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For Your ReadingApril 22, 2010 4:46pm

Census Update

In a follow up to Al’s post, Senator’s Gillibrand’s post and Taylor’s post,the Times reported yesterday that “New York City’s mail participation rate was 59 percent, compared with the 57 percent rate recorded a decade ago.”

Some neighberhood by neighberhood breakdowns:

An examination of neighborhoods showed that a census tract near Todt Hill on Staten Island had a response rate of 84 percent, the highest in the city.

While a relatively well-to-do tract in Douglaston,

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Zac Townsend
For Your Reading, Take ActionApril 12, 2010 3:00pm

New York, Be Counted!

This Friday, April 16th, is the deadline for mailing in your US Census form. If you haven’t yet, please take 10 minutes to fill out the form and mail it back. It’s only 10 quick questions and the information is guaranteed by law to be confidential. It’s crucial that all New Yorkers are counted.

The purpose of the Census is more than just to count the number of people that are in our country. The data is also used

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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
For Your Reading, Learn Something, Non SequitorMarch 17, 2010 2:04pm

Census: It’s Important… Really, REEAALLLY Important

Right-wing radio is making an issue of the fact that the Census Bureau is over budget already. They also don’t think the money spent on the Super Bowl Commercial was wisely allocated.  I’m enormously supportive of the idea of the Census being everywhere, including the Super Bowl. In modern society, you have to be completely overwhelmed with something for it to register as a big deal. The Census is certainly a big deal. So I’m glad that I saw an… Read More

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Al