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of Americans can name all three branches of government. We start by closing that gap.
of Gen Z say civic education is critically important. The demand is there. The tools aren't. Yet.
New Yorkers took the Civic IQ this week. Your circle is probably guessing their score wrong.
Six tools built around the questions that come up every day: Is this true? What actually happened?
Common Accord helps you find the evidence, context, and sources to answer those questions for yourself.
You and your friends see the same world. Do you understand it the same way?
Take the Civic IQA local official claims a new policing program reduced crime in the neighborhood by 30%.
We score what you know and how confident you were. The gap between the two is the interesting part.
Paste an article and see what's supported by evidence, what's missing, and which claims deserve a closer look.
Analyze an articleThe stories shaping New York today, with the facts, context, and sources behind them.
Read today's briefA proposed data center campus moved into the review stage, reopening the question of how much additional electricity the city can supply and at what cost to ratepayers.
The developer, the utility, the state energy regulator, the local community board, and the council member whose district would host the site.
A community board review, then an environmental assessment, then a land use vote. Public comment opens at the first of those.
Find a bill and follow it from introduction to committee, public hearing, vote, and the Council floor.
Track a billEnter your address or ZIP code and find the people making decisions on your behalf.
Find your officialsTrack the candidates, races, and issues shaping the 2026 midterms.
See the racesSample data shown in the previews above.
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The news happening across New York City, with the facts, context, and sources to understand it for yourself.
Two years of public comment across Queens and the Bronx come to a decision.
Council hearings expected in October. Public testimony will be scheduled per committee.
A quick daily briefing on the stories shaping the city, with the facts, context, and sources behind them.
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Bill Tracker
Search active NYC proposals by issue, stage, and level of government. See what's being decided, who's behind it, where it stands, and what you can still do while it matters.
See what's changing
This bill would replace the city's frozen municipal foreclosure program. It has been moving for seven months, and almost none of that happened in the news.
Right now it sits at the public hearing, which is the one stage where a resident can still change it. Written testimony takes about five minutes to file and it goes into the record.
Testimony is open until the hearing. Click the card to open this proposal in the tracker.
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Follow it from start to finish.
See where a proposal is now, what happened along the way, who supported it, and what comes next.
The member who introduced it, every co-sponsor, and when each one signed on.
The organizations testifying on each side, and how representatives have voted on similar measures.
Positions, past votes, and official websites, so you can see who is pushing for what and why.
By the time a decision becomes a headline, much of the process has already happened. A proposal can change through public hearings, committee meetings, budget negotiations, agency rulemaking, and public comment before it ever reaches a final vote.
Common Accord helps you find those moments while you can still understand what's happening, follow the people behind the decision, and make your voice count.
Common Accord tells you when it moves: when a hearing is scheduled, when a committee votes, when it reaches the Council floor, and when something important changes.
You don't need to watch City Hall. We'll tell you when something moves.
Understand what the proposal would actually change.
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Every stage of the process, with the current one marked.
The next decision point, and the date it is expected.
The moments when residents can still participate, and how long you have.
You shouldn't need to be a policy expert, know someone at City Hall, or spend hours searching government websites to understand what's happening around you.
Knowing what's happening is the first step to knowing what you can do about it.
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New York State sets rules that affect housing, education, transportation, the courts, and the state budget. Find the legislators representing your district and see what they're responsible for.
National law, federal spending, immigration, foreign policy, and constitutional rights. Find your House member and both New York senators, and see how they voted.
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Midterms 2026
Follow the races that determine control of Congress, state leadership, and the public decisions that shape daily life in New York City.
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Midterms 2026
A national context guide for NYC readers. Track the races that determine control of Congress, state executive power, and the committees that shape what becomes law.
All 435 House seats and 33 Senate Class III seats up on November 3, 2026. Projections are illustrative pending candidate filings.
Determines committee assignments controlling infrastructure funding, housing policy, and federal grants flowing to NYC.
Covers parts of Queens and Nassau. This seat directly represents NYC metro residents in the House.
One of the handful of seats likely to decide chamber control, and with it what reaches the floor.
20 questions across civic knowledge, media literacy, reasoning patterns, and political self awareness. No right or wrong opinions. Only facts and the way you process them.
Civic knowledge is something we all build over time.
Where do you think you stand today?
Most people are surprised by their score. See how close you land.
A preview of the field you will join when you finish. Ten questions remain.
Every participant placed on the ring by civic tier. Your position reflects where your score lands. Hover or tap any node to see their profile.
Article Analysis
Before you send that article, see what's actually true.
Paste an article and instantly see what's evidence-backed, what's missing, and unsupported claims hiding in plain sight.
Article Analysis
The analyzer reads for claims, emotional framing, fact check targets, subtle ideological influence, source clarity, and civic context. It is built to slow the moment between reaction and belief, especially around the local issues people argue about most.
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Overall assessment
Mapping the article…
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Article flow
Quantitative framing profile
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The signal is the accumulation of these terms, not any single word.
Section-by-section breakdown
The article is grouped into its natural narrative beats and read for what work each one does, not just which words appear.
Patterns across the entire article
Dominant story arc
Voices, data, and viewpoints this article gives little or no space to.
How much of the article's voice goes to each kind of source, not who is right.
Article insights
Annotated article
Tap a highlighted phrase to open the related analysis.
Comprehensive findings
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Framing is how it is written. Verification is what is true. Common Accord checks the factual claims against public sources and official records. The result is a verdict, not a political score.
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Claims to verify
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We believe everyone deserves a way to check what they see online.
Every day, we read the same headlines, watch the same events unfold, and somehow come away with completely different realities.
Your parent shares an article in the family group chat. Suddenly, you've opened ten browser tabs just to figure out what's actually true. Your friend sends a screenshot they swear proves their point.
Someone brings up politics over drinks. Before you know it, you're no longer talking about the issue. You're arguing about which source to trust.
Politics shouldn't be the fastest way to ruin dinner or a night out.
One person sees evidence. Another sees propaganda. Someone else sees a headline designed to make them angry.
We give people the tools to check what they read, understand what is happening, and see the evidence for themselves, so they can form their own opinions without having to blindly trust the person, platform, politician, or algorithm that brought them the information.
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You don't have to agree with everyone. Accord is what happens when shared understanding gives disagreement somewhere to start. It gives us enough common ground to disagree honestly, understand each other, and keep the conversation going.
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Know what happened today before the headlines start telling you what to think about it.
NYC Daily BriefEvery brief answers three questions: what happened, who is involved, and what happens next. Every claim is traced to the public record.
Paste an article and see what's supported by evidence, what's missing, and which claims deserve a closer look.
Article AnalysisA percentage breakdown of which claims are backed by a source you can check, which rely on unnamed sources, and which have nothing behind them at all.
Something is being decided. Know where it actually stands, from introduction to the Council floor.
Bill TrackerFollow a proposal and we tell you when a hearing is scheduled, when a committee votes, and when it reaches the floor. You don't have to watch City Hall.
Know who represents you. Enter your address or ZIP code and find the people deciding on your behalf.
Find Your OfficialsNine offices, local to federal, with what each one actually controls and how to reach them. We use your address to find them and never store it.
Before you vote, know what you're voting on. Track the candidates, races, and issues shaping 2026.
Midterms 2026Races explained through what they would change in New York, alongside the registration and early voting deadlines most people find out about too late.
Think you know more than your friends? Take the Civic IQ and compare how you each read the world.
Civic IQ TestTwenty questions across civic knowledge, media literacy, reasoning patterns, and how sure you were of each answer. Four minutes. Never a grade.
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