PLUTO change file

Corrections that the Department of City Planning (DCP) applies to source agency values when building PLUTO. One row per lot and field changed. The changes listed are those in effect in release 26v2, including programmatic changes first made in earlier releases.

Usage

nyc_pluto_changes_df

Format

nyc_pluto_changes_df

A tibble with 42,955 rows and 7 columns:

bbl

Borough-block-lot of the changed lot, 10 digits (character). Joins to bbl in nyc_pluto().

field

PLUTO field changed, e.g. "yearbuilt", "ownername", "lotarea" (character).

old_value

Original value from the source agency (character).

new_value

Value in PLUTO after the change (character).

type

Kind of change (integer). DCP's metadata does not define the codes; the reasons recorded with them indicate 1 programmatic changes (e.g. normalized owner names, zero lot areas), 2 research changes (e.g. LPC year built, Property Tax System errors), and 3 user-reported changes.

reason

Reason for the change, e.g. "LPC year built", "Normalized owner name", "Zero lot area", "PTS error - units" (character).

version

For programmatic changes, the PLUTO release in which the change was introduced, e.g. "20v1" (character).

Source

NYC Open Data, PLUTO Change File, https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/qt5r-nqxp

Details

The most common changes are year built replaced by the Landmarks Preservation Commission's date for about 26,000 buildings in historic districts, normalized names of public owners, and zero lot areas replaced by the area of the lot on the Digital Tax Map. Lots with any change have dcpedited == "1" in nyc_pluto().

Author

Kieran Healy