SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Want to see every pothole patched on your street this year? Or the location of every water main break in your neighborhood? Now you can.

City officials launched a new portal for open data -- called DataCuse -- giving the public access to huge chunks of information on infrastructure, housing, neighborhoods and lead paint. They expect to add more types of data as time goes on.

Sam Edelstein, chief data officer, spent about three months developing the site and organizing the available data. He'll spend the coming weeks demonstrating the portal to community groups like chapters of Tomorrow's Neighborhoods Today.

"We've asked people what sort of city data is useful for them," Edelstein said. "If they're filing for a grant or looking at the best way to provide a service, so we're trying to respond to that kind of need."

Among the statistics currently available are details on potholes patched, water main breaks, road ratings, vacant homes and lead paint risks.

So far this year, the city's department of public works has patched nearly 6,400 potholes. A map on the website shows where each of those is. There have been 96 water main breaks, which are also detailed on the website.

Some of the information is presented in a user-friendly format, like a chart or map. There are also databases available for download. Edelstein said he hopes others will use the information to generate their own projects and share results with the city.

During the winter, Edelstein said the city may have data available on city plowing, which would show when every street was plowed or salted. His team is also exploring the release of some crime data, but city lawyers are reviewing that data to make sure it doesn't violate residents' privacy.

The site is meant to give policy analysts, programmers and interested residents access to the city's huge trove of data to use as they want. It will help guide policy decisions among city departments.

Carol Dwyer, director of mayoral initiatives, said the site will also ease the burden of responding to Freedom of Information requests. Much of the information frequently requested is now available on the site.

Dwyer said she sees the portal as an asset for the city's next mayor.

"I think it will be an asset for the new administration," she said. "You can look at [data] instantaneously and know what the information is."