Dominican Groups

Available data from the New York City Department of City Planning indicate that Dominican and the Chinese communities are the top two immigrant groups in the city.
The Dominican group has a population strength of 380,200, compared to that of the Chinese which is about 350,200, according to a December 18, 2013 Press Release from the agency. Sub-Saharan African population is about 4% of the total immigrant population in the city.
I have profiled organizations with services in politics, legal, language, higher education, financial, social services, child care, and religion/cultural/spiritual that give support to the members of these immigrant groups. Arguably, these areas form the crust of any credible literature that focuses on the socioeconomic
Each group, especially the Chinese and Dominican, has a significant amount of organizations that serve its members with these needs. However, in the case of the Sub-Saharan African group, not as much information can be obtained as in the case of the top two.
Political platforms have been used by groups that feel sidelined or discriminated against in the society. Hundreds of examples of how these platforms have culminated into strong political action and pressure groups exist. In most cases, these platforms have been used by immigrants to gain representation in local, state, or federal assemblies. MinKwon Center for Community Action is an Asian political action group and is currently speaking forcefully against the federal government’s immigration policy that targets cities like New York, which is estimated to be hosting 78% of the Asian immigrant population in the U.S.
Legal funds and bar associations have been established by some immigrant groups to cater for their legal needs. For example, the Dominican Bar Association is an organization for legal professionals and law students whose membership is open to persons of Latino