How would YOU spend $1 million?

Do you have ideas for how you would like to see money spent in your district?

Councilmember Costa Constantinides has set aside $1 million in discretionary funds for participatory budgeting, which means that district residents will be able to vote on capital projects within the district to receive portions of that funding.

He joins over 20 other NYC Council members who have adopted the participatory budgeting process.

“This will be a transformative moment in the 22nd District,” Constantinides said. “For the first time, residents will directly be able to make decisions about how taxpayer money is spent. It is my hope that this will make government more transparent and accessible to the people.”

The process involves a series of meetings that feed into the city’s annual budget cycle. Starting this month, community members can attend neighborhood assemblies to learn more and brainstorm capital project ideas.

Assembly Dates:

October 22 (TONIGHT), 7 – 9 p.m.
PS 234 at 30-15 29th St.

October 27, 7 – 9 p.m.
PS 122 at 21-21 Ditmars Blvd.

November 17, 7 – 9 p.m.
Bulova Corporate Center at 75-20 Astoria Blvd.

November 19, 6:30 – 8 p.m.
Astoria Community Center at 4-05 Astoria Blvd.

Volunteers will turn these ideas into full proposals, and then in spring 2015, residents will vote on which proposals to fund.