It’s Participatory Budgeting season! Each year, we recruit 6th District residents to identify and vote on ways to spend $1 million on long-lasting (“capital”) projects in the district, in the next fiscal year. Sixth District residents age 11 and older can vote on the projects they want to see funded (no ID required) beginning Saturday 3/29 through Sunday 4/6, in person or online at pbnyc.org/vote.

Ballots will be available in person at:

• My District Office – 563 Columbus Ave @87th Street
• St. Agnes Library – 444 Amsterdam Ave btw 81st/82nd Streets
• Riverside Library – 127 Amsterdam Ave btw 65th/66th Streets

We’ll also have a number of pop-up voting locations from Saturday, 3/29 through Tuesday, 4/1:

Saturday, March 29

• 11 am–3 pm, Lincoln Center Public Library for the Performing Arts (40 Lincoln Center Plaza)
• 12 pm–4 pm, Marlene Meyerson JCC (335 Amsterdam Ave @76th Street)
• 2 pm–4 pm, West Side Community Garden (123 W. 89th Street)

Sunday, March 30

• 2 pm–4 pm, West Side Community Garden (123 W. 89th Street)

Monday, March 31

• 12 pm–6pm, Lincoln Center Public Library for the Performing Arts (40 Lincoln Center Plaza)
• 2 pm–4pm, Amsterdam Addition (80 Amsterdam Ave)

Tuesday, April 1

• 12 pm–6 pm, Lincoln Center Public Library for the Performing Arts (40 Lincoln Center Plaza)

The ballot lineup is ready to go, and here are the choices:

• Tree Guard Installation: Install 100 tree guards around street trees throughout the district to protect them from damage, support healthy growth, and enhance the streetscape. $160,000.
• Beautify Broadway Malls: Replace and repair post and chain fencing; repair rotted bench slats on the center medians on Broadway between West 81st to 92nd Streets. $200,000. 
• Bathroom Upgrade: Lillian Weber School of Arts (PS84), 32 West 92nd Street, Renovate two student bathrooms in poor condition to improve existing structures and usability. $300,000. 
• Riverside Park Wall Repair: Restore the retaining wall at West 72nd St between Riverside Dr. / Riverside Blvd. by replacing deteriorating mortar and reinstalling missing stones to improve structural integrity and ensure safety. $100,000. 
• Cooling System Upgrade: Frank McCourt High School, 145 West 84th Street, Upgrade school’s cooling system to enhance climate control, ensuring a more comfortable, safe and conducive learning environment for students and staff. $250,000.
• Gymnasium Cooling System Upgrade: William O’Shea School Complex, 100 West 77th Street. Install a new cooling system in the gymnasium improving comfort and safety for students, staff, and community members including MS247 and MS245. $250,000.
• Auditorium Upgrade: High School for Environmental Studies, 444 West 56th Street, Upgrade auditorium with new equipment and needed structural repairs enhancing student, staff and audience accessibility. $250,000.