The plan lists a wide range of goals, from improving pregnancy-related health outcomes for Black New Yorkers to building more affordable housing.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mandami and the Mayor’s Office of Equity and Racial Justice released the city’s first-ever racial equity plan on Sept. 1. The plan details eight citywide goals with deadlines in 2034, including to increase the production of affordable housing and reduce unemployment rates among Black, Latino and Asian American New Yorkers.
Mandami and MOERJ released a preliminary racial equity plan in April and solicited public comment for 30 days. The MOERJ worked with 45 city agencies to strengthen the plan’s goals, strategies and indicators, Kristen Guglielmo writes for Queens Chronicle.
Additional goals include improving pregnancy-related health outcomes for Black New Yorkers and reducing racial disparities in transportation access by improving bus service to communities experiencing transportation burdens. The plan also looks to reduce NYC’s jail population, operationalize smaller borough-based jail facilities and reduce racial disparities in literacy, numeracy and social-emotional development.
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