A half-day conference on the 2020 Census, organized by the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York and the Center for Community and Ethnic Media, was held Wednesday at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY.
Pro-immigration advocates urged the city and the state to double the funds allocated to the 2020 Census, arguing that a thorough counting of all immigrant communities is vital for New York’s political and financial strength, El Diario La Prensa reports.
A year in advance, the city is kicking off a campaign to ensure everyone is counted in the 2020 Census and to mobilize immigrant communities afraid to participate, El Diario La Prensa reports.
According to a Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies report, Ecuadoreans have recently become the largest Latin American community in Jackson Heights and Corona, El Diario La Prensa reports.
The Census Bureau is holding a Media Vendor Day in NYC on April 3, and one in Puerto Rico on April 5. It’s an opportunity for media outlets to learn about how to get Census-related advertising, and they’ll need to file RFPs by May 17.
The new director of the Census for NYC met with the community and ethnic media on March 7 at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY.
Lurie Daniel-Favors, who leads the Brooklyn Complete Count Committee for the upcoming Census, speaks to BK Reader about getting as many residents as possible to fill it in, and the “Check Black” campaign started in response to a major change on the survey.
As demographics change in Glendale, Queens, businesses that once catered to mostly Polish customers must now adapt to serving different communities, reports Nowy Dziennik.
The coalition of organizations New York Counts 2020 urges New Yorkers to weigh in with comments opposing the inclusion of a citizenship question in the 2020 Census.
In a column for The Haitian Times, Garry Pierre-Pierre examines what the “real test” will be for Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte after securing the designation of “Little Haiti” in central Brooklyn.
Experts discussed challenges to the 2020 Census, in New York and beyond, at a panel held by the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law.
The NYC Planning Department has released a new platform, Population FactFinder, to make it easer to access data about NYC.
NYC Council member Brad Lander has co-authored a report recommending 12 steps to begin to desegregate NYC, City Limits reports.
La Voz managing editor Mariel Fiori discusses how Latinos are marginalized “in the news and media in general, not to mention other spaces.”
Can Brooklyn’s “Little Caribbean” also encompass “Little Haiti”? The debate, including some vitriolic comments, tells The Haitian Times’ founder that there is more the community needs to do to achieve economic empowerment.
