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Council member urges funding to protect New York City's census count, warns citizenship question could cost seats and funding
Summary
A City Council member marked National Census Day, highlighted the city's $40 million 2020 outreach effort and warned that reinstating a citizenship question could depress responses, costing hundreds of millions in federal funds and possibly two to three congressional seats. The speaker also noted the council passed a bill creating a permanent census office and urged more funding ahead of 2030.
On National Census Day, a City Council member told colleagues and advocates in New York that the city must secure more funding and outreach ahead of the 2030 census to avoid a damaging undercount.
The council member said the city's 2020 efforts were decisive: a $40,000,000 city investment, partnerships with more than 150 community organizations, roughly 7,000,000 text messages sent, about 5,000,000 phone calls, and 36 media campaigns in 27 languages. "We want to count every single New Yorker," the council member said, urging continued…
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