Borough Hall opens 2020 Census assistance center
BY BILL PARRY
With counting for the 2020
Census set to get underway in
mid-March, Borough Hall in
Kew Gardens opened an information
center to help get a
strong count.
The 2020 Census Resource
Center will be open to the public
from March 5 through July
31, offering Queens residents
the ability to access Census outreach
materials, ask questions
of trained volunteers and apply
for 2020 Census-related jobs.
Acting Queens Borough
President Sharon Lee also
continues to accept applications
from non-for-profits
interested in receiving state
funding for Census outreach
efforts in Queens. Electronic
devices will be available at the
center for residents to fill out
the nine-question Census from
online forms upon its launch
on March 12, while U.S. Census
Bureau resources in more
than a dozen languages will be
available for visitors to take
home and distribute to family,
friends, and neighbors. No appointments
are necessary and
walk-ins are welcome.
“It’s all hands on deck for
the 2020 Census,” Lee said.
“We must ensure every single
Queens resident, of every age
and regardless of documentation
status, is counted. When
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An undercount is something
the Borough of Families simply
cannot afford. The future
of our county, city and state
depend on a full and accurate
2020 Census count.”
A controversial citizenship
question will not be on
the 2020 Census, following a
decision by the U.S. Supreme
Court last year to block such
a question from being included.
Documentation status
will have no bearing on any
resident’s ability to fully complete
and submit a Census
questionnaire.
To prevent a repeat of the
substantial undercounts in
various Queens neighborhoods
during the 2010 Census,
which dubiously reported
the borough’s population
rose by only 1,300 people
over the prior decade, then-
Borough President Melinda
Katz first hosted a Census
Town Hall in Nov. 2018 to
propel public discourse and
engagement for the 2020
Census. The census determines
the borough’s representation
in the U.S. House
of Representatives, as well
as how much federal funding
Queens receives for schools,
roads and bridges, health
services and more.
Reach reporter Bill Parry by
e-mail at bparry@schnepsmedia.
com or by phone at (718)
260–4538.
A Census 2020 resource center will open at Queens Borough Hall in Kew Gardens to ensure every
resident is counted. Courtesy of Borough Hall
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