2010 Census: Yonkers Will Be The Third Largest City In New York – If YOU Return Your Census Form!
This year Yonkers has a real chance to become the third largest city in New York. Since the City has been shortchanged for many years by Albany this only strengthens our argument to get the money that we are justly entitled to. You may not realize that the census is not just some annoyance that pops up every ten years. I actually mean hundreds of millions of dollars in government aid over the next decade. But if you do not return your form, we do not get the money! It is really quite simple, no form, no $$.
I have been appointed by Mayor Amicone to the Yonkers Census Board for 2010, and it my job to help coax the form out of your hands, and into the mail box. I am not an “enumerator;” the people who ill knock on your door up to six times this summer to follow up if you do not send your form in. The Census Board was formed to help get the word out, and to help YOU in making sure you return your form.
Perhaps the biggest concern people have is privacy. Did you know your information is kept confidential for 72 years? That mean in 2012 the data from the census taken in 1940 will be released! Title 13, Sections 9 and 214 of the United States Code keep your information confidential; the information cannot be obtained by law enforcement, the courts, the IRS, and cannot be obtained by a FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) request.
If you have questions on how to fill out your form, or if you did NOT receive a form, please go to http://www.census2010.gov
