Julie Menin discusses
importance of Census
On the fourth episode of her Power
Women series, Schneps Media President
and Publisher Victoria Schneps
interviews Julie Menin, New York
City census director and executive
assistant corporation counsel for
strategic advocacy.
During their chat, Menin
talks about her upbringing
in Washington, D.C., how her
mother’s brave story of coming
the United States influenced
her and how big of an impact
her position will have in the
upcoming census.
Menin’s positions
with the city are
diverse, but go hand in
hand, taking on issues
such as voting rights,
disenfranchisement, gerrymandering
and other things connected to the census.
JULIE MENIN
She has held numerous titles over her
career, including attorney, redistricting
commissioner, the head of consumer
affairs in New York City, commissioner
of the Mayor’s office on media and
entertainment, an adjunct professor at
Columbia University and many others.
The 2020 Census will have a huge
impact on the future of the city and Menin
will have her say in how the citizens
of New York are treated, including the
controversial “citizenship question.”
“Our fear is that it’s really an
attempt to suppress immigrants
and we’re a city that is 38 percent
immigrants,” she said. “We’re
not going to stand for this and
we’re going to stand up and
fight for this.
Menin wants to make
people aware of how
important the census is
to the allocation of over
$800 billion in government
funding.
“If we have an undercount
and people don’t fill out the
census, we’re going to lose
funding for public schools, public housing,
senior citizens, health care… so many
programs that are important to New
Yorkers,” she said.
She wants people to stand up to the
government by taking their five minutes
and filling out the census.
“We have to make sure that New York
City gets the funding it deserves, it’s
rightfully ours,” Menin says.
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