Campaigns

Countdown to Our Future: Time is Running Out

We need all New Yorkers to complete the census immediately. The exact deadline of the census is uncertain and we need to get as many New Yorkers as possible counted right now.

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Graphic reads: Countdown to our future. Today is Oct. 8. Have you filled out your census yet? Time is running out: my2020census.gov.

All In NYC

In order to go "All In NYC", we need every New Yorker to complete the 2020 Census.

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The Census Is

Be Counted

If we're not counted, it's like we don't exist. Critical decisions about our communities, including our hospitals are determined by the census, and we could lose 2 seats in Congress if we aren't counted.

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Your family counts! The census is about the future of our families. If we don't fill it out, it's like we don't exist. Fill out the census before September 30: my2020census.gov

Census News Headlines

The census will impact our representation in Congress and critical funding our community needs.

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The New York Times. Congress Eyes More Spending as Virus Cases Surge and Economy Struggles. We Need to fill out the census now. Why? Because Congress is making decisions about our future every day. And if we don't fill out the census, we will lose two seats in Congress. Last chance to respond. Ends Sept 30: my2020census.gov

Women's Suffrage Centennial

100 years ago the 19th Amendment was officially ratified as part of the U.S. Constitution. However, the fight for women's suffrage was not over. Moreover, the history of the suffrage movement (like the history of the census) is fraught with racism.

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Graphic has a black and white image of Shirley Chisholm as a census taker with an NAACP suffrage campaign slogan stating: Lifting as we climb. Text reads: Many women led the charge in demanding the right to vote—and in ensuring a complete census count. Like the history of the census, the suffrage movement has a racist past—but the census and the ballot are now tools women are using to reclaim their power.

Still a New Yorker

But due to the pandemic, some New Yorkers have temporarily left their homes. If on April 1 you considered your primary home to be in New York City, regardless of where you are sheltering for COVID-19, you should put that on your census form.

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Not in NYC but still a New Yorker? You must fill out your census form now using your NYC address.

Get Out the Count

The census is ending soon! We need to get out the count to ensure that all New Yorkers get the funding and political representation we deserve.

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Everyone counts in the census. Fill it out now, and include all your roommates.

Shirley Chisholm

Did you know that, 50 years ago, Shirley Chisholm fought to ensure that Black voices were counted in the census—by becoming a census taker?

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Shirley Chisholm. The first Black woman elected to Congress in 1968. So concerned about her community being under-counted in the 1970 Census that... Congresswoman Chisholm became a census taker in Brooklyn.

Black Lives Count

Black Lives Matter is more than a hashtag. It's a call to not only recognize systemic injustices but also to work to dismantle them. The 2020 Census is part of that critical work.

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Black Lives Matter & Black Lives Count

On the Front Lines

Black New Yorkers have been on the front lines of the fight against COVID-19. To keep frontline workers — and the healthcare, education, emergency response, and transportation systems they run — fully resourced for the next 10 years and beyond, we need every single New Yorker to complete the 2020 Census.

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My Name is Thierno and I'm a Courier

LGBTQ Pride

Even though the census does not represent the full spectrum of our lives and experiences, we need to be counted: hundreds of billions of dollars are on the line, including funds for many programs that directly support the LGBTQ+ community, like jobs programs, housing, education, senior centers, and HIV-prevention programs.

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NYC Census 2020 Celebrates Pride

Doubled Up

To keep our communities fully resourced—not just through the duration of this pandemic, but for the next decade—every New Yorker needs to be counted in the 2020 Census. No matter your housing situation, age, or immigration status, it's important to fill out the census. Your information is 100% confidential and protected by law. Your answers cannot be shared with your landlord, NYCHA, or any law enforcement agency.

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From babies to great-grandmothers, everyone counts in the census

Billions for Healthcare

NYC healthcare workers are fighting on the frontlines against the COVID-19 pandemic right now — and they need our help to keep them funded and resourced to keep fighting for us over the next decade. By filling out the 2020 Census, we can each do our part to make sure NYC's health system has the full federal funding we need to keep our communities safe and healthy for years to come. The more of us are counted, the more money we get.

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The census means billions for NYC, includingt health care.

Claps to Clicks

As NYC recovers from COVID-19, we have been indebted to the incredible efforts of the health care workers supporting our city through this difficult moment. All of us owe an immense debt to them, which is why New Yorkers from across the city have been clapping for health care workers as a way to say thank you. But just as they've stepped up for us, we need to step up for them: by turning claps to clicks, and filling out the 2020 Census.

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We're clapping for our health care workers today... we're filling out the census to support them into tomorrow.

Yes, You Fill Out the Census

Whether you own or rent your home, are on the lease or not on the lease, are documented or undocumented, the census is for you.

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Yes, You Fill Out the Census

More Money

In 2010, only 62% of New Yorkers filled out the census. Money for schools, roads, health care and more are on the line if we don't fill it out.

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More Money for Schools