How’d They Do it? Tech in the Cities

Welcome to Episode 9 of How'd they do it: Tech in the cities! Co-hosts Tom Allon and Julie Samuels chat with City & State’s own Annie McDonough, Politico’s Jeff Coltin and the New York Post’s Lydia Moynihan about the impact of AI on the political landscape, evaluating the veracity of scoops from social media, and 2025 predications! Naturally, they also couldn’t resist discussing City of Yes, mayoral candidates and public safety - s...

Welcome to Episode 8 of How'd they do it: Tech in the cities! Co-hosts Tom Allon and Julie Samuels chat with two school principals in this episode: Kristina Dvorakovskaya from the Urban Assembly Gateway School for Technology in Manhattan and Melissa A. Peters from the High School for Contemporary Arts in the Bronx, about how they implemented cell phone policies for their students that include collection of phones until the end of t...

Welcome to Episode 7 of How'd they do it: Tech in the cities! Co-hosts Tom Allon and Julie Samuels chat with Julie Sweet, Director of Advocacy & Industry Relations for the American Association of Political Consultants Foundation and Bradley Honan, CEO & President of the Honan Strategy Group, about the potential for AI to re-engage voters in the democratic process and draw them into civil discourse. Can our country achieve that goal...

Welcome to Episode 6 of How'd they do it: Tech in the cities! Co-hosts Tom Allon and Julie Samuels chat with Tim Rahschulte, Co-Founder of The Professional Development Academy and Rita Reynolds, Chief Information Officer for the National Association of Counties about the digital transformation happening at the local government level. How can we get 3,069 counties on the same page? What’s the best path forward for demystifying AI fo...

Welcome to Episode 5 of How'd they do it: Tech in the cities! Co-hosts Tom Allon and Julie Samuels chat with Bradley Tusk on the thesis of his new book, Vote with Your Phone: Why Mobile Voting Is Our Final Shot at Saving Democracy. What are the benefits of meeting people where they’re at with voting technology, how would it work and how would we keep it secure? Tune in for that discussion, and some bonus speculation on NYC’s next m...

Welcome to Episode 4 of How'd they do it: Tech in the cities! Co-host Julie Samuels chats with Harvard Business School’s Professor of Management Practice Mitch Weiss on how to reduce fear and resistance to AI tools for teaching and learning, while also ensuring students continue to think for themselves. Additionally, we delve into how the government could be limiting its effectiveness by trying to regulate AI tools without the nece...

We're back with Episode 2 of How'd they do it: Tech in the cities! Co-hosts Tom Allon and Julie Samuels chat with Governor Kathy Hochul about what it means to have "responsible AI", how we can innovate in a way that's inclusive, and how to forge a path for New York that borrows inspiration from the tech centers in California, but ultimately surpasses what they offer tech employees. They go on to speak with Bloomberg Government's Le...

We're tackling all the big questions about contactless payments in this episode: Can there ever be a truly cashless transit system? How does the government use the data it collects from these contactless payments? Could that data be used to provide increased access to government services for underserved populations?

Co-hosts Tom Allon and Julie Samuels dive into it all with MTA Construction & Development President Jamie Torres-Spr...

While New York is often paving the way in terms of technology and its relationship with the government, we also have a lot to learn from other leading cities and states.

Hosted by Tom Allon, Publisher of City & State and Julie Samuels, President and Executive Director of Tech:NYC, How’d They Do it?: Tech in the Cities is the bi-weekly, 30-minute show addressing the groundbreakers in technology and government who have had innovative...