N.Y. enacts ‘groundbreaking’ law to change how Asian American populations are counted
State agencies in New York will now be required to break down data for individual ethnic groups under the Asian American Pacific Islander umbrella.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul quietly signed a bill last week requiring state agencies to separate data among different Asian ethnic groups.