The People's Money (2023-2024)

The People’s Money Initiative is a citywide participatory budgeting process run by the NYC Civic Engagement Commission. Until June 12, 2024, New York City residents ages 11 and older, regardless of immigration status, could vote on how to spend a portion of the city budget to address community needs. Each resident voted on projects that were specific to their borough.

Voting has now concluded, and budget ideas are in process of evaluation.

Scroll down to engage with submitted ideas and learn about borough-specific trends.

1944 total ideas submitted in New York City. . .

277

Manhattan

457

Queens

153

Staten Island

440

The Bronx

617

Brooklyn

. . . across 8 different impact areas

374

Social Services and Accessibility

359

Education

292

Health and Wellbeing

186

Public Safety

185

Environment and Public Space

154

Arts and Culture

123

Civic Engagement

109

Workforce Development

Your Ideas, On a Map

Wordcloud Creation

The following wordclouds display the most popular words used when submitting ideas, separated by boroughs. The larger the word, the more frequently it was used.

Click to enlarge images

Manhattan

Brooklyn

Queens

Staten Island

Bronx

Created in collaboration with the Milstein Program in Technology and Humanity at Cornell University

*This is a work in progress and not endorsed by NYC CEC