Community boards of New York City

[1] They advise on land use and zoning, participate in the city budget process, and address service delivery in their district.

The Board of Standards and Appeals generally has jurisdiction over special-use permits of a local nature (along with zoning variances), such as for gas stations, clubs, camps and public utility installations, and its approval process deviates from the ULURP by allowing community and borough boards to review and recommend applications; the City Planning Commission retains jurisdiction for projects that have greater impact or involve planning issues beyond the local neighborhood.

[2][12][13] In practice, boards serve in an outreach and complaint-handling capacity but have little substantive impact on tailoring service delivery.

The information provided in the statements is helpful in allocating and prioritizing infrastructure repairs and improvements, and for delivering services.

Formally boards are supported by the Department of City Planning (DCP) through training, guidance, and compiling its document with additional demographic and district data.

[14] Boards constantly gather needs of improvements to capital investment and government services through its various committees and meetings held throughout the year.

[15] By late October, the final submission is sent to DCP and requests are reviewed by the Mayor's Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

The Mayor releases the preliminary budget by January 16 which includes agency funding recommendations from community board requests.

A month later by February 15, public hearings are held by the boards to create an assessment of responsiveness of the preliminary budget.

[17] Each board is composed of up to 50 volunteer members, with half of the membership appointed by the local borough president each year.

[1] The board members serve for two-year terms, staggered so that half of the full membership is up for appointment each year.

[1] Non-board members may apply to join or work on board committees, which helps provide additional expertise and manpower.

[1][2] While the main responsibility of the district manager's office is to receive complaints from community residents, they also process permits for block parties and street fairs, organize tenants associations, and coordinate neighborhood cleanup programs.

[13] The 1898 Charter of the City of Greater New York gave the Municipal Assembly the power and duty to number and name 22 districts of local improvements, which were at that time coterminous with the senatorial districts of the city but whose boundaries the Municipal Assembly had the power to modify.

[28] The 1963 revision of the New York City Charter extended the Borough of Manhattan's "Community Planning Councils" (est.