Census Count Going Poorly in New York, Says City’s Immigrant Affairs Chief
A Bloomberg administration official says the number of New Yorkers who have mailed back their completed census forms “is horribly low right now.”
A Bloomberg administration official says the number of New Yorkers who have mailed back their completed census forms “is horribly low right now.”
After low participation in the 2000 Census, one Brooklyn neighborhood struggles to provide its predominantly Hispanic residents with basic services. Also: Reporter Annie Correal on The Brian Lehrer Show.
Amid talk of statistics and maps of hard-to-count neighborhoods, guests on WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show find time to show a little humor.
Fi2W launches its project on the Census with a radio piece and a live conversation on WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show on hard-to-reach immigrant households.
Census representatives made a plea to New York ethnic journalists to help them spread the message that every New Yorker will benefit from the 2010 Census, even undocumented immigrants. City officials and immigrant organizations supported the initiative, during a press…