The dataset reflects applications for discretionary funding to be allocated by the New York City Council

Participatory Budgeting is a democratic process in which community members directly decide how to spend part of a public budget. Council Members choose to join Participatory Budgeting New York City (PBNYC), giving at least $1 million from their budget for the whole community to participate in decision-making. It’s a yearlong process of public meetings, to ensure that people have the time and resources to make informed decisions. Community members discuss local needs and develop proposals to meet these needs. Through a public vote, residents then decide which proposals to fund.

More info can be found at http://council.nyc.gov/pb/

The dataset comes from CouncilStat, which is used by many NYC Council district offices to enter and track constituent cases that can range from issues around affordable housing, to potholes and pedestrian safety. This dataset aggregates the information that individual staff have input. However, district staffs handle a wide range of complex issues. Each offices uses the program differently, and thus records cases, differently and so comparisons between accounts may be difficult. Not all offices use the program. For more info - http://labs.council.nyc/districts/data/

This list contains information on Council Members

Tracking the funding and progress of winning participatory budget projects.

The Council has numerous standing committees that practice oversight of New York City functions, including human services, infrastructure, and government affairs. Each committee is headed by a Council Member (the Chair), includes at least five members, and meets at least once a month. In addition, the Council has several subcommittees, which are convened to review and make recommendations regarding topics of particular interest.

After proposed legislation is heard by its appropriate Committee, it may be voted on and approved at that Committee. If the legislation is passed by Committee, is then sent to be considered by the whole Council. Council Members are assigned to committees through a process that the entire Council votes on.

The NYC City Council Committee Membership dataset is drawn from the City Council's legislative API and updated weekly. Committee membership by City Council Members changes infrequently. This dataset includes committee membership starting Jan 1, 2018.

Committee Descriptions: https://council.nyc.gov/committees/

Github: https://github.com/NewYorkCityCouncil/districts/tree/master/district_data/committees

More info and API Key for Legislative API: https://council.nyc.gov/legislation/api/

Legislative API endpoints utilized for Committee Membership:

1)http://webapi.legistar.com/Help/Api/GET-v1-Client-Bodies
https://webapi.legistar.com/v1/nyc/bodies/?token={}&$filter=(BodyTypeName+eq+'Committee'+or+BodyTypeName+eq+'Subcommittee'+or+BodyTypeName+eq+'Land Use')+and+BodyActiveFlag+eq+1

2)http://webapi.legistar.com/Help/Api/GET-v1-Client-Bodies-BodyId-OfficeRecords
https://webapi.legistar.com/v1/nyc/bodies/{}/officerecords/?token={}&$filter=OfficeRecordStartDate+ge+datetime'{}'+and+OfficeRecordEndDate+eq+datetime'{}

This list contains information on the legislative items introduced and enacted by the Council

This list contains information on committee and full Council meetings

Results of optional anonymous surveys of participatory budgeting participants. Survey data helps inform City Council outreach efforts for participatory budgeting. Surveys are completed either online or in person on paper, after a person has participated. Please note that surveys collected in different years may have slightly different ranges of values. Depending on the year, this may be because the possible range of answers on the questionnaire were changed. Additionally, not all questions were asked in all years. Therefore, survey data is best compared within a survey year, not between survey years.

This data contains survey responses on several questions about people's experiences with our mass transit system. The data was collected by Speaker Corey Johnson, who at the time was also the acting Public Advocate, through in person canvasing at subway stations in all five boroughs and through an online link.

The survey was not conducted on a representative sample. Any missing data is due to the respondent choosing to skip a question.