The Big Apps Contenders: Politics

We covered the launch of the Big Apps competition here in NYC back in October. The voting opened this week for the “popular choice” and each day we will take a look at one category. Today’s category is “Politics“. Remember you are only allowed one vote across all categories so make sure to look at all the apps before casting your vote.

• Nexttown – Nexttown lets you see in seconds who represents you and what they are doing for your community.  It also makes it easy to explore the city’s political landscape.
• OMB Executive Dashboard – Graphical display of New York City’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for over 80 City agencies and covered organizations such as the Transit Authority, Health and Hospitals Corporation and the Housing Authority.
• PrecinctsReporting NYC – PrecinctsReporting NYC is an interactive tool for mapping historical election results in New York City block-by-block. The tool includes most contested city and state races since 2005, including the 2009 mayoral race.
• PrimoSpot – PrimoSpot provides a service to the public to help them park more efficiently in crowded metropolitan areas.  Using this service, we hope people will spend less time driving around looking for a parking spot, using less gas and helping the environment in the process. (I’m thinking this one is mis-categorized)
• SMS Congressional District Lookup – The Mobile Congressional District Lookup application lets people lookup their congressional district and representatives using text messaging. To use it, take out your mobile phone and text the word DISTRICT to the number 30644.
• Who Represents Me? – By clicking on a point, a user can all of the legislative and head executive officials representing that location, including their city council member, state assembly member, state senator,governor, US  representative, US senators, and president.