Congressman Gregory W. Meeks Reminds Constituents from the 6th Congressional District this Friday is the Last Day to Count in the 2010 Census

(WASHINGTON, DC)– Congressman Gregory W. Meeks (NY-6), Senior Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Financial Services Committee and Chairman of the Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade, reminds constituents of the 6th Congressional District that Friday, July 30th is the deadline to be counted in the 2010 Census.

“The Census count only takes place every ten years, which is why it is critical that those who have not been counted respond to the Census by their deadline on Friday. It is extremely important that the Sixth Congressional District gets the resources that it needs and one of the most important ways to do this is to be accurately counted in the 2010 Census. Establishing an accurate count can help to determine how more than $400 billion dollars of federal funding each year is spent on infrastructure, hospitals, job training centers, schools, senior centers, public work projects and emergency services. These counts will also determine how many seats each state receives in Congress and how legislative district boundaries are drawn,” stated Congressman Meeks.

To ensure inclusion in the 2010 Census count, residents of the 6th district that believe they did not receive a Census form, who did not mail it back or where not contacted by a census worker at their home can quickly, safely and confidentially answer Census questions by calling the following U.S. Census Bureau phone numbers from 8:00 am to 9:00 pm by Friday, July 30th:

• 1-866-872-6868 General toll-free English language assistance line
• 1-866-928-2010 Spanish language assistance line
• 1-866-935-2010 Chinese language assistance line
• 1-866-945-2010 Vietnamese language assistance line
• 1-866-965-2010 Russian language assistance line
• 1-866-955-2010 Korean language assistance line
• 1-866-939-2010 Puerto Rico English language assistance line
• 1-866-929-2010 Puerto Rico Spanish language assistance line

For more information please visit https://2010.census.gov/2010census/index.php

Now serving in his sixth full-term, Meeks was elected to the House on February 3, 1998. Representing New York's Sixth Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, Meeks' district covers all towns of Southeast Queens, Far Rockaway and Howard Beach. He is a member of the House Committee on Financial Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Congressman Meeks is the Chairman of the International Monetary Policy & Trade Subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committee. He is a Member of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), New Democrats Coalition and the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC). He serves as the Co-chair of the Malaysia Caucus, Services Caucus, Dialogue Caucus, OAS Caucus and the Middle East Economic Partnership Caucus.