NYC Kicks Off $19 Million Census Campaign to Encourage Participation by Hesitant Immigrants

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks to the press in New York, New York, on June 20, 2018. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
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New York City has launched a $19 million campaign to get an accurate count on the 2020 census. It is the biggest campaign to collect the data of any city nationwide.

Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) kicked off the city’s $19 million ‘Complete Count Campaign’ on the 2020 census on Jan. 14, which is focused on census-related education and organization across the city.