This is quite fantastic. Those of you who know about the participatory budgeting processes in Brazil (see Avritzer's work on this) initiated by the PT in 80-odd cities, including
Porto Alegre and Belo Horizonte will be ecstatic to see this being duplicated in New York:
http://cdp-ny.org/report/pbreport.pdf
Dr Jon Cloke
LCEDN/MEGS Research Associate
Geography Department
Loughborough University
Loughborough LE11 3TU
