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Myrie, Richardson launch 2020
Census Complete Count Committee
Census Complete Count Committee Offi ce of Sen. Zellnor Myrie
By Nelson A. King
In their fervent bid to encourage
Caribbean and other nationals to participate
in the 2020 Census, Brooklyn
Sen. Zellnor Y. Myrie and Assembly
Member Diana Richardson recently
hosted the first gathering of a Census
Complete Count Committee at Brooklyn’s
Medgar Evers College.
Myrie, who represents the 20th
Assembly District in Brooklyn, said the
Complete Count Committees are volunteer
committees established by local
governments, community leaders and
organizations to “increase awareness
and motivate residents to respond to
the 2020 Census.”
“A lot of the problems our community
faces, from the lack of resources for
affordable housing, the lack of resources
for education, and so much more,
can be traced to our being undercounted
in the Census,” said Myrie
whose parents hail from Costa Rica and
who traces his roots to Jamaica, adding
that “10 years of our community’s
future will be determined by less than
10 questions.
“A lot of people ask me what the
solutions are to the problems our community
faces,” he continued. “If there’s
one thing we all need to do to address
our problems, it is to get everyone
counted in the 2020 Census.”
In the meeting, Myrie said he, Richardson
— who represents the 43rd
Assembly District in Brooklyn and
whose parents hail from St. Martin
and Aruba — and committee members
discussed the challenges to achieving
a full count in Brooklyn and how they
can be overcome.
The senator said 80 percent of Brooklynites
live in “hard-to-count neighborhoods.”
According to the Brooklyn Community
Foundation, Brooklyn had the
lowest mail return rate in the country
among counties with populations of
500,000 or more.
Myrie noted that billions of dollars
in federal funds for the programs
that many Brooklynites depend on are
determined by the census.
In 2016, he said New York received
$73 billion in federal funds for programs
like Medicaid, SNAP and Section
8 housing.
“If residents in Brooklyn are undercounted
in 2020, the borough could
lose funds for these programs,” Myrie
warned. “Community organizations
and local leaders are the most trusted
and effective voices on why the Census
is important.
“Complete Count Committees are
designed to serve as state and local
‘census ambassador’ groups that play
an integral part in ensuring a complete
and accurate count of the community
in the 2020 Census,” he added.
Myrie said the committee includes
representatives of more than 20 organizations.
They comprise: Mixteca Organization;
KAVI; Brownsville Community
Justice Center; 67th Clergy Council
(God Squad); Office the Brooklyn Borough
President; SCO Family of Services;
Ebbets Field Tenants Organization;
The Campaign Against Hunger;
Brooklyn Legal Services; DOE District
15; CAMBA; and Brooklyn Community
Board 9.
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