Bensonhurstians brainstorm on participatory budgeting projects
Bensonhurstians met at P.S. 205s auditorium on Thursday, November 15, for the participatory budgeting projects first Neighborhood Assembly.
Councilmember David Greenfield is allocating $1 million of his discretionary budget to projects that those in his district would like to see come to fruition one in each of the three neighborhoods his district encompasses. The project must cost more than $35,000 and less than $1 million and has to be a capital project, not something temporary.
Because his district is so widespread, Greenfield has designated Neighborhood Assemblies in Midwood, Borough Park and Bensonhurst and has promised that each group will get its own project. Groups from Midwood and Borough Park have already met; Bensonhursts previously scheduled meeting was postponed due to Hurricane Sandy.