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Erasing Equity: Proposed 2030 Census changes to strip race questions and exclude noncitizens (opens the original)
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The Trump administration once again proposed major changes to the 2030 U.S. Census that could leave out noncitizens and remove questions on race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation. Local organizers are racing to put a stop to it before Black, Brown, immigrant, and marginalized communities are erased from data collection entirely. “The Census touches every piece of New Yorkers’ lives, which is why an accurate count is crucial,” said New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin, who previously served
NYC Electeds call for decarceration and reform in youth detention centers (opens the original)
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Elected officials rallied at the Horizon Juvenile Center in the Bronx on Tuesday, Sept. 22, to call attention to the need for New York City to address the harmful conditions and overcrowding that Black and Brown youth in juvenile detention are facing. “They think these kids are not human,” said Violetta King, 68. She is mother to Mary King, 46, and grandmother to a 15-year-old who is at Horizon. Councilmember Althea Stevens, who chairs the youth committee and the Black steering committee, along
Recapping Brooklyn County Dems saga as party wrestles for new leadership (opens the original)
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Editor’s Note: Elements of this story are ongoing and will be updated online as developments unfold. After weeks of dramatic turmoil, Brooklyn Democratic Party Chair and Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn abruptly decided not to run for reelection in the middle of a lawsuit that overturned her last-minute rule changes. “After six years of steering this historic institution, I am ready to leave the throne and serve as a general among the people,” said Bichotte Hermelyn in a statement on Se
How Mamdani plans to fix years of pay delays in city childcare programs (opens the original)
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New York City’s childcare educators, a workforce primarily composed of women of color, have struggled for years with pay parity and delayed payments. With the renewed push for universal childcare programs from Mayor Zohran Mamdani, are childcare providers finally faring better, or is it more of the same? Mamdani has been working since his first month in office to promote the rollout of the city’s 3K, preK, and new 2K programs this year. Enrollment was pretty much a success, but just ahead of sch
NYC ‘stole’ properties from Black and Brown homeowners in third-party seizures — but now it has to cough up $60M. (opens the original)
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Last week, New York City reached a historic $60 million class action settlement after decades of executing unlawful property seizures under the city’s Third-Party Transfer (TPT) program, which disproportionately impacted Black and Latino homeowners. The lawsuit was initially filed in March of 2019, and gained momentum after a Supreme Court ruling in 2023. The settlement money will go to 64 homeowners that had their properties seized in 2018, although it’s alleged that thousands more were affecte
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