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Title
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The Streets and Byways in All of New York: Stories, Statistics and Styles in a High Immigration Era
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Date / Time / Room
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Sponsor
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Type
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08/15/2002
8:30 AM -
10:20 AM
Room: H-Concourse B
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Section on Government Statistics*, Social Statistics Section*
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Invited
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Organizer:
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Karen A. Woodrow-Lafield,
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Chair:
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Karen A. Woodrow-Lafield,
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Discussant:
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9:55 AM - John Logan, State University of New York, Albany
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Floor Discussion
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10:15 AM
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Description
The transition from industrialized New York to revitalized state and thriving, global city is the focus of these speakers from government and academia. First, new reports from the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service capture the heterogeneity since the new immigration legislation and immigrants' demographic, social, and economic impacts for the nation and states. Second, the particular experience of an upstate city, Utica, in welcoming refugees is characterized in the context of an older, industrial, city facing population decline. Third, New York City demographers are turning their attention to newer and increasing Other Hispanic groups of Dominicans, Mexicans, Ecuadorians, Colombians and others, utilizing traditional and new data sources for policy planning and services. One more contribution focuses on New York City as among the first major cities in mobilizing for citizenship assistance, changing homes and flags, and implications for future population growth. Finally, from a comparative, urban perspective on the changing metropolis, greater meanings and keys are highlighted
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