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Cuomo announces $60M census investment
BY BILL PARRY
BPARRY@SCHNEPSMEDIA.COM
@QNS
The state will spend as much as $60
million to make sure that every New
Yorker is counted in the upcoming
2020 U.S. Census, announced Governor
Andrew Cuomo.
Resources will be leveraged across
dozens of state agencies, public authorities,
CUNY and SUNY which will
launch a wide-reaching campaign valued
at $40 million that will inform the
public about the need for a full count.
Additionally, $20 million from the
2020 budget will be made available
to support eff orts to reach out to immigrant
communities across the state.
“Counting every New Yorker in the
2020 Census is critical to ensuring we
are accurately represented in Congress
and receive the federal funding
we deserve,” Cuomo said. “While the
federal government has thrown up
roadblock aft er roadblock, spreading
fear among immigrant communities in
the process, in New York we will break
through and make sure that even our
most diffi cult to reach communities
are counted.”
The state support builds on the fi ndings
and recommendations released in
October by the state’s Complete Count
Commission, which held 10 public
hearings and reviewed hundreds of
comments, expert testimonies and
in-depth analysis of previous census
results. The commission found that
the 2020 Census faces unprecedented
challenges.
New York State will invest $60 million in an unprecedented campaign to ensure all New Yorkers are counted in
the 2020 Census. Photo via Shutterstock
For the first time, it will be conducted
online, and while the Trump
administration failed in its efforts
to include a citizenship question, its
attempts to do so spread fear among
immigrant communities. Census data
helps to determine the distribution of
federal funds, including $73 billion
to New York State. This funding supports
programs such as Medicare and
Medicaid, school lunch vouchers, the
children’s health insurance program
and heating assistance in winter.
“The 2020 Census determines critical
funding and representation for New
York State, and we cannot aff ord to get
it wrong,” Congresswoman Carolyn
Maloney said. “I thank Governor Cuomo,
CUNY, SUNY and the state agencies
who are using their resources to
launch a statewide census awareness
campaign to ensure an accurate count
of all New Yorkers.”
States and cities like New York
also use Census data for nearly every
planning decision they make such as
projecting student populations and
designing transportation routes. Businesses
of every size in every sector rely
on census data for strategic planning,
whether to open a new store and where,
whether to launch a new product, or
how to advertise their business.
Maloney elected permanent Oversight committee chair
BY BILL PARRY
BPARRY@SCHNEPSMEDIA.COM
@QNS
The House Democratic Caucus
elected Congresswoman Carolyn
Maloney as the new permanent chair
of the House Committee on Oversight
and Reform, making her the first
woman ever to take the gavel of the
powerful panel. Maloney took over
as acting chair following the death of
Rep. Elijah Cummings last month.
Maloney defeated Virginia Congressman
Gerry Connolly 133 to
86 following an endorsement from
House Majority Whip James Clyburn
of South Carolina.
The Committee of Oversight and
Reform is one of three panels that
are currently investing President
Donald Trump and his administration
in the ongoing House impeachment
inquiry.
“I am deeply humbled and grateful
to my colleagues for entrusting
me with the chairmanship,”
Maloney said. “I’m honored by this
opportunity to do more for the
American people and I will do my
best to follow the honorable example
of Chairman Cummings left for us
all.”
Cummings died on Oct. 17 at the
age 68 from complications from an
ongoing health issue. Maloney, 73,
had been the second-ranked Democrat
on the committee even though
she had seniority over Cummings
when he beat her in the Democratic
Caucus vote for the leadership role.
Maloney has represented western
Queens and parts of Manhattan
and Brooklyn since 1993. She also
serves as the vice chair of the Joint
Economic Committee.
Maloney is a recognized national
leader with extensive accomplishments
on financial services, national
security, the economy, and women’s
issues.
Maloney was also the lead author
of the legislation to fully reauthorize
the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund
and wore an FDNY turnout coat to
all public appearances for a month
advocating for its passage. When
Trump finally signed the bill into law
last July, Maloney was snubbed by
the White House and not invited to
the Rose Garden signing ceremony.
According to The Hill, after she
won the election, Maloney told her
caucus colleagues, “When I came to
Congress, I noticed there were no
women on the walls. There were no
women chairmen. I would always
look, where were the women? So
I never thought I’d have the great
honor of chairing an important
committee here in the United States
Congress.”
The Committee on Oversight and
Reform is the main investigative
committee in the U.S. House of
Representatives. It has authority to
investigate the subjects within the
Committee’s legislative jurisdiction
as well as “any matter” within the
jurisdiction of the other standing
House Committees.
“There’s much work to be done, and
I can’t wait to get started,” Maloney
said.
Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney
becomes the fi rst woman to
ever chair the powerful House
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