{"id":207,"date":"2024-05-17T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/?p=207"},"modified":"2024-06-11T19:31:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T19:31:00","slug":"west-side-rag-upper-west-side-morningside-heights-winning-projects-announced-for-2m-in-city-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/2024\/05\/17\/west-side-rag-upper-west-side-morningside-heights-winning-projects-announced-for-2m-in-city-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"West Side Rag: Upper West Side, Morningside Heights Winning Projects Announced For $2M In City Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westsiderag.com\/2024\/05\/17\/upper-west-side-morningside-heights-winning-projects-announced-for-2m-in-city-funding\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Gus Saltonstall<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The results are in for this year\u2019s cycle of Participatory Budgeting on the Upper West Side and in Morningside Heights.<\/p>\n<p>This week, both Councilmembers Gale Brewer and Shaun Abreu announced the winning neighborhood projects that they will each allocate $1 million in city funds to through this year\u2019s budget.<\/p>\n<p>In recent months, community members submitted Participatory Budget project ideas for both District 6 and 7, which were then whittled down to a set of finalists and voted on by members of the district. The projects that got the most votes will now receive funding in the 2025 New York City budget.<\/p>\n<p>Without further ado, here are the projects that got the green light.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Upper West Side\/Morningside Heights District 7: Shaun Abreu<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Repair steps at 108th Street and Riverside Drive: $250,000<\/li>\n<li>New air conditioners in the Mott Hall II school gym: $500,000<\/li>\n<li>Beautification of Morningside Park: $150,000<\/li>\n<li>Tree planting throughout the Upper West Side\u2019s Community Board 7: $100,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cYou have spoken \u2014 Participatory Budgeting results are in!\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CMShaunAbreu\/status\/1790437898501693919\/photo\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Abreu wrote on social media.<\/a>&nbsp;\u201cWe will be beautifying our green spaces and upgrading our schools in Upper Manhattan. Thank you to all the volunteers, delegates, and residents who participated.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westsiderag.com\/2024\/05\/17\/upper-west-side-morningside-heights-winning-projects-announced-for-2m-in-city-funding\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Gus Saltonstall<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The results are in for this year\u2019s cycle of Participatory Budgeting on the Upper West Side and in Morningside Heights.<\/p>\n<p>This week, both Councilmembers Gale Brewer and Shaun Abreu announced the winning neighborhood projects that they will each allocate $1 million in city funds to through this year\u2019s budget.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/2024\/05\/17\/west-side-rag-upper-west-side-morningside-heights-winning-projects-announced-for-2m-in-city-funding\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":152,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/152"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}