Dozens of civic-minded Queens residents gathered at Borough Hall on Nov. 10 to submit their ideas to address needs in their communities as part of New York City’s first-ever $5 million citywide participatory budgeting process.
Queens Borough President Donovan Richards welcomed them, as well as a large number of young people, at the Helen Marshall Cultural Center and explained how they could be more involved in how their hard-earned tax dollars are spent by the city government.
