Noel Hidalgo, Executive Director of BetaNYC has been a driving force in good government in New York City for over 10 years. The work that BetaNYC does includes education, empowering NYC's public to use technology and specifically open data, and advocating for safe, fair, technology that benefits the greatest number of people. He's got a great life story that he offers in this interview. Come enter this world.

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