SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh has appointed Rose Tardiff as director of neighborhood and business data and evaluation.
In this role, Tardiff oversees data evaluation and analysis of programs and policies administered by the city’s Department of Neighborhood and Business Development (NBD). She is responsible for managing data collection; along with reporting and analysis in accordance with city-data governance policies and digital-service priorities, Walsh’s office said.
Tardiff most recently worked as a neighborhood planner in NBD, providing data support to the division of code enforcement and serving the city’s Westside neighborhoods. In that role, she improved reporting on code-enforcement activities that increased overall compliance with inspection programs. The activities also resulted in a 65 percent increase in the average number of rental-registry applications received each month., Walsh’s office noted.
She also supported the implementation of the city’s lead ordinance, along with other initiatives including the Cities RISE Community Ambassador program; city/county lead enforcement working group; and the vacant property task force.
Her work “exemplifies how the City of Syracuse is using data to improve services and engage residents,” Walsh’s office contended.
Tardiff brings to this role a strong knowledge of geospatial analysis and design using geographic information systems (GIS), as well as community-based research. In her previous roles, she produced maps and graphics for TIG Environmental’s work on Superfund investigations, the National Geographic Society’s education division, and the Syracuse Community Geography program.
