The first participatory budgeting period in years closes Sunday, leaving only a few hours left for New Yorkers 11 years and older to decide how the city council spends $30 million. Nearly 30 members ...

You could have a hand in where some of NYC's dollars end up, thanks to a new citywide budgeting process. It’s called “The People’s Money,” a “participatory budgeting” initiative brought to life in ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. In this excerpt from “Hyperlocal: Place Governance in a ...

In Chicago’s 49th Ward, the sidewalks were cracked, broken and difficult to navigate. Residents wanted them fixed. So in an unusual experiment, Alderman Joe Moore gave them money -- $1.3 million to be ...

(TNS) — The gnarled roots of centenarian trees push through concrete sidewalks throughout the neighborhoods of Freehold Borough in Monmouth County, N.J. The municipality once helped pay the costs of ...

In April, the New York City Council completed its eighth annual cycle of participatory budgeting, a process through which city residents vote directly on how they would like to see a designated ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Tens of thousands of Chicagoans cannot vote in local elections due to their immigration status. The overwhelming majority are from Latin America. Still, there is a way for some ...

Both Councilman Brad Lander and Shehab Chowdhury, one of the volunteer facilitators, tried to put it politely, but arts-related projects haven’t fared well in the participatory budgeting process in ...

Participatory budgeting, a process that allows citizens a say in how public money is spent, is a fast-growing local governance trend in the U.S. Just one council district used the process in the ...

Rebecca Wei lives in Rogers Park, and like many Chicagoans, she takes the ‘L’ everywhere. “I pass by the Morse ‘L’ stop twice a day, every day, and once or twice a year, there’s a guy standing there ...

CLEVELAND – Last week’s midterm elections united millions of Ohio voters, despite all our differences, around the simple idea at the heart of democracy: Our voice matters. Yet in Cleveland, voter ...