Use these questions to think more about how you would describe your community...
  - Where do people in your community gather or socialize?
  - How and where does your community access services (healthcare, transportation, educational services, etc.)?

Examples of activities and services: Shopping areas, schools and universities, libraries, parks, lakes, rivers, places of worship, healthcare services, public transport, local nonprofit organizations, etc.

Your response: One of the landmarks of our town -- probably the heartbeat of our town itself -- is Bergen Line Avenue. It’s a commercial district in our area. Bergenline Avenue also crosses into West New York, Guttenberg, and Union City. Union City is already in a different district. You shouldn’t let West New York be within a separate one as well. Many of our bigger parks and resources are in uptown. The big county park is on the other side of the town. It’s not the largest town, but we're bisected by the road that leads right into the Lincoln Tunnel, so it's difficult to go to the other side of town. As a result, kids in my neighborhood go play sports in Secaucus, which is easy to access

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  - What are the cultural bonds in your community?
  - If your community has a shared history, what is it?

Examples of cultural or historical interests: Religious groups, ethnic groups, languages, age groups, immigration status, historic or arts districts, etc.

Your response: I’m a resident of North Bergen in Legislative District 32. LD 32 is over 75 percent people of color; it’s a majority Latino district, and one of only two in the state. The Asian population is also significant. This district, my district, has also seen significant growth in the past decade.

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  - Where are residents employed?
  - If there are environmental concerns in your community, what are they?

Examples of economic or environmental interests: Tourism industry, agricultural workers, mining town, manufacturing center, polluted natural resource, unemployment problem, etc.

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  - What should politicians and/or map drawers know about your community?
  - What are the needs of your community?
  - Is there anything else you want to tell us about your community?

Examples of needs or concerns: Keep community in the same district or separate into multiple districts, shared policy concerns, need for a social service, relationship to other nearby communities, issues with current district lines

Your response: In order to maintain “one person one vote” standards, we will need to shrink [the district] to comply with the State Constitution -- that means we’re going to have to lose a town or two. That’s fair. But it matters what towns we lose and how we change this district.One other town in this district is Guttenberg. We share a school district, kids in Guttenberg go to North Bergen High School. Consequently, it wouldn’t make sense to have them not be in the same Legislative district as we are.