Myrie, Richardson Lead Neighborhood Canvass for the Census
Originally published in
Kings County Politics
State Sen. Zellnor Y. Myrie (D-Brownsville, Crown Heights, East Flatbush, Gowanus, Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, South Slope, Sunset Park) and Assemblywoman Diana C. Richardson (D-Crown Heights, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, East Flatbush) led about 50 volunteers in canvassing Crown Heights Saturday to inform local residents about the importance of being counted in the 2020 Census.
The census dates back to the founding of this country, and Article One of the United States Constitution (section II), which directs the population be counted at least once every 10 years and the resulting counts is used to determine members from each state in the House of Representatives and, by extension, in the Electoral College.
“You literally have the destiny of the community in your hands. Very rarely, do we get to control the trajectory of our neighborhoods,” said Myrie about the importance of the census. “Less than 10 questions, that take less than 10 minutes, and it determines the next 10 years.”
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