Mayor Eric Adams went to Albany to seek more funding Wednesday, and during the state budget hearing, the discussion turned to the decrease in New York City's Black population. TVJessi takes a closer look at the data.
- Mayor Eric Adams pleaded his case for more funding at a state budget hearing in Albany on Wednesday. During the lengthy hearing, the discussion turned to the decline of the city's Black population.
"We know there has also been historic barriers put in the way of Blacks renting and owning in New York City," added Sen. Cordell Cleare of Harlem.Cleare pointed to a recent New York Times article outlining the disparities in the data. while the city's overall population grew by 7.7% in the past decade, the Black population dropped by 4.5%. Brooklyn lost nearly 70,000 Black residents.
"Even as neighborhoods are being revitalized," Jackson said,"we need to make sure that it's not just a bunch of tear-downs, where what we call legacy residents are displaced."
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