The People's Money (2022-2023)
#Citywidepb Your Voice, Your Decision, Your Money
You will be able to cast your vote for projects starting May 10th! Stay tuned!
About this process
What is The People's Money?
On September 14th 2022, Mayor Adams and the Civic Engagement Commission announced the launch of “The People’s Money” — New York City’s first-ever citywide participatory budgeting (PB) process. All New Yorkers age 11 and up, regardless of immigration status, can decide how to spend $5 million of the city’s budget to address local community needs.
Participatory budgeting is a democratic process in which community members decide how to spend part of a public budget. PB started in Porto Alegre, Brazil in 1989 as an anti-poverty measure. The process has been implemented over 11,600 times in states, cities, counties, schools, and other institutions across the world!
Though NYC City Council members introduced PB back in 2011, and many City Council members currently participate by putting up their own discretionary funding, The People’s Money is the first hcitywide process utilizing Mayoral expense funding. Expense funding can be used for projects and services, and the citywide process allows all New Yorkers to participate, regardless of the council district they live in.
To learn more about the People’s Money’s phases and opportunities to get involved, navigate and click on each tab shown above. The process is currently in Phase 3: Voting.
What happens next in The People’s Money?
.... the Voting Phase!
From May 10th through June 25th, 2023, all New Yorkers, ages 11 or up, regardless of immigration status, can vote to fund projects in their borough and/or neighborhood. Residents will enter their zip codes to determine the ballot they receive.
How to Vote:
Online Ballot: Voting online is easy. Starting May 10th, visit on.nyc.gov/pb and follow the steps below.
- Select the language you want to vote in.
- Enter your zip code of residence.
- Enter your cell phone number to receive a code to validate you are only voting once. Please note: your phone number will not be stored or accessed by the CEC.
- Read through the projects on your ballot and select the projects you want to vote for. At the bottom of the page, click submit when you are done.
- After voting, you will be asked to complete an optional survey.
Paper Ballot: Voting in person is also easy! Starting May 10th, see where you can vote below:
- Visit a vote site in your neighborhood. See the list of sites available.
- Visit us at one of our pop-up vote events: on.nyc.gov/pbvoteevents
How Can I Help Spread the Word?
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Post Online: Everyone can use the CEC’s digital toolkit to post on social media and email their networks. View here: on.nyc.gov/pbvotetoolkit
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For Organizations: Organizations and groups can invite CEC staff to attend their event/meeting/forum to lead a voting activity, or groups can request paper ballots to organize their own activities. Sign up here: on.nyc.gov/pbvoterequest
- For Individuals: Individuals can volunteer with us to canvass and table at our pop-up events with paper ballots! Sign up here: on.nyc.gov/cecvolunteer
Borough Ideas See all proposals (2023)
What problem would you like to solve?Lack of vocational training opportunities for people who...
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Created at
10/13/2022 -
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What problem would you like to solve?Young Adult and Children Programs.Why is it important to...
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Created at
10/05/2022 -
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What problem would you like to solve?Only 57% of residents in Bronx Community District #1 feel...
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Created at
11/16/2022 -
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What problem would you like to solve?Youth ServicesWhy is it important to solve? Why is it...
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Created at
10/05/2022 -
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Equity Neighborhood Ideas See all proposals (2116)
What problem would you like to solve?The USDA provides the services but the people in the...
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Created at
11/02/2022 -
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What problem would you like to solve?Older youth programWhy is it important to solve? Why is it...
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Created at
09/27/2022 -
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What problem would you like to solve?Social media has led to an increase in a lack of...
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Created at
10/18/2022 -
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What problem would you like to solve?To find programs to combat gunviolenceWhy is it important to...
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Created at
11/18/2022 -
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Related processes
Participate in The People's Money, the TRIE Neighborhood Initiative PB process!
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Start date
05/03/2021 -
End date
06/30/2022
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Created at
04/19/2021 -
Start date
September 15, 2022
End date
August 18, 2023
Reference: CEC-PART-2022-08-33
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