Get your vote on: participatory budgeting projects in the 33rd Council District

March 28, 2013 Editorial Staff

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BY TOWN SQUARE

City Councilmember Steve Levin has set aside $1 MM for capital projects in District 33. That includes us in Greenpoint/Williamsburg, as well as Park Slope, DUMBO, Brooklyn Heights and Cobble Hill! And WE, the voters, will decide which capital projects will get the money. Folks, it’s easy: the projects with the most votes, will get the $$.

WHAT ARE THE PROJECTS? (Greenpoint/Williamsburg projects are in green)

1) PS 34 Playground restoration & beautification ($120K)
2) PS 31 Technology request ($188K)
3) East River State Park dog run ($450K)
4) Taylor Wythe security upgrade ($200K)
5) Tree guards on N4th, Kent Ave & Nassau Ave ($100K)
6) District-wide Tree Planting ($100K)
7) Warren Houses parking lot repaving ($200K)
8 ) Warren Houses playgrounds upgrades ($300K)
9) Wyckoff Community Center upgrades ($425K)
10) Gowanus Community Center upgrades ($300K)
11) Independence Senior Center kitchen expansion ($100K)
12) Cadman Plaza Park fitness equipment ($70K)
13) Cadman Plaza East comfort station renovation ($300K)
14) Atlantic Avenue cleanup and enhancements ($500K)
15) MS8 Technology request ($200K)
16) PS 38 Playground restoration ($440K)

WHO CAN VOTE? Any resident in District 33, age 16+.

WHEN & WHERE CAN YOU VOTE? (Greenpoint/Williamsburg sites are in green)

Monday, April 1

6 to 8 p.m.: People’s Firehouse, 113 Berry St
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.: CM Levin’s district office, 410 Atlantic Ave
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.: The Moxie Spot, 81 Atlantic Ave

Tuesday, April 2
6 to 8 p.m.: People’s Firehouse, 113 Berry St
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.: CM Levin’s district office, 410 Atlantic Ave
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.: The Moxie Spot, 81 Atlantic Ave

Wednesday, April 3
7:45 to 9:30 a.m.: PS 34, 131 Norman Ave
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.: CM Levin’s district office, 410 Atlantic Ave
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.: The Moxie Spot, 81 Atlantic Ave
6 to 8 p.m.: People’s Firehouse, 113 Berry St
5:30 to 8:30 p.m.: Brooklyn Borough Hall, 209 Joralemon St

Thursday, April 4
6 to 8 p.m.: People’s Firehouse, 113 Berry St
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.: CM Levin’s district office, 410 Atlantic Ave
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.: The Moxie Spot, 81 Atlantic Ave

Friday, April 5
7:30 to 9:30 a.m.: PS 31, 75 Meserole Ave
10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.: Independence Towers Senior Center, 114 Taylor St
7:45 to 9:45 a.m.: PS 8, 37 Hicks St
8 to 10 a.m.: M.S. 8, 105 Johnson St
8 to 10 a.m.: PS 38, 450 Pacific St
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.: CM Levin’s district office, 410 Atlantic Ave
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.: The Moxie Spot, 81 Atlantic Ave

Saturday, April 6
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Greenpoint Library, 107 Norman Ave
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.: People’s Firehouse, 113 Berry St
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.: El Puente Community Center, 80 Clymer St
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Wyckoff Gardens, 266 Wyckoff St
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Fifth Avenue Committee, 621 Degraw St
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.: The Moxie Spot, 81 Atlantic Ave

Sunday, April 7
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.: People’s Firehouse, 113 Berry St
10 a.m. to4:30 p.m.: Independence Towers Senior Center, 114 Taylor
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Wyckoff Gardens, 266 Wyckoff St
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Clark St Community Room, 101 Clark St
11 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Fifth Avenue Committee, 621 Degraw St

This is democracy. WE GET TO DECIDE! SO PLEASE, COME OUT AND VOTE.