NYC Moves to Make Racial Data Equity the Law
City Council Passes Landmark Data Equity Bill


Courtesy CACF

NYC Approves Bill to Expand Race, Ethnicity Reporting

By MOHAMED FARGHALY

mfarghaly@queensledger.com

The New York City Council has passed a landmark bill aimed at improving how city agencies collect and report race and ethnicity data, a move advocates say will bring long-overdue visibility to communities that have been overlooked in public policy.

On October 29, the Coalition for Asian American Children and Families (CACF), Councilmember Shekar Krishnan, and leaders from CACF’s Invisible No More campaign gathered to celebrate the passage of Int. 1134, a measure approved by a 46-vote, veto-proof majority. The legislation establishes citywide standards for collecting disaggregated demographic data across seven of the city’s largest agencies, marking what supporters call a