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.

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).

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 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.

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.