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The new PB video from Meerkat Media Collective just won 3rd place (out of 428 submissions!) in the Looking@Democracy challenge! "This beautifully produced short film shows us that a more participatory democracy is possible in communities across America, today.” - Looking@Democracy judge Ian Inaba


Re-Inventing Democracy Through Participatory Budgeting
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Participatory Budgeting (PB) is a democratic process in which community members directly decide how ...

Join us at 2 NYC conferences today - Left Forum and Planners Network's Beyond Resilience! http://justmetropolis.org/ http://www.leftforum.org/ w The Participatory Budgeting Project Community Voices Heard Right To The City Alliance Pratt Center for Community Development

#PBNYC will be in the house at the Left Forum this weekend!! Join us for "Economic Democracy in Action" @ 3:40 pm on Saturday and "Reinventing Democracy through PB" on Saturday @ 5:30 pm. With Community Voices Heard, The Participatory Budgeting Project, Right To The City Alliance. See you there!!

Want to get involved in participatory budgeting? Become an intern in New York City! Several internship positions are open for Fall 2013- apply now!


Fall Internship Opportunities
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PB is spreading! Check out the news on PB votes in Vallejo and Chicago, the international PB conference, upcoming events, and more


PBP News: 20,000 people, $16.7 million, 91 projects
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This month, participatory budgeting in Vallejo and Chicago wrapped up with public votes. Together with the PB processes in New York and San Francisco, 20,000 people voted this year to allocate over $16.7 million for 91 community projects that were developed by residents. Working with dozens of partn...

Looking for library funding? The Charles H. Revson Foundation, in association with WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show, just announced the NYC Neighborhood Library Awards. A panel of experts will pick five branch libraries to receive $10,000 each. If only there were some way to engage the public in making such funding decisions too... ;)


NYC Neighborhood Library Awards : Fellowships : Revson
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Check out the new budget participation tool from Comptroller John C. Liu - and the proposal to expand PBNYC to all the Council Districts!


The People's Budget NYC
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The People's Budget NYC is a series of proposals for revenue growth, cost savings, and new investments.

Congratulations Participatory Budgeting Vallejo! In the 1st city-wide PB process in the US, in a city much smaller than any NYC district, nearly 4,000 residents voted to fund 12 projects using over $3.2 million allocated by City Council. Winning projects include street lighting & repairs, college counselors & scholarships, small business grants, and much more: http://www.pbvallejo.org/vote-results.html


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Congratulations Vallejo! Nearly 4,000 residents turned out to vote for their top projects through PB Vallejo. You made history, putting Vallejo on the map as a national model for innovation and democracy! In the 1st city-wide PB process in the country, you voted to fund 12 projects using over $3.2 million allocated by City Council. Full vote results: http://www.pbvallejo.org/vote-results.html

Check out the amazing new PB video, featuring lots of PBNYC superstars! Then like, share, and tweet to spread the word, and vote to help win a share of $100,000 for the movement.


Re-Inventing Democracy Through Participatory Budgeting
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Watch this brand new video to learn about “the greatest wave of democracy coming into the United States”. It’s real money, real power! Then like, share, tweet, and vote to spread the word.

Exciting forum at The New School on #PBNYC on May 8th! RSVP to learn more about how the process went and what's in store for the future.


Participatory Budgeting in NYC: Thinking Critically and Looking Forward
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UPCOMING EVENTParticipatory Budgeting in NYC: Thinking Critically and Looking Forward Participatory Budgeting in NYC: Thinking Critically and Looking Forward Presented by the Center for New York City Affairs at The New School. New York City is experiencing a new kind of democra...

Mark S. Weprin's new op-ed on the past year of PB: "The wave of positive responses I received from constituents attests to how PB empowers communities, cultivates civic engagement and encourages young people to get involved in the democratic process."


Participatory budgeting shines in eastern Queens
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Over the past eight months, the residents of eastern Queens embarked on a new and unusual way to decide how $1 million of government funds would get spent. The results exceeded my expectations and once again proved the value of public participation in government.

NY Daily News reports on the over 3,000 Queens residents who helped decide how THEIR tax dollars should be spent by VOTING in #PBNYC this year!!!


http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/queens-residents-weigh-3-million-neighborhood-capital-pro
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Help finish an amazing new PB intro video - and take advantage of matching funds this week only!!


Help launch the new PB Video (Matching funds this week only for donations)
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Are you looking for a recap of all the exciting details of year 2 of #PBNYC??? Look no further :)


Press Release: PBNYC Vote Results 2013
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» Press Release: PBNYC Vote Results 2013 | Empowering Communities and Deepening Democracy

PB in the NY Daily News: "Participatory budgeting is democracy in action, and one effective tool in cleaning up our city. The mayor, City Council and other elected officials should support the expansion of this successful experiment and set the tone for a new future in New York."


Be Our Guest: Participatory budgeting gives voters a voice in government spending and could curb cor
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The latest New York political scandals erupting into public view, added a City Council member, a state Senator, at least one Assemblyman and two party officials to a growing list of allegedly corrupt figures statewide.

#PBNYC results are in from Council Member Mark S. Weprin District 23!!! Glen Oaks Volunteer Ambulance Corps emergency equipment, Queens County Farm Museum roof repair, Martin Van Buren High School Technology Upgrade, Portable Security Cameras, Cunningham Park enhancement of picnic area, Cunningham Park music stage.


Weprin Announces Winning Participatory Budgeting Proposals
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Queens County Farm Museum and Cunningham Park are among sites that will receive a total $1 million through participatory budgeting process.

Congratulations to Melissa Mark-Viverito and District 8 for investing over $1.9 million through PB, to these 6 exciting projects!


East Harlem residents decide how to allocate more than $1.9 million in city capital funds
www.nydailynews.com
The basketball courts at East Harlem's Jefferson Park are usually packed, but over the years the neighborhood ballplayers have grown accustomed to shooting hoops in deteriorating conditions, on cracked pavement.

Benjamin Kallos asks "whether participatory budgeting should be mandatory and if it should be the sole vehicle for distribution of all member item funding." What do you think?


Op-Ed: Fight Member Item Corruption Using Participatory Budgeting
www.gothamgazette.com
Last week’s events call attention to the importance that each one of the fifty-one members of the city’s only legislature have in determining how we as a city spend $77. llion dollars, comprising the fourth largest budget in the country after the federal, California, and New York State budgets....

#PBNYC results in District 33 are in!! 1,000 new trees, technology for schools, park and playground revamping among the winners. Over 2,600 voters! Great work done by all the dedicated volunteers, staff and Council Member Stephen Levin!!


http://stephenlevin33.tumblr.com/post/47592707242/announcing-the-participatory-budgeting-winning-pro
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Big excitement in District 8 tonight!! #PBNYC results: school laptops, security cameras, solar powered green house, mobile cooking classroom, basketball court renovation. Over $1.9 mil funded!! 1780 voters have spoken!!


PBNYC Voting 2013