South Asians in Queens say proposed redistricting map ignores them

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Despite fast growth, Indo-Caribbean and Punjabi communities say the new district map would fragment them while leaving Black and white conservative districts intact.

113th Street by 95th Avenue in Richmond Hill, Queens currently falls within the 28th Council District. The neighborhood itself falls under multiple council districts.113th Street by 95th Avenue in Richmond Hill, Queens currently falls within the 28th Council District. The neighborhood itself falls under multiple council districts.

This is not just a battle of lines, this is a strategic movement of people that either the commission cares about or they don’t.

Under the New York City Charter, the 15-member commission includes five members appointed by the majority party of the council, currently Democrats, as well as three by the Republican minority, in addition to seven members who are appointed by the mayor. South Asian advocates, however, said that by being divided across multiple council districts, the community’s needs would fail to be addressed.

“We have many folks in Richmond Hill who have green cards who have not been able to get their citizenship – and this is across the Bangladeshi, Punjabi, Guyanese, Trini communities – because they can’t pass the citizenship test,” he said. “English language classes don’t get that level of funding.” Felicia Singh, who lost to Ariola by a wide margin in the District 32 race, said the redistricting process failed to consider the needs of immigrant communities, “where we speak different languages, where we are excluded workers, where we are working class, where we take the train and the bus to work.”

 

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