Research


Biographical Sketch

Kenneth B. Pick was a demographic analyst who held prominent positions at both the state legislature and at multiple state agencies. He began his state service working for the Office of the Minority in the State Assembly in 1980, becoming Coordinator for the Director of Operations by 1983. During the 1990s, he worked in both the Office of the Minority and the Legislature's Office of Statistical Information.

In 1998, he left the legislature to work at the Empire State Development Corporation (Bureau of Economic and Demographic Information), the New York State Education Department, and as chief statistician for the Department of Economic Development. From 2010-2014, he returned to the legislature as Executive Director of the New York State Senate/Assembly Puerto Rican and Hispanic Task Force, under Assemblyman Felix W. Ortiz.

His work involved the gathering of data from across the state, usually by region or legislative districts. His research was highly instrumental in helping to develop reapportionment lines and for a number of gubernatorial and legislative transitions. The Puerto Rican and Hispanic Task Force used Pick's expertise in research and demographics to identify communities with growing Hispanic populations and determine the need for policies to help these communities grow economically, educationally, and in the realm of employment opportunity.