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GREENPOINT | WILLIAMSBURG
VOLUME 46 | NUMBER 14
APRIL 12, 2018
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Residents can now vote to fund community projects in their neighborhood using LinkNYC kiosks, like this one on Henry Street in Brooklyn Heights. Brooklyn Eagle photo by Mary Frost
New, Electronic Voting Method To Fund Local Projects Might Draw More Citizens Into Public Decision Making High-Tech Kiosks on Streets Or Vote on Home Computers By Mary Frost
Greenpoint Gazette
L Train Construction Already Affecting Local Businesses The area near North 7th Street, Driggs Avenue and Bedford Avenue is currently filled with construction workers, machines and trucks and has started to affect local businesses in the neighborhood. Above, Construction workers, machinery, and trucks occupy much of North 7th Street and Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg. See page 7INB inside. Photo by Alex Wieckowski
People who live in seven Brooklyn Community Council districts can now vote to fund community projects using LinkNYC kiosks. As part of the Participatory Budgeting initiative, the 9-1/2-foot-tall sidewalk kiosks allow residents 14 and older to decide how to spend $1 million of the public budget in their neighborhoods. LinkNYC kiosks have been installed in roughly 10 Brooklyn neighborhoods, but voters can use the Links in any area to vote.
You can vote for as many as five of your favorite proposals. Projects — like improvements to schools, parks, libraries and other public spaces — have been brainstormed by community members. In Councilmember Stephen Levin’s District 30, for example (Greenpoint-WilliamsburgBrooklyn Heights), projects under consideration include improving the bathrooms at George Westinghouse High School, making permanent the bike path from Brooklyn Bridge Park to Columbia Street, buying new computers See back page
Domino Park Will Open in June on the Williamsburg Waterfront ... See inside back page