Trend: Fight Blight with Data Sharing

Who is fighting blight with data sharing? New York cities of Amsterdam, Gloversville, Schenectady and Troy and the University of Albany’s Center for Technology in Government

What data are these cities sharing? code enforcement–related data and develop best practices for tackling the problem

Why are they sharing data? Blight costs the cities.  Direct blight costs include:

• code enforcement
• administration
• engineering
• property maintenance

Indirect blight fighting costs for cities are:

• uncollected taxes
• devaluation of adjacent properties
• impact on city services such as police and fire calls.

This new pilot project in a regional view is “groundbreaking.”

State Tech Magazine | Blight Busters