3.0 Voting

What happened in Phase 3?

From May 10th through June 25th, 2023, tens of thousands of New Yorkers voted on how to spend part of the city budget to address community needs. Residents had the opportunity to vote online or in person, in multiple languages, at sites across the five boroughs.

              Winning Borough Ideas

           Winning Equity Neighborhood Ideas

Highlights from Phase 3:

• The CEC worked with hundreds of partners and volunteers across the five boroughs on a citywide get out the vote campaign to ensure all eligible New Yorkers had the opportunity to participate. Partners hosted ballot boxes, voting drives, community events, and neighborhood canvases to support this historic civic engagement effort.

               Voting Sites and Events

• The People’s Bus: The CEC’s own People’s Bus was transformed into a giant puppet called, “Tippy: The Tender People's Money Monster.” Adorned with over 2000 tentacles, Tippy traveled to each of the boroughs spreading joy and inviting people to rethink often tender relationships to money.
  

• The Artist’s Collective: In February of 2023, the CEC launched an Open Call in partnership with the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, seeking five artists to help us build the creative identity for The People’s Money Citywide Participatory Budgeting Get Out the Vote campaign. At the CEC, we believe that storytelling is a key component in our work of sharing our lived experiences. Five artists worked with the CEC to connect this process with New Yorkers through a robust, creative lens.