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Schumer Suspicious Of Census Count Results
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Jaya Saxena
Published Mar 27, 2011
Modified Mar 28, 2011
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Recount! According to the 2010 Census data, New York's population grew by just 166,855 over the past decade to 8.175 million. But a previous Census estimate put the city's population at 8.3 million, and Senator Chuck Schumer thinks someone fudged the numbers. "These numbers cry out for investigation," he said. "I'm going to put a lot of pressure on them to do it. For the census director to just shrug his shoulders ... isn't good enough."
Bloomberg has already spoken out about the numbers, saying, "I’m not criticizing them, but it doesn’t make any sense." And Marty Markowitz said, "I’m flabbergasted, I know they made a big, big mistake." The state has already lost two House seats, and Schumer says the low numbers could keep the city from getting the federal aid we need. And besides, we need to figure out who these people living in Central Park are.
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