Last month, Brooklynites voted on how their elected officials should spend their money – and now, the borough president is helping fund some of those projects that didn’t quite make the cut. Brooklyn ...

Steve Dubb: What led you to write Budget Justice—and how would you define the term? Celina Su: I define budget justice as giving everyday residents, especially those from historically marginalized ...

When Councilmember Carlos Menchaca gave residents in his Sunset Park-Red Hook district the chance to decide how they wanted to divide up $2 million in city budget funds for neighborhood improvement ...

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — More than 6,400 Upper East Siders and Roosevelt Islanders voted on how to allocate $2.75 million in city funding, and the results are in, Councilmember Julie Menin said. Most of ...

The African American Roundtable held a brainstorming session last weekend to explain what participatory budgeting was and what ideas residents wanted to see funded. This week, Milwaukee’s Common ...

In Saratoga Springs, $50,000 of city money has been set aside this year for a process known as participatory budgeting. The program allows residents to pick which projects proposed by fellow citizens ...

Two weeks every June in Boston, you’ll find thousands of young folks between 12 and 25 gathering in schools, parks, malls and libraries to practice the art of democracy. Thanks to the mayor, young ...

Slavic Village, one Cleveland’s oldest neighborhoods, will be the test site of the People’s Budget’s pilot project. It will give residents the option to vote on how to spend about $100,000 of private ...

Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu urges citizen involvement in shaping the 2026-27 state budget, emphasizing a more inclusive and participatory approach. Public suggestions are solicited to ...