The People’s Money is the first Citywide Mayoral participatory budgeting process in New York City, run by the NYC Civic Engagement Commission (CEC). Join the process to decide how a portion of your taxpayer money is spent!

Our City, Our Vote is a coalition that supports expanding municipal voting rights so that legal permanent residents and those with work authorization can vote in local elections in New York City.

Type in your address to this interactive map and find information about your building, neighborhood, and elected officials including a way to find your nearest services, parks, cultural institutions, transportation options, and more.

Explore this interactive website map to see ideas for physical infrastructures projects in your neighborhood. Check out ideas that have been proposed or add your own.

Make a civic engagement plan with this interactive worksheet. You can fill out and brainstorm ideas in this document and start mapping out skills you would like to learn and actions that would support the issues you care about.

This toolkit lists topics and corresponding resources that affect New Yorkers with the goal of equipping NYC residents to be more civically engaged.

Subscribe to the THE CITY's newsletter where different areas of policy are discussed and how they affect the everyday lives of New Yorkers. The CITY is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, online news platform.

Explore and subscribe to newsletters written by City Limits explaining the different issues in NYC and ways policy can influence change in these areas.

Learn what civic engagement means and what actions people can take to become civically engaged.

NOTE: Any testimony, whether oral or written, that you submit to the Council will go in a public record that can be searched by people who want to read/see it.

A series of short video lessons that will teach you the basics of organizing and its role in helping you make change.

Stay up-to-date with New York's policy and politics by subscribing to a newsletter by City & State (which is a media and news organization).

Explore the different types of campaigns and petitions helping to create change worldwide. Sign one (or multiple petitions), or create a petition of your own!

The NYSenate.gov website helps you learn about the lawmaking process of New York; find and follow issues you care about; support, oppose, or follow bills; share additional thoughts on bills; get bill status alerts in your email inbox; and sign petitions.

Open secrets is a nonpartisan, independent and nonprofit research group tracking money in U.S politics and its effect on elections and public policy.

Keep track and learn about how your Representatives in the U.S Senate and House of Representatives vote on policies, bills, and matters that concern resolutions, nominations, treaties and more.

Stay up to date on upcoming hearings being held by the New York City Council in order to stay on top of issues that are important to you and your community.

This platform allows you to find your representatives at the federal, state and local level by simply entering your address in their search bar.

NYC 311 is the official portal of the City of New York to get information about the City (school closures, parking rules), report problems (e.g. noise and heat complaints), look up service requests, and make payments.

Women's Activism NYC is a catalog that documents' success stories in activism–to celebrate womens' accomplishments, and build a collection of stories that inspires other women to create change. You can also share YOUR story here!

Is there an issue in your neighborhood that you want to fix? With this toolkit, map out the stakeholders in your community to identify who you need to engage to get the work done!

On this website, community leaders share stories on how they have started projects to improve their neighborhoods, cultivate a community that helps one another in accessing resources, and motivate others to start projects of their own.

This guide informs New Yorkers on the New York City and its different components. It also explains the different local policymakers responsible for the City and resources to contact regarding issues or concerns about the budget.

IssueVoter is a nonpartisan, nonprofit online platform dedicated to giving everyone a voice in our democracy. This free public service makes civic engagement accessible – allowing users to do things like keep up to date with bills that are being introduced in Congress, and relay their opinions to their representatives.

Inform Your Community provides information on issues and free online events for kids and adults that educate them on social justice issues and current events to build a more informed electorate.

This website provides resources, such as action plans, strategies and core ideas to help citizens mobilize a movement towards racial justice and equity.

A website that offers tips and tools for individuals who are looking to delve deeper into activism and taking action towards campaigning and mobilizing groups for movements. Also a great resource for people who are mobilizing and strategizing online instead of in-person.

On this site you can find out more about issues and bills your New York State Senator is supporting and the bill's status. Bills are also searchable by issue area.

This organizations shines a spotlight on individuals who have made a significant impact to their respective community. It works with people who desire to execute a project and spread the word through outreach and civic participation, ending in documenting their success stories with the help of local artists.

This blog post article provides an overview of grassroots organizing and why it matters.

This video featuring Erica Chenoweth, Frank Stanton Professor of the First Amendment at Harvard Kennedy School, provides a robust introduction to the theory and practice of civil resistance.

Checkbook NYC provides transparency for New Yorkers as it informs them what and where NYC disburses its finances on a fiscal year basis. It also includes breakdowns of top agencies, vendors, contracts and more that receive the most money from the city.

This platform provides you with the latest events that are happening concerning social justice issues, civic engagement, and everything political and civics-related. It also provides petitions for you to sign and opportunities to volunteer.

This crowd-funding platform that helps local leaders or someone with an idea to construct a project – in order to achieve change within or outside of their communities.

NYC OpenData is a platform that offers transparency and publishes free public data on New York City agencies and other partners. It also allows you to access training opportunities and upcoming events.

Track New York State Assembly bills using this searchable database.

This website helps you track active New York State legislation.

This tool helps you track legislation that is currently being discussed by the City Council. The tracker includes the type and status of legislation, the committee involved, the prime sponsor of the bill, and the council member sponsors.

The Guide is designed to help individuals and organizations gain access to low- and no-cost social services, programs, and resources available in each borough. Please share this information and help others in need:

• Brooklyn
• The Bronx
• Manhattan
• Queens
• Staten Island

WAYS TO PARTICIPATE

Whether you are eligible to vote or not, there are many ways you can
participate in the process of electing the representatives of your community.