Council members invite constituents to vote on budget items
Rooftop gardens, sidewalk repairs, tree plantings, smart boards for schools among choices
Five Brooklyn council members are giving their constituents a chance to have a say in how their tax dollars are spent – including deciding which projects will get city funding – as part of the city’s 2014 participatory budgeting process.
Council members Stephen Levin (D-Greenpoint-Williamsburg), Carlos Menchaca (D-Sunset Park-Red Hook) Brad Lander (D-Park Slope-Windsor Terrace) David Greenfield (D-Borough Park-Midwood-Bensonhurst) and Jumaane Williams (D-Flatbush-Flatlands) have all prepared ballots listing various projects for their constituents to vote on.
The lawmakers have set aside between $1 million and $2 million in discretionary funding and are asking residents who live in their districts to vote on how they want the money spent.