NYC Civic Engagement Commission

The People’s Money: Boroughwide Idea Generation Sessions

NOVEMBER: THE MONTH AHEAD

THE PEOPLE’S MONEY Citywide Participatory Budgeting

Since launching The People’s Money, the CEC & our 82 partners have held over 370 idea generation sessions, engaging over 8,000 New Yorkers in the participatory budgeting process! We have seen over 900 ideas proposed for the 5 boroughs and over 1,000 ideas for the 33 TRIE neighborhoods. Friday, November 18th is the last day to submit an idea for an expense project in your borough or neighborhood! You can find an updated list of the events that will be happening in your neighborhood and/or borough here. If you can’t make it to a virtual or in-person event, you can also submit an idea online at participate.nyc.gov!

Queens residents still have an opportunity to participate in The People's Money: Boroughwide Idea Generation Session hosted by the CEC, Borough President Richards & Queens Community House! Don’t miss your chance to represent your neighborhood in NYC's first-ever citywide participatory budgeting process.

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Public Meeting

On November 29th we will be holding a virtual public meeting to provide updates to CEC Commissioners and New Yorkers on our core program areas, including the People’s Money: Citywide Participatory Budgeting, as well as highlight the agency’s work to provide language access assistance to voters during the recent November General Election. For more information, please visit the CEC website.

NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION

The 2022 election cycle is officially a wrap! During the November General Election, we were able to offer interpretation services in the following languages at a total of 100 polling locations: Russian, Haitian Creole, Yiddish, Polish, Arabic, Bengali, Cantonese/Mandarin, French, Korean, Urdu, and Italian. We also hosted Get Out The Vote text banking sessions ahead of Early Voting and Election Day to encourage New Yorkers to vote and to inform them of their right to vote in their language!

CEC IN THE NEWS

Language Access at the Polls, Explained, Jeanmarie Evelly, City Limits

Money Matters Asuntos de dinero, Gregg McQueen, Manhattan Times

City Agencies Host Bronx “Idea Generation” Session on “The People’s Money”, Sile Moloney, Norwood News

RECENT EVENTS

The People’s Money: Boroughwide Idea Generation Sessions

Over the past week, we hosted, along with The People’s Bus, a series of Boroughwide Idea Generation Sessions! Five events, one in each borough, invited residents to represent their neighborhood in NYC's first-ever citywide participatory budgeting process by deliberating and submitting ideas to address community needs. Submit your idea online before Nov. 18th: participate.nyc.gov

Participatory Budgeting Ethnic & Community Media Roundtable

The CEC in partnership with the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA) hosted a roundtable at City Hall to discuss “The People’s Money” Participatory Budgeting process with representatives of local ethnic and community media outlets.

DecidimFest: Open Source Technology Summit in Barcelona

CEC Chair & Executive Director, Sarah Sayeed participated in Decidim’s annual summit in Barcelona. The CEC is a leading member of Decidim’s open-source community working to strengthen digital democracy through our platform participate.nyc.gov.

Public Hearing

On Thursday October 20th, the Civic Engagement Commission (CEC) held a public hearing to discuss proposed amendments to the Poll Site Language Assistance Program methodology. Read more about the amended methodology.

CEC IN THE COMMUNITY

Over the past month, the CEC outreach team partnered agencies and organizations across the city, such as: the NYC Racial Justice Commission, Office of Family and Community Empowerment, The Haitian Nurses Network, and the NYC Human Rights Commission among many others to share voter education resources for the November General Election and information about CEC programs.

GET INVOLVED

Follow us on social media and learn about our programs on our website : https://linktr.ee/NYCCEC

Connect with the CEC:

Twitter: @NYCCEC

Instagram: @NYCCEC

Facebook: /NYCCEC

LinkedIn: /NYCCEC

Participate: participate.nyc.gov

Website: nyc.gov/cec

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