{"id":82703,"date":"2025-02-11T21:26:14","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T21:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/american-history\/a-wikipedia-for-street-names-nyc-department-of-records-information-services\/"},"modified":"2025-02-11T21:26:14","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T21:26:14","slug":"a-wikipedia-for-street-names-nyc-department-of-records-information-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=82703","title":{"rendered":"A Wikipedia for Street Names \u2014 NYC Department of Records &#038; Information Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Using mapping software from the Office of Technology and Innovation (OTI), DORIS\u2019 application developers built the map. They created a form to enter the biographical or background information contained in local laws termed \u201cstreet renaming bills\u201d that have been passed by the City Council between 2001 and the present. 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