Press kit
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Press contact
- press@paperroute.nyc
- General
- hello@paperroute.nyc
- @paperroute.nyc
- GitHub
- github.com/paper-route
- Response time
- Within 48 hours, weekdays
Boilerplate
Paper Route is a civic-tech studio in Brooklyn. We build free tools for navigating New York's public systems: taxes, housing, the budget, the rest. No telemetry, no logins, no paywall.
Public data exists. It's just not legible. We turn open datasets into tools you can actually use. Currently letspaytaxes.nyc (a VITA intake form that walks you through Form 13614-C in your language) and whopaystaxes.nyc (a block-by-block look at who actually funds New York, and how much of it Albany takes).
Quick facts
- Founded2025
- BasedBrooklyn
- SizeSmall. On purpose.
- FundingBootstrapped, plus the occasional grant
- Cadence~5 tools a year
- Tools shippedletspaytaxes.nyc, whopaystaxes.nyc
- LicenseCode MIT, data CC0, fork away
Founder
Started by a few New Yorkers who got tired of watching their neighbors pay $300 to a strip-mall preparer for a return they could've filed for free. Bios and headshots on request: press@paperroute.nyc.