Yes Yes Yes - Vote for NYC Charter Revisions

05/13/2020

ICYMI: Yesterday the title of this piece in the was "First Citywide Participatory Budgeting Program Likely to be Scaled Back due to Coronavirus".

Today it's "on the Chopping Block". 😓

Participatory budgeting was due for a big increase (photo: Jeff Reed/City Council) A new citywide participatory budgeting program, whereby New Yorkers directly decide how to spend city budget money, was meant to be in place by July 1 but may end up being severely limited as the city suffers from the...

03/03/2020

Today!

In 2018, voters overwhelmingly approved citywide participatory budgeting in NYC.

Mayor Bill de Blasio still hasn’t allocated $ for it.

Join us today at City Hall, to demand real money for real democracy.

02/04/2020

Time to fund democracy!

They want HIzzoner to commit $500 million to the effort, which would let New Yorkers decide how to spend taxpayer funds.

09/19/2019

A new proposal to scale up the Yes Yes Yes ballot measures to the federal level:

"These are not only good ideas, but in many cases, proven in the context of my city, and this is the underlying basis of my whole campaign."

08/23/2019

Our democracy is in crisis, and young people are looking for opportunities to use their voices in meaningful ways. Participatory budgeting (PB), which gives students real decision-making power over part of the school budget, has proven to be exactly this kind of transformative process in schools. In...

08/19/2019

Will you help us bring to SXSW?? You have until Friday to vote!

Our democracy is in crisis, and young people are looking for opportunities to use their voices in meaningful ways. Participatory budgeting (PB), which gives students real decision-making power over part of the school budget, has proven to be exactly this kind of transformative process in schools. In...

06/24/2019

Join a conversation about democracy beyond elections, wherever you are via livestream! Happening right now at Civic Hall, including Dr. Sarah Sayeed, Chair of our new Civic Engagement Commission.

Join the Participatory Budgeting Project and Forums @ Civic Hall for the national kick off of the Democracy Beyond Elections campaign. We are convening to bu...

04/25/2019

UPDATE: The Civic Engagement Commission has launched!

We're thrilled to see all of our hard work last November starting to come to fruition!

(photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office) Mayor Bill de Blasio named his eight appointees to a new charter-mandated Civic Engagement Commission on Tuesday, weeks past the April 1 deadline for creating the commission. City Council Speaker Corey Johnson and the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens bo...

02/08/2019

is thrilled to share that applications are now open for the Civic Engagement Commission!

www.gothamgazette.com/city/8265-city-s-new-civic-engagement-commission-set-to-be-named-in-april-is-accepting-applications

https://a002-irm.nyc.gov/EventRegistration/RegForm.aspx?eventGuid=c285dd2d-5cac-4df8-a246-d0e233ec0f5c

NEWS: NYC Civic Engagement Commission Nominations are Open! We're proud of the advocacy we've led w Brad Lander and his team, and an entire coalition of partners working in civic engagement, youth development, language access, good governance, and more. https://a002-irm.nyc.gov/EventRegistration/RegForm.aspx?eventGuid=c285dd2d-5cac-4df8-a246-d0e233ec0f5c

12/11/2018

It's in NYC! The Participatory Budgeting Project and Charter Revision Commission's .i.montalvo are judges for and their incredible youth leaders doing action civics in NYC and Long Island.

11/07/2018

We did it!!! Voters approved in a landslide! You all are amazing!!!

YES YES YES!!! NYC voters just approved 3 ballot proposals to expand democracy! This will change the city charter to put in place bold reforms for campaign finance, civic engagement, community boards & citywide participatory budgeting! Thank you to the hundreds of supporters and leaders who stepped up to make this happen!