NYCC Legistar Data Plan Abstraction Scrape HTML and read into R (BeautifulSoup / HTMLtoTABLE) Convert date into POSIXct format Exploratory Data Analysis Histograms of variables Look for outliers NYCC Calendered Meetings Questions Number of deferrals by group Time-series analysis by group (how many meetings held / year) Total number of meetings Types of Meetings Oversight Executive Budget Hearings Multiple hearings NYCC Legislation Questions Text analysis by administration (Bloomberg, Guiliani) Time-series analysis of text Resolution: Introduction ratio Number of dead bills on the floor