AGENCY TESTIMONY
Libraries as polling sites and participatory budgeting
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Dr. McNeil describes NYPL's long-standing initiatives to support democratic processes, including offering branches as polling sites and participating in city council and civic engagement commission's participatory budgeting processes.
- Mentions that four libraries will serve as voting locations in the upcoming November election
- Highlights the library's role in submitting potential projects for participatory budgeting initiatives
- Emphasizes how libraries serve as safe spaces for New Yorkers to generate and discuss ideas for community projects
- Notes that libraries provide venues for citizens to cast votes for their preferred projects
Dr. Brandy McNeil
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Our recent work to inform voters and gay citizens is supplemented by long time initiatives such as offering our branches as polling sites.
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4 of our libraries will serve as voting locations in the upcoming November election.
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We also continue to play a role in participatory budgeting processes with the city council and the civic engagement commission.
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The library not only submits potential projects of its own for these initiatives, but serves as a safe space for New Yorkers to generate and discuss ideas and ultimately cast votes for their projects of choice.
