BP Adams Allocates An Extra $100K In Participatory Budgeting Funds For Each Council District

Good news for participatory budgeting (PBNYC) fans: an extra $100,000 is coming our way for Fiscal Year 2017, thanks to a pledge by Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams.

The money is actually one-tenth of Adams’ total pledge of $1 million for all 10 council districts whose councilmembers are participating in PBNYC this year.

This is the fifth year Council Member Brad Lander has been participating. Lander was one of the first Council Members in New York City to participate in PBNYC.

The additional funds means that Brooklyn Borough Hall will now be a universal voting site for all eligible PBNYC voters.

Voting at Borough Hall will be open from Monday, March 28 through Friday, April 1 from 9am-5pm.

Voting at other locations will be open longer — from Saturday, March 26 until Sunday, April 3. All residents 16 years of age or older with proof of residency in a participating council district in Brooklyn will be eligible to vote at this location.

Adams described his decision as an easy one that will “bolster the voices of Brooklynites and help amplify their power to shape their tax dollars are spent in our borough.”

“Thank you to Borough President Adams for pledging $1 million dollars to PBNYC this year,” said Council Member Lander. “More money will allow more projects to win, which in turn helps get more Brooklynites the projects they want in their neighborhoods. As one of the founding members of PBNYC, I’m pleased to see Borough President Adams’s commitment to expanding PBNYC, and I look forward to seeing the projects we’ll fund together.”

Other districts to benefit include those served by CMs Robert Cornegy, Jr.,Laurie Cumbo, Mathieu Eugene, David Greenfield, Stephen Levin, Carlos Menchaca, Antonio Reynoso, Mark Treyger, and Jumaane D. Williams.