Council Member Elizabeth Crowley announced that this fiscal year, residents of District 30 will be have the opportunity to decide how $1 million in city funding will be used. Starting in September, Crowley hopes to host public meetings in Maspeth, Middle Village, Ridgewood, Glendale and parts of Woodhaven and Woodside.
“This year, I am able to bring Participatory Budgeting to my constituents and give them insight into the often lengthy and sometimes very expensive city budgeting process. This will provide a forum for active engagement between residents and myself to decide on capital projects, and calls for the participation of every community member,” Crowley said.
Voting for uses of the money will close in February 2016 and final decisions will be announced in April 2016.
“We want the district’s participation,” Crowley said. “This budgeting process is by the community, for the community.”
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