The COVID-19 outbreak
and its ongoing impact
on communities shows
just how important local
resources are. Census
data is used for all kinds
of key funding decisions
that keep neighborhoods
functioning – that’s
why the Alliance for
Downtown New York is
spreading the word.
You can go to
mycensus2020.gov any
out the questionnaire.
There are many reasons
helps secure funding for
essential community
healthcare resources,
like hospitals, as well as
playgrounds, schools,
colleges, airports,
bridges, roads, tunnels
and ferries. Not only
that, utility companies
use the census to focus
rate subsidies for poor,
elderly or disabled
customers. Decisions
about the allocation
of firefighting and
policing rescues are also
dependent on census
information.
The Downtown Alliance
is undertaking a broad
marketing campaign to
reach out to the cohorts
of Lower Manhattanites
who are often resistant
Expect to see prompts
your form over the next
few months.
Remember that federal
law protects your info on
the census. The ability
to access your personal
identity is limited to
only a very few Census
professionals.
Let’s make sure that
New York City, and
in particular Lower
Manhattan, is fully
represented in this
year’s census. Fill out the
census (mycensus2020.
gov). It takes just 10
minutes – it’s literally
a once-in-a-decade
opportunity.
FILL OUT THE CENSUS.
IT’S LITERALLY A
ONCEINADECADE
OPPORTUNITY.
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