Black, Latino & Asian Caucus

08/04/2021

This learned Black women in NYC’s workforce earn 1.9% less in salary compared to white male counterparts.

Pay inequity creates obstacles to upward mobility that makes Black families more likely to endure significantly greater financial burdens, and suffer other forms of hardship.

It’s not enough to acknowledge these disparities. We must summon the political will to reconcile with our past timidity in addressing them, then work to expose the root causes, and drive them out for good.

07/09/2021

voted overwhelmingly to adopt an FY22 budget that sets our historically underserved and COVID-ravaged communities of color on a path to renewal, and takes steps to address outstanding concerns about racial equity in key pillars of our society.

04/12/2021

رمضان_كريم ! تصوموا وتفطروا علي خير #

To Muslims around the world celebrating the Holy month of Ramadan, BLAC
wishes you and yours a blessed month

04/12/2021

In partnership with the City to cultivate an that is both diverse and reflective of the communities of color it serves, we encourage our fellow New Yorkers to register for the June 2021 Police Office Exam.

To sign-up, go to nyc.gov/oasys

03/08/2021

To all the women who’ve been told they are too loud, too bossy, too difficult, or too much, we’re proud to celebrate you for continuing to lead by example. For paving the way for newer generations to be able to leave their mark on the world. Happy

02/16/2021

We're livid for halting its prosecution of Amy Cooper, which serves to validate the notion that white privilege shields offenders like her from penalties justice-involved persons of color would otherwise be subject.

02/01/2021

The same neglect and lack of equity that proved disproportionately fatal to New Yorkers of color at the beginning of COVID is now apparent at the stage most critical to determining the outcome of this crisis: vaccination.

01/17/2021

For his 92nd birthday, members of the New York City Council's Black, Latino and Asian Caucus reflect on the life and legacy of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr through the prism of the grueling but triumphant year of 2020 that saw descendants of the movement assemble to both defend Black lives and preserve the future of American democracy while in the midst of a withering global pandemic and under the dual threat of voter suppression and armed insurrection

01/15/2021

Statement on AG James Lawsuit for Federal NYPD Monitor.

01/07/2021

A violent mob stoked by lies and poisonous rhetoric stormed the U.S. Capitol in a futile but deadly attempt to overthrow our democratically elected government.

01/06/2021

The decision to not file charges against Kenosha Police Department Officer Rusten Sheskey for shooting Jacob Blake is unsurprising but bitterly disappointing. A white officer shooting a Black man several times in the back is an outrage by any standard. It's unacceptable that Kenosha County wavered in holding this officer accountable because it presumed he acted in "self-defense." Acceptance of such claims adds to the trauma suffered by generations of Black Americans, and denies them any hope of equal justice now or in the future.

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin prosecutor declined Tuesday to file charges against a white police officer who shot a Black man in the back in Kenosha, concluding he couldn't disprove the...