Menchaca to constituents: You decide how to spend $2 million
Residents of Sunset Park and Red Hook will have a chance to decide how to spend approximately $2 million to be set aside from the next city budget, thanks to the Participatory Budget Process, which their councilman is an active proponent.
Councilmember Carlos Menchaca (D-Sunset Park-Red Hook) announced that he is holding six neighborhood assemblies in September and October to allow residents to learn more about budget projects such as streetlight repairs, technology upgrades at schools and libraries, and park improvements that are proposed by residents, civic organizations and others.
The budget funds will come out of Menchaca’s discretionary budget. Each City Council member receives a discretionary budget allotment to distribute as he or she wishes.