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NYC Census Outreach Events: September 30 - October 1

NEW YORK, N.Y., September 30 – NYC Census 2020’s multi-borough “Countdown to our Future” campaign is currently engaging in approximately 100 events to promote the census and provide census form assistance in a multitude of languages. Outreach includes a new “Count The Heroes” campaign, which aims to boost response rates among the healthcare workers who have kept New York safe and functioning throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

Media must RSVP to Sona Rai at srai@census.nyc.gov to attend and cover select public events. Additional events will be advised in the coming days.

Currently the Trump Administration continues to interfere with the census count. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross most recently announced October 5 as a “target date” for ending all 2020 Census efforts, in defiance of the U.S. Northern District of California's 2020 Census ruling, which restored the October 31, 2020 census count deadline. The Trump administration has also appealed the U.S. Northern District of California's 2020 Census ruling. NYC Census 2020 and its partners will continue to mobilize to ensure that every New Yorker is counted right away.

Public Schedule

Wednesday, September 30:

4:00 PM: NYC Census outreach at Diversity Plaza, Jackson Heights, Queens

  • NYC Census will conduct census outreach and provide census assistance in Jackson Heights, Queens
  • Who: NYC Census 2020 leadership
  • Where: Diversity Plaza (74th Street & 37th Road)
  • Contact: Sona Rai, srai@census.nyc.gov, (585) 530 - 7484
  • Who: NYC Census 2020 leadership

6:00 PM: God Squad Phone Bank

  • Youth will participate in NYC Census ‘break the (phone) bank’ at a socially distanced phone bank
  • Who: NYC Census 2020 leadership
  • Where: Bethesda Healing Center: 167 East 98th Street, Brownsville, Brooklyn
  • Contact: Sona Rai, srai@census.nyc.gov, (585) 530 - 7484
  • Who: NYC Census 2020 leadership

Thursday, October 1:

1:00 PM: “Count the Heroes” at Woodhull Hospital

  • Census intake for Health + Hospitals staff and other frontline workers, falls during Woodhull’s staff appreciation week
  • Who: Director Julie Menin, NYC Census 2020
  • Where: 760 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY 11206 (facing Walgreens) More specific direction may be advised tomorrow
  • Contact: Sona Rai, srai@census.nyc.gov, (585) 530 - 7484

Additional events will be advised in the near future.