From Roosevelt Island’s New York City Council Member Ben Kallos:
Participatory Budgeting Neighborhood Assembly at Roosevelt Island Senior Center
Date:
Tuesday, October 7, 2014 – 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Location
Roosevelt Island Senior Center
546 Main Street
New York, NY 10044
Participatory budgeting empowers you to decide how one million of your tax dollars get spent.
Whether youre passionate about green space, improving housing conditions or senior services, participatory budgeting allows you to come up with creative ideas and champion them for the good of the community.
Join us at an upcoming Neighborhood Assembly to learn more and get involved:…
More on NYC Participatory Budgeting from previous post.
Also, during Roosevelt Island Residents Association (RIRA) October 1 Public Session, Council Member Kallos staffer for Roosevelt Island Joe Strong explained the NYC Participatory Budgeting process to RIRA Common Council Members.
Here’s what Mr. Strong had to say.
More information on Participatory Budgeting at PBNYC and video below.
Real Money, Real Power: Participatory Budgeting from PBP on Vimeo.
Participatory budgeting in not new to Roosevelt Island. We have been using it for years to allocate $100 Thousand Public Purpose Funds annually.
UPDATE 9:45 PM – NYC Council Member Ben Kallos attended tonight’s Roosevelt Island Participatory Budget Assembly. Here’s what he had to say.
Prior to Mr. Kallos speaking, Kallos Roosevelt Island staffer Joe Strong introduced Roosevelt Island residents to the Participatory Budgeting process.
Will have the break out sessions with suggestions for projects to be funded later.
UPDATE 10/8 – Projects eligible to be funded through the Participatory Budgeting process must be for Capital Projects only, meaning brick and mortar, not services, and be greater than $35,000.
Among the suggestions for Roosevelt Island projects to be funded through the Participatory Budgeting process were:
Also suggested, in a half joking manner, were a new Roosevelt Island subway line and an elevator/stairway from Roosevelt Island to the Queensboro Bridge.
Mr. Kallos advised that volunteers who are passionate about any of these projects are needed to champion them through the Participatory Budgeting process.
Here’s excerpts
from the Roosevelt Island Participatory Budgeting Assembly Break-Out Sessions
UPDATE 2 PM – You can volunteer or add suggestions for projects to be funded here.
