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QUEENS WEEKLY,OCTOBER 13, 2019
City to invest $19M in community-based census education
BY BILL PARRY
The city announced an
unprecedented new grants
program that will engage
in mass education and mobilization
efforts across the
five boroughs to ensure a
complete and accurate count
during the 2020 Census.
The joint investment if
$19 million by the de Blasio
administration and the
City Council marks the
city’s first-ever community
awards program focused on
census-related organizing
and outreach, and the largest
such investment by any
city nationwide.
“New York City will not
be intimidated. We must
stand and be counted,”
Mayor de Blasio said. “With
the help of our partners and
grassroots organizing, I’m
confident we can mobilize
all of New York City’s many
communities and respond to
next year’s census in record
numbers.”
Community-based organizations
will be selected on
the basis of where and with
whom they already have a
strong history of working,
ensuring that awards will
be prioritized to those who
serve communities most at
risk of being undercounted
in 2020. The organizations
are uniquely set up to fight
the spread of misinformation,
convey the importance
of the census, and help
bridge the digital divide that
might prevent New Yorkers
from participating in the
2020 census.
“Getting an accurate
count in the upcoming census
is critical for the future
of our city, since it determines
how hundreds of billions
of federal dollars are
distributed for basic services,
including for hospitals,
schools, roads, affordable
housing, nutrition programs
and more,” Council Speaker
Corey Johnson said. “A complete
count will also send a
strong message to the Trump
administration, which is
continually attacking and
trying to withhold resources
from our diverse communities:
We are not invisible and
we will not be intimidated.”
A proper count is imperative
in that the census will
determine how much representation
the city has in the
U.S. House of Representatives.
“Census data affects the
very core of our democracy
and critical representation
in government,” Congresswoman
Carolyn Maloney
said.
The 2010 Census saw dramatic
undercounts in neighborhoods
with particularly
high immigrant populations
such as East Elmhurst and
Jackson Heights, where
thousands were overlooked.
“Our communities’ resources
and representation
crucially depend on it,” state
Senator Jessica Ramos said.
“I urge New Yorkers to join
us in filling out the census
form, volunteering to help
our neighbors participate,
and applying for local jobs on
the census website in order
to ensure a full count.”
The City University of
New York is a key programmatic
partner in the effort
and it will train hundreds of
students to serve as culturally
and linguistically diverse
ambassadors to promote the
census, educate fellow students,
faculty and staff and
play a key role in NYC Census’
field activities in targeted
communities.
“I cannot stress the importance
of education and
organization around the
participation of all our community
members in Census
2020, and we all must band
together to encourage all
New Yorkers to come out
and be counted,” Assemblywoman
Catalina Cruz said.
“We cannot allow Trump’s
scare tactics to devastate our
communities any longer.”
Reach reporter Bill Parry
by e-mail at bparry@schnepsmedia.
com or by phone
at (718) 260–4538.
The city is making $19 million investment in local community-based organizations to bolster
efforts towards an accurate count. Photo via Shutterstock
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