How to spend $1 million: Treyger seeks ideas from residents
Councilmember Mark Treyger has an enticing proposition for his constituents. He is offering them the chance to say how $1 million in city money should be spent in their community. It’s all part of the city’s participatory budgeting process, which is now underway.
Thanks to participatory budgeting, average New Yorkers get the opportunity to have their voices heard when it comes to municipal budget matters. Residents get to propose capital projects and then vote on the best projects for the council district. In the past, residents have voted to install street lights, fix up parks and purchase computers for schools.
Treyger, a Democrat whose council district includes parts of Bensonhurst, Gravesend, Coney Island and Sea Gate, is inviting residents to attend neighborhood assemblies to hear about proposed projects, come up with ideas of their own and then vote for their favorites.
Treyger, who has already hosted one neighborhood assembly, will hold two more on Oct. 27 in Coney Island at Liberation High School (2865 W. 19th St.) and on Nov.10 in Bensonhurst at I.S. 281 (8787 24th Ave.). The sessions begin at 6:30 p.m. Residents can attend whichever is most convenient for them, Treyger said.