Chair Lee Questions 2030 Census Preparations

Thank you.

Thank you.

Um, okay, really quick question about the 2030 census.

Um, because as we know, it's gonna come up a lot faster than we realize, and uh, you know, in gearing up for that, knowing how important this is, um, just wanted to know uh what Moya has done in the past few years to prepare for the upcoming census, and then how are you planning to collaborate with the new Office of Census once it's established and sort of what the role of Moya will play?

Yeah, Moya is really clear.

Unfortunately, the planning for the next you know, for the previous cycle predates my time and most of our teams, but it's really clear to us that ensuring a full and accurate count of immigrant New Yorkers requires long-term sustained groundwork and not just outreach in in the year itself of the census.

So over the past several years, you know, Moya has worked around, you know, expanding language access and strengthening community partnerships, investing in multilingual public education and ethnic media engagement that we believe has helped build the infrastructure that is essential for reaching historically underaccounted communities.

Um those same systems are critical for for the census outreach as well.

Um, and looking forward, um, you know, we are uh uh looking forward to playing an active role in supporting the census efforts by working closely with our community-based organizations and sister agencies.