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August 8, 2012 By News Staff
Following deadly fires in illegally converted downtown New York City apartments, officials realized they had a problem. The Mayor's Office embarked on a mission to prevent fires and mitigate risk by using data the city was already sitting on.
In a cooperative effort between several city departments, officials now use analytics to prioritize decisions in a city where it's not practically possible to unturn every stone. The use of analytics resulted in a more than 500 percent increase in the number of buildings that were vacated after inspection, as this video explains.
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Unfortunately, the same mayors office that is preventing fires is failing to stop a fuel source--littering and debris near public spaces, that leads to those fires. NYC's currently #5 "America's Dirtiest City" as selected by residents and readers of TRAVEL LEISURE. The anti-green mayor Bloomberg is featured in this month's American State Litter Scorecard website for his lackluster efforts at cleaning up his city's public spaces