Survey Hints at a Census Undercount in New York City

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Wed May-25-11 10:53 PM
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Survey Hints at a Census Undercount in New York City

Edited on Wed May-25-11 10:54 PM by ccharles000

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/25/nyregion/survey-suggests-census-undercounted-new-york-city.html?_r=1

�We demand a recount,� declared Assemblyman Rory I. Lancman, a Democrat from Queens.

The Brooklyn borough president, Marty Markowitz, pronounced himself �flabbergasted.�

�The numbers are dead wrong,� said Senator Charles E. Schumer, �and it makes you wonder if the Census Bureau is living on a different planet.�

After learning that the population of Queens had increased by a mere 1,300 people in 10 years, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg proclaimed: �As they say in Brooklyn: Fuhgeddaboudit!�

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