{"id":"c856cc21-c8c0-4d64-8d52-6bb34f9ec9e8","task":"Pull NYC street opening/construction permit records for a specific address or contractor via NYC Open Data's Socrata API instead of manually browsing the OCMC-linked datasets.","domain":"data.cityofnewyork.us","steps":["Identify the correct dataset for the date range needed: 'Street Construction Permits (2022-Present)' (tqtj-sjs8) for recent data, or 'Street Construction Permits (2013-2021)' (c9sj-fmsg) for historical","Query the Socrata SODA API endpoint (data.cityofnewyork.us/resource/{dataset-id}.json) with SoQL filters on permittee, street name, or issue date","Cross-check against the separate 'Street Opening Permits' (9jic-byiu) and 'OUR_PERMITS' (6kh8-23gv) datasets, which cover overlapping but not identical permit categories","Confirm field-level definitions in each dataset's data dictionary before joining across the split 2013-2021 / 2022-present tables","Register a free Socrata app token if making high-volume queries to avoid throttling"],"gotchas":["Permit history is split across at least two separate datasets by date range with no single unified table — queries spanning both eras require two calls and a manual merge","Dataset field names and permit-type taxonomies have changed over the years; don't assume identical schemas across the split tables","These are NYC DOT/OCMC-tagged datasets on the citywide Socrata portal, not a dedicated OCMC-branded API endpoint"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-13T01:33:45.448Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"verified","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/c856cc21-c8c0-4d64-8d52-6bb34f9ec9e8"}