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Advocates urge New York City to fund permanent census outreach to avoid 2030 undercount
Summary
Community leaders told a New York City Council forum that the city and state must fund permanent census infrastructure, language-access outreach and trusted local messengers to prevent an undercount that would cost neighborhoods federal dollars and representation.
Community leaders and census advocates urged New York City Council leaders at a public forum to invest in sustained, neighborhood-level outreach and permanent census infrastructure to avoid a damaging undercount in the 2030 Census.
"The census is not simply a count. It is a declaration of our presence, of our power, and of our right to resources," said Lurie Daniel Favors, executive director of the Center for Law and Social Justice at Medgar Evers College. Favors said an undercount reduces both federal funding and political representation and called for statewide coalition organizing to ensure Black New Yorkers are fully counted.
Alcia Encarnacion, chair of the immigration committee, warned against adding a citizenship question to the census and framed that…
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