Cornhill, Utica, New York

Cornhill is a community in the center of Utica, New York.

Demographics

Cornhill is home to African Americans, caucasians, Bosnians,[1] Russians, and latinos. Up until the end of slavery in New York State in 1867, African Americans did not live in the city of Utica. African Americans began to migrate from the south to Utica in the early 1940s. With a population of 514 in 1940, Cornhill was still predominately Caucasian. African Americans lived in what was called the second ward of the city, in project style apartments. Over time, they migrated to Cornhill.[2] In the year 2000, according to the government census, the African American population in Cornhill was 13%.

Community planning

In 2003, the Utica municipal housing authority proposed to demolish Washington Courts, project-based apartments located in the second ward. The housing authority proposed a grant to improve Cornhill. Residents from Washington courts would be moved into renovated houses in the Cornhill neighborhood. This was called the Hope VI project. The proportion of African Americans in Cornhill increased from 13% to 43%,[3] with the Caucasian population shifting to the outer edges of the city.

Twenty key leaders of the community organized a Cornhill caring community project.

Crime

According to the 2014 crime index for Cornhill, personal crime in Cornhill is 7% lower than that in Utica as a whole.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.hamilton.edu/blackhistory
  2. ↑ http://www.hamilton.edu/blackhistory
  3. ↑ Our changing population, herkimer and oneida county census
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