The voting period for the five Brooklyn City Council districts taking part in this year’s Participatory Budgeting cycle is coming to a close this Sunday, April 10. Here are the districts participating and the projects proposed for each one.
What is participatory budgeting?
Every spring, the mayor and the City Council work together to build the city’s budget for the upcoming fiscal year. Part of that process, which (usually) ends on July 1 when the newly amended budget takes effect, is deciding which organizations will receive a cut of each council member’s capital funds.
