Councilmember Avilés questions MOIA 2030 census preparation

Okay, really quick.

question about the 2030 census, because as we know, it's going to come up a lot faster than we realize.

And, you know, in gearing up for that, knowing how important this is, just wanted to know what MOIA 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 MOIA will play?

Yeah, MOIA 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 the year itself of the census.

So over the past several years, you know, MOIA 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 undercounted communities.

Those same systems are critical for the census outreach as well.

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

Okay, sure.

Thank you.