Vote On What Red Hook Projects Your Tax Dollars Should Go Toward

RED HOOK, BROOKLYN — Participatory budgeting season starts Saturday, when neighborhood residents can vote on which projects they'd like to see their tax dollars go toward.

Several projects are available in Brooklyn’s 38th District, which includes Red Hook and surrounding neighborhoods and is represented by Councilman Carlos Menchaca. The district historically has one of the highest participatory budgeting turnouts in the city. (See a full district map here.)

"This is yet another year of opportunity for people to come out and participate and engage in how our public dollars are spent," Menchaca told Patch. "I put $2 million every year to make this happen, and every year more and more people engage, with a real sense of hope and possibility that their projects get funded."

(For a list of Gowanus projects, click here.)

Residents over the age of 14 will vote on up to five projects, which will be funded up to the $2 million Menchaca has allocated for the district. Ballots will be available in Chinese, English, Arabic and Spanish

To see the full list of projects available in his district, along with information about when, where and how to vote, click here.