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As founder of WikiLaw.org, I believe that the Government and its body of law should be transparent for the people it governs. As founder of VoterSearch.org, I believe that protecting your right to vote is essential to an accountable government. As former Co-Chair of Community Board 8's Communication Committee, I worked to open the community board by announcingcommunity board membership applications and ensuring they were widely available at meetings. I have continued my work with Community Board 8's Communication Committee and we have made its television show "Community Board 8 Speaks" available online.

As your City Council member I will continue the work of making City Hall transparent by making its business available online through the web, PDF, podcast, and YouTube like videos. I will openCity Hall by creating NYC.OpenLegislation.org, a local version of OpenCongress.org, where anyone will be able to share their views on all business, in support of the mission of theParticipatory Politics Foundation. City Hall will become accountable to you the people as NYC.OpenLegislation.org, will let you track business before City Hall and how your representative voted on issues of importance to you.

City Council Response to Mayor’s FY17 Preliminary Budget Praised by Kallos

New York, NY – Today, Council Member Ben Kallos, Chair of the Committee on Governmental Operations, applauded the New York City Council’s response to the Mayor’s FY 2017 Preliminary Budget and FY 2016 Preliminary Mayor’s Management Report (PMMR).

“Speaker Mark-Viverito and the Council have put together a broad set of recommendations unified by the principle that our City’s government should serve New Yorkers seamlessly and effectively,” said Council Member Kallos. “By spending taxpayer money wisely and transparently, we can free up needed funds for schools, parks, assistance programs, and public infrastructure.”
Discussed at the Committee on Governmental Operations Preliminary Budget Hearing was:

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All City Services Centralized Online in Proposal by Council Member Kallos

New York, NY – The vast bureaucracy of New York City would be tamed by a new bill that would centralize New Yorkers’ interactions with government through a new mobile app and website personalized to each resident. The legislation authored by Council Member Ben Kallos would allow residents to apply for affordable housing, benefits and jobs, and business licenses, or pay parking tickets, taxes and fines as well as manage their city services all from one account on a mobile app or website.