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While studies have found that the COVID-19 pandemic has influenced VGI contributor behavior on social media platforms (Facebook, X, and Instagram, etc.), less is known about contribution behaviors on non-social media VGI platforms such as OpenStreetMap (OSM). This study investigates how individual OSM contributors\u2019 data contribution behaviors changed after the COVID-19 outbreak, using New York City as a case study. Metrics quantifying temporal, spatial, thematic, participation, and social interaction aspects of contribution behavior were developed to characterize individual-level contribution behaviors in both the pre- and post-COVID periods (2016\u20132019 and 2020\u20132023, respectively). Contributors were clustered into three groups based on pre-COVID behavioral patterns (as reflected by the metrics) using the K-Means algorithm. The resulting model was then applied to identify changes in contributors\u2019 cluster memberships in the post-COVID period. Results reveal differences in contribution behaviors between the two time periods. Compared to pre-COVID contributors, post-COVID contributors, on average, showed stronger contribution engagement, including longer lifespans, larger spatial extent of edits, higher contribution volumes, a greater emphasis on modification over creation, and stronger co-editing network interactions. Healthcare amenity-related edits remained a small fraction of total contributions across both periods and all clusters. Contributors participating in data contribution in both time periods generally increased data contribution engagement after the COVID outbreak, characterized by longer lifespans, broader spatial coverage, more balanced creation and modification, and stronger network centrality. 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