"For too long, MENA communities have been made invisible by our federal and state government's lack of data collection or lack of disaggregation. By not including categories for these various communities in the Census and not disaggregating the data in our state institutions, the needs of neighbors have been unaccounted for and ignored," stated González-Rojas.
"The legislation sponsored by González-Rojas would separate data for Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) New Yorkers from the white category across state institutions."
"Malikah, an anti-violence organization committed to building safety and power through anti-oppression, self-defense training, and mutual aid, led the coalition for this bill."
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