The state’s investment in a complete count of New Yorkers may not materialize in time for the ongoing census effort.
While last year’s state budget included $20 million for outreach designed to foster participation with the census, none of that money has been distributed after 15 months and it seems unlikely that it will be spent anytime soon without an infusion of cash from Washington D.C. New York’s response rate is currently 4.5 percentage points behind the national average and ranks near the bottom in the country.
Read this full story from The Capitol Pressroom: http://www.wcny.org/budget-hole-could-swallow-up-states-census-spending/
