AGENCY TESTIMONY
Linguistic diversity of New York City
0:19:26
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110 sec
Kenneth Lo highlights the remarkable linguistic diversity of New York City, emphasizing its historical roots and current significance.
- New York City represents 10% of the world's languages
- 22% of New Yorkers are considered to have limited English proficiency (LEP)
- The LEP population of New York City would be the 4th largest city in the United States if considered separately
Kenneth Lo
0:19:26
And as the chair mentioned, This is a remarkably diverse city in terms of language.
0:19:37
We actually have the copy of language city right up here.
0:19:41
It's a wonderful resource, and it also goes to highlight how not only is New York City diverse in terms of representing 10% of the languages worldwide, but Also explaining how since it's very founding, New York City has been a place of great diversity and it's in the DNA and it's in corp it's it's critical that New York City serves a city with their appropriate infrastructure and their appropriate effort to make sure that New York City continues to be a place that serves all of its cities, all of its residents in an equitable way.
0:20:29
When we talk about language access with city staff, we do highlight the scale and diversity and the breadth of that diversity, not only our 22% of New Yorkers considered draft limited to English, but in terms of scale, That would be roughly the same size as the entire population of Queens or Brooklyn.
0:20:56
And then we also say in national terms, just LAP New York, would be the 4th largest city in the entire United States.
0:21:07
We also have the largest city government in the country, and in government communication is at the core of serving all New Yorkers effectively.
