Census concerns lead Board 11 leader to take action
BENSONHURST— As the U.S. Census gets closer, concerns are mounting among Southwest Brooklyn officials over the possibility that its citizens will be undercounted in the big national tally that will determine the number of seats New York will have in the House of Representatives as well as the distribution of millions of dollars in federal funding.
In an effort to raise awareness of the importance of Census 2020, Community Board 11 Chairperson Bill Guarinello announced at the board’s monthly meeting on Jan. 9 that he has established an ad hoc Census Committee and has appointed board members to sit on the panel.
Dr. Tim Law will chair the new ad hoc committee. The members are Irene Chu, Sonia Valentin, Steve Yeung, Eileen LaRuffa and Laurie and Andrew Windsor. Their task will be to come up with ways to convince local residents, many of whom have been reluctant in the past to disclose personal information to the government, to fill out their Census forms.