Even as the New York metropolitan area has become more diverse as a
whole, individual neighborhoods have remained stubbornly resistant to
racial integration.
All reports submitted by the County pursuant to Consent Decree are required to be publicly available, but neither HUD or its Monitor -- nor Westchester County -- has posted the latest one. ADC makes it available here.
A year after the Consent Decree was entered, Westchester shows every indication of its intention to continue to defy the lawful order of a federal court, and those with the governmental authority and responsibility to seek to vindicate that order have failed to do so.
"Accurate census data is necessary for equal representation in Congress, compliance with 'one person, one vote,' the fair distribution of federal dollars, and effective enforcement of civil rights law."
"Some object to the census asking questions about sex and race and view them as intrusions on privacy. Federal law, however, prohibits the use of census data for any purpose other than the statistical purposes for which it is collected and prohibits anyone other than authorized agents of the census to examine individual reports. The Census Bureau has a strong record of protecting confidential information."
"Accurate census data is necessary for equal representation in Congress, compliance with 'one person, one vote,' the fair distribution of federal dollars, and effective enforcement of civil rights law."
"Some object to the census asking questions about sex and race and view them as intrusions on privacy. Federal law, however, prohibits the use of census data for any purpose other than the statistical purposes for which it is collected and prohibits anyone other than authorized agents of the census to examine individual reports. The Census Bureau has a strong record of protecting confidential information."
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