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Get Involved With Census 2020—There Is Still Some Time Left!

Photo by Enayet Raheem [https://unsplash.com/@raheemsphoto?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/2020-census?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] BROOKLYN – It’s not too late to fill out the 2020 census! Starting Saturday, there are

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Just 9 Days To Submit The 2020 Census!

BROOKLYN – There are exactly nine days left to submit the 2020 census! Have you filled yours out yet? Brooklyn is in danger of being undercounted yet again, and the consequences will be significant for the next ten years. Federal funds for things like public education, affordable housing, infrastructure will be

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This Week So Far: Covid-19 In Schools, Century 21 Closing, 2021 Elections

COVID-19 testing outreach workers in Sunset Park last month. (Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office)CENSUS: You have until September 30 to complete your census! NYC residents are woefully weary of being counted, so it seems, and the consequences will be significant, as for the next 10 years federal funds

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Fourth Graders Write Essays To Raise Awareness Of 2020 Census

A student from P.S.257 made this poster to encourage people to fill out the census. (Photo via HITN)BROOKLYN – To encourage residents to fill out the 2020 census and to raise awareness of the need for children to be counted, HITN, a non-profit organization, launched the ¡Tú Cuentas!

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Have You Been Counted Yet?

Census 2020 Graphic. Via the U.S. Census Bureau.There’s a pandemic! And this means we are all staying at home (or at least we should be). While you could be cooking, cleaning, or catching up on our coronavirus reporting, [/tag/coronavirus-2020/] you could also be filling out the

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Kensington & Boro Park Rank Top 5 In Lack Of Internet Access

KENSINGTON/BORO PARK – In a report studying internet access in various neighborhoods across the city ahead of the 2020 census that will mostly be conducted online, Kensington and Boro Park are in the top five lacking access to the internet. According to NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer’s analysis, [https://comptroller.

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SCOTUS Blocks Citizenship Question On Census

In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) decided to currently block a question on the 2020 census that asks for citizenship status. “The reasoned explanation requirement of administrative law, after all, is meant to ensure that agencies offer genuine justifications for important decisions, reasons that

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Fearing Federal Funding Cuts, City Focuses On Counting All Brooklynites In The 2020 Census

BROOKLYN — Five Brooklyn neighborhoods lead the nation in underreported census tracts in 2010, and New York City officials hope they can convince all residents regardless of their status to be counted next year. At stake are congressional seats and lots of federal money. The Census launches in March 2020, but

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Zellnor Myrie’s Inauguration, A New District 20

State Sen.Zellnor Myrie at his in-district inauguration with his mother Marcelina Cummings and State Sen. Michael Gianaris (Screenshot: Myrie’s live Twitter stream)EAST FLATBUSH – State Sen. Zellnor Myrie, who along with several other freshman senators defeated former Independent Democratic Conference (IDC) incumbents, celebrated his inauguration in East Flatbush