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Council Member Julie Menin introduces legislation for a permanent office of the census
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Council Member Julie Menin introduces legislation (Intro 1225) to create a permanent office of the census in New York City. She emphasizes the importance of census participation for congressional representation and federal funding, highlighting the success of the 2020 census efforts and the need to prepare early for the 2030 census.
- The bill mandates the mayor to create an office of the census and appoint a director 2.5 years before any federal census.
- New York City is projected to lose two congressional seats after the 2030 census without proper preparation.
- Menin announces a conference on April 1st, co-hosted with the Central Labor Council, to prepare for the 2030 census.
Julie Menin
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Thank you, majority leader.
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Today, I'm introducing intro twelve twenty five that will create a permanent office of the census.
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New York is currently projected to lose two congressional seats after the 2030 census.
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This would mean fewer voices in congress to push for our city's priorities and fewer funds for our communities.
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I previously served as the 2020 census director, and in that effort, we had to, in essence, create a new agency out of whole cloth.
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We were able to work with over a 50 community groups on the ground who were their trusted voices in their communities and do over 34 media campaigns in 27 different languages.
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I'm proud to say that New York City finished first of all major cities across the country in the census, meaning that we are currently receiving an extra 1,800,000,000 per year in federal funds to New York City over the next decade.
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That is going to over 200 vital social service programs.
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In addition, every decade since 1950, New York State has lost a minimum of two congressional seats.
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In some decades, lost three, sometimes four, sometimes five seats, never less than two, except for in 2020 when we lost only one seat and we came, as most people know, within 89 people of losing zero congressional seats.
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That is why it is so important that we start now on preparing for the 2030 census.
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My bill mandates that the mayor create an office of the census and appoints a director two and a half years before any federal census.
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I wanna thank the council members that have signed on to this bill, and I wanna invite everyone to join me April 1 where I am proud to cohost a conference with the Central Labor Council on preparing for the 2030 census.
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Thank you.