{"id":194197,"date":"2026-04-12T09:15:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T09:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/194197\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T09:15:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T09:15:12","slug":"its-vote-week-for-participatory-budgeting-heres-whats-on-the-ballot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/194197\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s Vote Week for Participatory Budgeting: Here’s What’s on the Ballot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"participatory<\/p>\n

Free Upper West Side News, Delivered To Your Inbox<\/a><\/p>\n

Starting this Saturday, residents of the Upper West Side will have the chance to weigh in on how a chunk of public money is spent right in their own backyard \u2014 and you don\u2019t even need to be old enough to vote in a regular election to participate.<\/p>\n

Participatory Budgeting Vote Week kicks off on April 11 and runs through Sunday, April 19, giving 6th District stakeholders the opportunity to help direct $1 million in capital funding toward local projects. Anyone age 11 and older who lives in the district is eligible to cast a ballot. <\/p>\n

Starting on Saturday, you can cast your vote online<\/a>\u00a0or in person at the following locations:<\/p>\n

Brewer\u2019s District Office \u2013 563 Columbus Ave at 87th Street St. Agnes Library \u2013 444 Amsterdam Ave between 81st and 82nd Streets Riverside Library \u2013 127 Amsterdam Ave between 65th and 66th Streets <\/p>\n

This year\u2019s ballot features eight projects spanning library upgrades, school improvements, park facilities, and more:<\/p>\n

New York Public Library technology upgrade ($250,000) \u2013 Upgraded technology resources and computer equipment at St. Agnes, Riverside, and Lincoln Center Performing Arts Libraries. Tree guards, district-wide ($200,000) \u2013 Installation of tree guards around street trees throughout the district to protect against damage and support healthy growth. Riverside Park bathroom improvements ($300,000) \u2013 Upgrades and repairs to existing bathroom facilities in Riverside Park. FDNY Ladder 25 HVAC replacement ($400,000) \u2013 Replacement of rooftop heating, ventilation, and AC units at the firehouse at 205 W. 77th Street. P.S. 199 Jessie Isador Straus School technology improvements ($100,000) \u2013 New SMARTboards, Chromebooks, laptops, and document cameras at 270 W. 70th Street. Innovation Diploma Plus H.S. music engineering studio ($250,000) \u2013 A new music engineering studio for students at 145 W. 84th Street. P.S. 75 Emily Dickinson School gymnasium renovation ($350,000) \u2013 Replacement of the gymnasium floor at 309 W. 95th Street. John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY) video board installation ($175,000) \u2013 Video boards in the athletic facility at 899 10th Avenue. Participatory Budgeting \u2014 or PB, as it\u2019s commonly known \u2014 is a democratic process that gives community members a direct say in how part of a public budget is spent. New York City\u2019s version launched in 2011 and has since expanded to include Council Members across the five boroughs. The funded projects must cost at least $50,000, be physical infrastructure in public spaces, and have a lifespan of at least five years. <\/p>\n

Brewer\u2019s office is also looking for volunteers to staff the in-person voting locations. Anyone who can commit a few hours during Vote Week can email Cynthia Hornig at chornig@council.nyc.gov with \u201cPB Volunteer\u201d in the subject line.<\/p>\n

Winning projects will be included in the city\u2019s upcoming Fiscal Year budget in June.<\/p>\n

Have a news tip? Send it to us here!<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Free Upper West Side News, Delivered To Your Inbox Starting this Saturday, residents of the Upper West Side…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":194198,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130,62,6672,6671,6669,6670,6673],"class_list":{"0":"post-194197","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-bronx","8":"tag-bronx","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-nyc","12":"tag-the-bronx","13":"tag-the-bronx-headlines","14":"tag-the-bronx-news","15":"tag-upper-west-side","16":"tag-upper-west-side-manhattan","17":"tag-upper-west-side-new-york","18":"tag-upper-west-side-news","19":"tag-upper-west-side-nyc","20":"tag-upper-west-side-things-to-do"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}