands right now, the primary input is that we have 2 ways that we look at information.
0:21:27
When you apply for social service benefits, whether that's food or or food or financial assistance, There's in the background, we have an engine that collects a lot of that information.
0:21:40
Same thing with child care.
0:21:41
So now we're unifying those worlds together and making sure that as we collect that information, we continue to update the context of the person who implied.
0:21:49
With the latest information around the household so that we can serve that information forward.
0:21:53
So we're using some of the things that we've built in the past.
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We're enriching it with some of the stuff that we're putting forward with my city, combining those together to make a better assessment engine.
Jennifer Gutiérrez
0:22:02
And so the the data being pulled from for from, like, childcare, that specific to information that people put on
Matthew Fraser
0:22:09
That's right.
Jennifer Gutiérrez
0:22:10
Creating a profile.
Matthew Fraser
0:22:11
That's correct.
Jennifer Gutiérrez
0:22:12
And then on the social services or cash assistance or or
Matthew Fraser
0:22:16
Access HR.
Jennifer Gutiérrez
0:22:17
From And and do folks do folks know that?
0:22:21
For folks that just have access HRE, for example, do they know that their data is being pulled for the purpose of, like, improving my city?
Matthew Fraser
0:22:28
Yeah.
0:22:28
So when you apply for any city benefit, including things like food benefits or financial benefits, Part of that application process is to make future determinations or to make determinations on similar services.
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That information may be used.
0:22:43
So we are not taking anyone's information and using it out of context for what they initially applied for.
0:22:48
And I'd also like to remind counsel that we have an office of information privacy that's also built at reviewing our use of the data and working out agreements between the agencies that house that information and anyone in between that may have access to it.
