Participatory Budgeting Projects

Participatory Budgeting is a democratic process in which community members directly decide how to spend part of a public budget. Council Members choose to join Participatory Budgeting New York City (PBNYC), giving at least $1 million from their budget for the whole community to participate in decision-making. It’s a yearlong process of public meetings, to ensure that people have the time and resources to make informed decisions. Community members discuss local needs and develop proposals to meet these needs. Through a public vote, residents then decide which proposals to fund.

More info can be found at http://council.nyc.gov/pb/

参与式预算是一种民主决策过程，其中社区成员直接决定如何使用一部分公共预算。市议员们选择加入纽约市参与式预算（PBNYC），并从其预算中至少划拨一百万美元，供整个社区参与决策。这是一个为期一年的公共会议过程，以确保人们有充足的时间和资源做出明智的决策。社区成员将就本地需求进行讨论，并制定满足这些需求的提案。随后，通过公开投票，居民将决定资助哪些提案。更多详细信息请参阅http://council.nyc.gov/pb/。