Workshops set for cooking program
A small, East Harlem-based nonprofit is asking Mott Haven residents for their input to help design a mobile cooking classroom it proposed during this year’s Participatory Budgeting process.
Residents weigh in on budgetary needs
Residents began the Participatory Budgeting process in Mott Haven for the third straight year, proposing neighborhood improvement projects with funding from City Councilwoman Melissa Mark-Viverito's budget.
Participatory budgeting votes tallied
Councilwoman doubles initial allocation to $1.9 million for this year's projects.
Participatory budgeting votes are in
Millbrook Houses in Mott Haven will get long-awaited improvements to its playground on St. Ann's Avenue, and public housing projects across the neighborhood will receive new tamper-proof security cameras as…
Participatory budgeting set for March vote
Ray Figueroa would like to see a solar-powered greenhouse at Millbrook Houses in Mott Haven, with a farmer’s market that would be run by young people from the neighborhood. Some want…
Community budgeting nears decision time
Delegates study proposals, will select projects to fund Residents are eager to know how their decisions will impact the spending of $1 million in tax revenue this winter in Mott…
How to spend a million bucks
Councilmember Melissa Mark-Viverito slapped an imaginary $1 million on the table and asked her constituents what it should be spent on. “Restoring the parks that are here, basketball courts, and…