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YOU Decide How to Spend Taxpayer Dollars

New York City is experiencing a new kind of democracy. Through Participatory Budgeting, residents of eight Council Districts have directly decided how to spend $15 million of public money. From September 2013 to April 2014, community members will be exchanging ideas, working together to turn ideas into project proposals, and voting to decide what proposals get funded.

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Thank You!

District 39 Project Expo2013

To all who voted or attended a project expo, came to an assembly or facilitated a meeting, made phone calls or door-knocked, proposed a project idea or developed one as a budget delegate--to all the participants in and organizers of this year's PBNYC process--congratulations and thank you for another year of making democracy work! We'll see you again at an assembly in September!

And if you weren't able to participate this year because your Council District isn't part of PBNYC, now is the time to organize for Participatory Budgeting in your community! Contact your Council Member or the candidates running for your district's City Council seat, and ask them if they will launch Participatory Budgeting in your district.

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2011-12 Materials & Resources Archive

PBNYC Project Materials

PBNYC Brochure (PDF) - Learn about the project!
PBNYC Handbook Online Version (PDF) and Handbook Print Version (PDF) - The rules on how the process will work this year in all four districts.
New York City Budget 101 Guide (English PDF) - A guide to how the NYC Budget works and how PBNYC fits in to the FY2013 budget process. Also available in Spanish/También availble en Español (PDF).

Neighborhood Assembly Presentation

Budget Delegate Materials

District 8 Budget Delegate Training

District 39 Budget Delegate Training

District 45 Budget Delegate Training