Submitted by isaac on Thu, 2013-02-28 13:30
2012-13
Ballots Cast: 950
Total Allocated: $1,060,000*
Winning Projects:
- Installation of security cameras at a number of sites around the Flatbush Gardens apartment complex - $400,000 (697 votes)
- Creation of a Wi-Fi-enabled, computer-equiped college and career center in the library of the Tilden Education Campus - $350,000 (659 votes)
- Addition of curb extension to Linden Boulevard between East 52nd Street and East 54th Street, a high traffic area for seniors and impaired neighbors - $360,000 (561 votes)
*Additional projects that did not win, but may be funded, pending availability in the Council Member's capital budget:
- Completion of field light installation at Tilden Educational Campus, to increase community usage and improve safety in the surrounding area - $650,000 (4th place, 548 votes)
2011-12
- Installation of two security cameras at several locations district-wide, $400,000
- Funding towards the purchase or renovation of a space for a proposed community resource center, $350,000
- Field lights for Tilden Educational Campus, $350,000
- The installation of floodlights in each part in the district, $150,000
- The purchase of desktops, laptops, a security cart, and a smartboard for students at the CAMBA Beacon Program located at PS 269 Nostrand, $150,000
Additional projects that did not win, but will still be funded:
- Increase streetlights in underpasses
- Additional speed bumps throughout the distric
Sunday, March 25, 2012
1 pm to 5 pm
- Flatbush YMCA
1401 Flatbush Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11210
Monday, March 26, 2012 to Friday, March 30, 2012
11 am to 7 pm
- Councilman Jumaane Williams’ District Office
4517 Avenue D
Brooklyn, NY 11203
Monday, March 26, 2012
6 pm to 9 pm
- Clarendon Road Church
3304 Clarendon Road
Brooklyn, NY 11203
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
5 pm to 8 pm
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
5 pm to 9 pm
- St. Paul Lutheran Church
3913 Avenue J
Brooklyn, NY 11210
Saturday, March 31, 2012
10 am to 3 pm
- Wycoff Farm House
5816 Clarendon Road
Brooklyn, NY 11203
Sunday, April 1, 2012
3 pm to 6 pm
- Young Israel of Avenue K
2818 Avenue K
Brooklyn, NY 11210
Boundaries of the 45th District in Brooklyn
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Sample Ballot
- You may vote for up to five (5) projects.
- You can not vote for the same project more than once.
- Ballots marked with more than five votes are invalid and will not be counted.
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Ballot Design: the Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP), the design firm of MTWTF, and the PBNYC Citywide Steering Committee.
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Submitted by isaac on Wed, 2013-05-22 12:58
Submitted by isaac on Mon, 2013-03-04 15:13
Submitted by josh on Tue, 2012-03-20 12:25
City Limits,
Tue, 2012-02-28 -
Solar panels. Security cameras. A new church roof. There was no shortage of ideas for citizen budget delegates to consider in Councilman Jumaane Williams' district. But not all of them could work.
"What Would YOU Do with $1 Million Dollars?"
Councilman Jumaane Williams' email blasts read like an award notice from Publishers Clearing House. He has signed a $1,000,000 check to fund the first democratically chosen capital project in New York City.
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Voting Dates & Location
Voting will take place between March 25 & April 1 in each district.
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Your chance to plug into your district's neighborhood assembly is this week! All four districts are having a total of seven neighborhood assemblies between Monday 10/24 and Saturday 10/29.
Details are on the Participatory Budgeting Events Calendar!
Submitted by mfs on Mon, 2011-10-24 12:28
NBCNewYork.com,
Tue, 2011-10-18 -
A New York City councilman says he has $1 million to spend -- and he wants his district members to tell him how to use it. Councilman Jumaane D. Williams, who represents the 45th Council District in Brooklyn, announced Sunday he is allocating $1 million from his capital budget for "participatory budgeting."
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