Tell Us Try it

Say it in your own words. We'll find the form and fill it.

No more hunting for the right place to be heard. Tell Us picks the form from what you write, whether that's the community board's own intake or a city form like a 311 service request, fills in what it can, asks for anything required it couldn't, and sends it where it needs to go.

What's on your mind?
I'm a parent. Kids cross at Hudson St and Christopher St every morning on the way to school, and cars don't slow down. Could we get a crossing guard there at drop-off?
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Speaking up shouldn't take research.

Today, a neighbor with a problem has to google their way to the right portal, form or 311 category before they can be heard.

Today

  • Which community board covers this area?
  • Which of the board's 12+ committees handles this?
  • Is it even a community board issue, or is it 311, DSNY, NYPD?
  • OK, I know who this should go to, but which form or email do I send it to, and what information do they require?

With Tell Us

Just say what's going on.

Tell Us decides who and where, extracts all of the info it can from your input, and asks for any required information you missed, in real time.

The work your board has already done, front and center.

When a message touches something your board already decided, Tell Us shows the resident that decision as they write and attaches it to the submission for your committee.

“Caudalie on 130 Greene St plays music past midnight every weekend. It's too loud.”

The complaint is about loud music, so Tell Us brings up the stipulation about music.

On the board's record
CB2 Manhattan reviewed this address on May 21, 2026.
SLA Licensing committee · Caudalie · Wine, beer and cider license · Vote: Unanimous, 29 Board Members in favor
Will play recorded background music at conversational levels only, inclusive of any private parties or events. No music will be audible in any adjacent residences at any time.Stipulation 6 of 15 the business agreed to
✓ Attached to your form submissionRead the minutes ↗

Hearing from residents shouldn't mean sorting through a bunch of emails.

The structured nature of each submission allows Tell Us to surface any related existing resolutions and meeting minutes from each community board's recent history, giving boards one place to see what residents are raising, what the board already decided there, and who to send it to next.

From the board view, with sample requests. Each one went through Tell Us like a real one, so it arrives with its committee, its address, and what the board already decided there.

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Each message reaches the people with the power to act on it.

Not everything is the board's to handle. Tell Us checks the topic and the address, then picks the form and the destination. The board decides which fields its own form asks for.

A resident writes“Washington Square Park should stay open later at night in the summer.”
The board's formCB2 Manhattan, Parks & Waterfront committeeOffers to add a name and email so the board can reply.
A resident writes“Our recycling at 75 Bedford St wasn't picked up on Tuesday.”
A city form311 missed collection, handled by Sanitation (DSNY)Already knows it was recycling and where. Contact info is optional.
A resident writes“The street light in front of 300 W 23rd St has been out for a week.”
A different boardCB4 Manhattan, and DOTThe address is outside CB2, so it goes to the board that covers it.

Better for both sides.

For residents

  • No hunting for the right email, committee or city form.
  • Asked only for the details that make the message actionable.
  • Sure it reached the people who can do something about it.
  • Shown the board's past resolutions and minutes about the same address, so they know when it's already being worked on.

For boards and their tech partners

  • Intake arrives complete, on the board's own form, sorted to a committee.
  • 311 issues and other districts' mail go where they belong instead of the board's inbox.
  • Every submission is a structured record you can store, forward or analyze.
  • Records are ready for a dashboard where the district manager and committee members can filter and share them.

Try it yourself.

Write something about a block in CB2 Manhattan and watch the form fill itself in.

Try Tell Us