Boston City Councilor Ed Flynn is calling for the participatory budget to be slashed, saying that 11-year-old children shouldn’t be dictating how millions of taxpayer dollars are spent each year in ...

Permanent, weather-resistant concrete game tables and cornhole boards were installed at Kiwanis Family Park last week — ...

When Councilmember Carlos Menchaca gave residents in his Sunset Park-Red Hook district the chance to decide how they wanted to divide up $2 million in city budget funds for neighborhood improvement ...

Brooklyn is a trailblazer when it comes to the city’s participatory budgeting process, according to Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams. On Tuesday, ...

Downtown skate park renovations, public restrooms, and neighborhood murals are among the latest projects getting funding from Durham’s democratic budgeting program.

Americans don’t often have a direct say in how their tax dollars get spent. Those decisions are generally left to elected officials. So, some places have engaged in something called “participatory ...

Cambridge residents voted to allocate $1.06 million toward seven community projects in fiscal 2026. More than 10,000 residents participated in the participatory budget process. Winning projects ...

The Vallejo City Council appointed Vallejo residents to seats on two of the city’s commissions and committees. Ann Adams, Tanya Hall, and Brendan Riley were introduced as appointments to the ...

Steve Dubb: What led you to write Budget Justice—and how would you define the term? Celina Su: I define budget justice as giving everyday residents, especially those from historically marginalized ...

Mayor de Blasio votes in participatory budgeting in 2018 (photo: Michael Appleton/Mayor's office) When New York City voters approved the creation of a Civic Engagement Commission (CEC) in 2018, one of ...

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — More than 6,400 Upper East Siders and Roosevelt Islanders voted on how to allocate $2.75 million in city funding, and the results are in, Councilmember Julie Menin said. Most of ...