Bill Text: NY K00848 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim March 12-20, 2020, as Get Out The Count Week in the State of New York

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 30-0)

Status: (Passed) 2020-03-11 - adopted [K00848 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-K00848-Introduced.html

Assembly Resolution No. 848

BY: M. of A. Wright

        MEMORIALIZING Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim
        March  12-20, 2020, as Get Out The Count Week in the
        State of New York

  WHEREAS, It is the sense of this  Legislative  Body  to  memorialize
Governor  Andrew  M. Cuomo to proclaim March 12-20, 2020, as Get Out The
Count Week in the State of New York; and

  WHEREAS, The United States Constitution requires the  conduct  of  a
full count of the population every 10 years; and

  WHEREAS,  The  Census  Bureau  begins  the decennial census count in
January of 2020, and April 1st is designated as Census Day; and

  WHEREAS, It is imperative for all households in this State to  fully
participate   in   the   population   count  by  completing  the  census
questionnaire; and

  WHEREAS, The census population count is used to determine  how  many
of the 435 congressional seats are allocated to each state; and

  WHEREAS,  Population  data  issued by the Census Bureau based on the
count is used to redraw legislative and congressional districts in  each
state; and

  WHEREAS,   Furthermore,  the  census  population  data  is  used  to
distribute approximately $675 billion in federal  funds  to  states  and
local communities throughout the country; and

  WHEREAS,  Census  data  also informs emergency response efforts, and
research in various areas of the sciences, advancing knowledge  and  the
ability to plan for the present and future; and

  WHEREAS,  Because  of  its  importance  for majority representation,
federal funding, emergency response  efforts,  and  knowledge  used  for
current  and future planning, it is imperative for the State of New York
to encourage full participation of all residents  in  the  2020  Census;
now, therefore, be it

  RESOLVED,  That  this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
memorialize Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim March 12-20,  2020,  as
Get Out The Count Week in the State of New York; and be it further

  RESOLVED,  That  a  copy  of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted to The Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor of the  State  of
New York.
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