We created a new page where all of our audio and podcasts live! Now you can easily find the most up to date audio created by the Council Labs team.
What is Participatory Budgeting?
Participatory Budgeting is a democratic process in which community members directly decide how to spend part of a public budget. It’s grassroots democracy at its best. It helps make budget decisions clear and accessible. It gives real power to people who have never before been involved in the political process. And it results in better budget decisions—because who better knows the needs of our community than the people who live there?
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As we continue to build our online presence, one challenge we are faced with is learning how to refine our identity and apply it cohesively to all of our work. We developed a brand guide to act as a central location where we house a live inventory of brand guidelines, assets, UI components, code snippets, developer guidelines, and more.
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We created a new page where all of our videos live! Now you can easily find the most up to date videos created by the Council Labs team.
We worked with the City Council’s Land Use Division to demystify the rezoning process of the Mayor’s Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH) & Zoning for Quality and Affordability (ZQA).
Our explaner has become the authority on what this rezoning means for New Yorkers, what process is, and how residents can get involved.
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Use our snapcode to follow us! We’re sharing behind the scenes stories of City Hall & the Council!
For the first time, @NYCCouncil will be taking your questions live during a City Council hearing.
We’re going social for our @IDNYC oversight hearing at 10:45am! Watch LIVE https://t.co/MMP1jeOdGf & send us your questions w/ #MyIDNYC!
— NYC Council (@NYCCouncil) December 15, 2015
Council social media guru @jazminchavez works Twitter during @IDNYC hearing #MyIDNYC pic.twitter.com/lVkzbLEBTL
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Today, Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and the New York City Council launched the Young Women’s Initiative, a multiplatform coalition aimed at supporting young women in New York City and combating chronic racial and gender inequality in outcomes when it comes to healthcare, education, involvement in the justice system and economic development.
We built a new site and developed a campaign called #SheWillBe to understand the needs of young women.
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