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New York State Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. spoke at the "Census Caravan" event in Riverhead last week, which was organized by advocacy groups to call attention to the need for census participation.
OLA of Eastern Long Island Associate Director Sandra Dunn, left, and other OLA volunteers participated in the "Census Caravan" event in Riverhead last week to raise awareness of the need for participation in the census.
Dyani Brown of the Shinnecock Nation. The tribe made a major push to get its members to fill out the census -- including giving away one of the t-shirt Ms. Brown is wearing to everyone who brought who completed a census questionnaire at one of the tribe's "Census Day" events -- but Ms. Brown says there are still concrerns that complications with the addresses of homes on the Shinnecock Territory may skew data about the nation.
Michael Wright on Oct 8, 2020