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 Proposals on how to spend the funding include $400,000 to move and improve a composting site in Queensbridge Baby Park.
Proposals on how to spend the funding include $400,000 to move and improve a composting site in Queensbridge Baby Park.
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LONG ISLAND CITY — What changes do you want to see in your neighborhood? 

Beginning April 11, residents in City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer's district — which includes Long Island City, Woodside, Sunnyside and parts of Astoria — will cast their votes on what kind local projects they want to see get $1 million.

There are 27 projects up for funding, including proposals to install a new sprinkler at Woodside Housesnew rubber matting for the jungle gyms at the Queensbridge Houses and resurfacing the cracked, uneven play area at P.S. 112.

Other bids include funding for security cameras at the Ravenswood, Queensbridge and Woodside Houses, as well as for the Bryant High School campus, to cover the perimeter of the school.

The list of proposals were whittled down from hundreds of ideas suggested by residents at meetings in the district last year.

"The proposals span a wide variety of community capital projects that residents truly care about," Van Bramer said in a statement.

Other options are spending $100,000 to install Bus Time countdown clocks around the district, $250,000 to renovate the auditorium at Newcomers High School and $400,000 to move and improve the composting site at Queensbridge Baby Park.

A full list of items on the ballot can be viewed here, and residents can learn more about each one at a "Project Expo" the councilman is hosting April 6 at Sunnyside Community Services, from 7 to 9 p.m.

Residents can cast their votes for their favorite project at various locations around the district from April 11 to 19.

Participatory budgeting is also taking place in nearby Council District 22, which covers Astoria, where proposals include funding a dog run and a rooftop playground.