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http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20141125/NEWS/141129
901/bill-new-yorkers-could-identify-as-multiracial# Bill:New Yorkers could identify as multiracial
A measure before the City Council would allow residents to describe themselves as more than one race on official forms.
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The Cit C!"n#i$ i% #!n%i&erin' a (ea%"re t! a$$!) Ne) Y!r*er% t! i&enti+ a% ("$tira#ia$ !n !++i#ia$ +!r(%.Photo: Bloomberg()%* -- New +orkers may soon be able to i!enti"y themsel,es as more than one race n!er leislation intro!ce! in the 'ity 'oncil on es!ay.
he measre wol! chane !oens o" o""icial !ocments incl!in applications "or pblic hosin reistration with the epartment o" Small siness Ser,ices an! complaint"orms with the cit y3s 'ommission on man &ihts. ocments reire! o" more than 600000 city employees wol! also nee! to be chane!.
'rrently city "orms that ask "or ethnicity or race ha,e "i,e options: 7black not o" ispanic oriin7 33white not o" ispanic oriin7 33ispanic7 33)sian or %aci"ic 8slan!er7 an!7)merican 8n!ian or )laskan nati,e.7
)!,ocates o" the bill belie,e the measre wol! pro,i!e a clearer pictre o" !emoraphics an! allow New +orkers to better reconie their heritae.
78 am 50 8rish 25 orean an! 25 nknown7 sai! 'orey ;ohnson a emocratic city concilman "rom <anhattan who !rew pon his own heritae to champion the bill!rin a rally on the 'ity 'oncil steps. <r. ;ohnson was one o" the co-sponsors o" the bill alon with 'oncilman en allos another <anhattan emocrat.
New +ork 'ity has the hihest mltiracial poplation in the contry. <ore than 625000 city resi!ents i!enti"ie! as more than one race on the 2010 censs.
) spokesman "or <ayor ill !e lasio sai! the mayor looke! "orwar! to re,iewin the l eislation. 8" the measre i s passe! the chanes wol! be a!ministere! by the mayor3so""ice o" operations.
he mayor3s own chil!ren col! be a""ecte! by the measre its spporters pointe! ot. <r. !e lasio who is white i s marrie! to 'hirlane <c'ray who is black.
he =.S. 'enss has permitte! people to mark more than one bo> !enotin race since 2000. 8ts "orm incl!es 14 cateories "or race or ethnicity an! contains a space to write intheir heritae i" it is not alrea!y liste!.
) ,ote on the measre has not yet been sche!le!.
?'opyriht 2014 )ssociate! %ress. )ll rihts reser,e!. his material may not be pblishe! broa!cast rewritten or re!istribte!.
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