Capital Planning
Why is this proposal on the ballot?
The 2024 Charter Revision Commission reviewed the New York City Charter to ensure its efficiency and responsiveness to all New Yorkers, held public hearings and conducted outreach to solicit public input, and offered the following suggested changes.
What this proposal says:
This proposal would amend the City Charter to require more detail in the annual assessment of City facilities, mandate that facility needs inform capital planning, and update capital planning deadlines.
Voting “Yes” would require more detail when assessing maintenance needs of City facilities, mandate that facility needs inform capital planning, and update capital planning deadlines. Voting “No” leaves laws unchanged.
What this proposal means:
The City must assess the cost of maintaining city facilities, infrastructure, and investments and publish these assessments in capital planning reports.
If this Proposal Passes:
It would expand criteria used to assess maintenance costs for city property. The proposal would also change the due date for capital planning reports and the date for the associated public hearing.
Summary of Statements in Support of Ballot Proposal 5:
The CFB received 2 public comments generally supporting proposal 5. The CFB received no comments from organizations.
Summary of Statements in Opposition of Ballot Proposal 5:
The CFB received 9 public comments opposing proposal 5. The comments cite concerns that the language of Proposal 5 is misleading and that passage of the proposal would fail to improve transparency or the City’s infrastructure planning. The CFB received comments from the following organizations:
- New Yorkers Defending Democracy
- Surveillance Technology Oversight Project
- The Jails Action Coalition and HALT Solitary Campaign (JAC/HALT)
