ALBANY'S CENSUS 2020 COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEE

The City of Albany Albany’s Complete Count Committee is chaired by Mayor Sheehan and is comprised of current and former local elected officials, City officials, community organizations, and educational institutions.

The more Albany residents that respond to the 2020 Census, the more federal funding the City may receive.  This money will help educate our youth, rebuild our roads and bridges, and attract additional investment to our region.  Census results determine how more than $675 billion in federal funding is shared across the nation for programs like Head Start, School Breakfast & Lunch Programs, and Housing Repair Grants, as well as how Congressional districts, school districts, and city wards are drawn, and how sales tax revenue is shared.

The City of Albany Census Complete Count Committee is aware of the concerns surrounding the Census process that are derived by a variety of factors, including distrust of federal government, unawareness of the importance of the Census, and the possible addition of a citizenship question that threatens to undermine participation and accuracy.  

The Committee will work tirelessly over the next sixteen months to communicate the importance of the Census to residents and help alleviate concerns surrounding the process, especially to those communities that are historically hard-to-reach and often undercounted.

ALBANY COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEE MEMBERS

• Mayor Kathy Sheehan, Chair, City of Albany 

• Kaweeda Adams, Albany City School District 

• Ron Lesko, Albany City School District 

• Luc Rogers, Albany County Executive's Office 

• Mike McLaughlin, Albany County Executive's Office 

• Sam Fein, Albany County Legislature 

• Wanda Willingham, Albany County Legislature 

• Brigette Pryor, Albany Housing Authority 

• Steve Longo, Albany Housing Authority 

• Joe Sluzka, Albany Housing Coalition 

• Alicia Ouellette, Albany Law School 

• Melanie Metzger, Albany Public Library 

• Scott Jarzombek, Albany Public Library 

• Mark Emanatian, Capital District Area Labor Federation 

• Dan Irizarry, Capital District Latinos 

• Micky Jimenez, Capital District Latinos 

• Elaine Fraiser, Capital Region Urban League 

• Nancy Chiarella, CAPRI 

• Mayor Kathy Sheehan, Chair, City of Albany 

• Trey Kingston, City of Albany Assessment 

• Rick LaJoy, City of Albany Buildings & Regulatory Compliance 

• Alfredo Balarin, City of Albany Common Council 

• Corey Ellis, City of Albany Common Council 

• Joyce Love, City of Albany Common Council 

• Kelly Kimbrough, City of Albany Common Council 

• Richard Conti, City of Albany Common Council 

• Jack Flynn, City of Albany Common Council & CANA 

• Brenda Robinson, City of Albany Human Rights Commission 

• Mark Dorry, City of Albany IT 

• David Galin, City of Albany Mayor's Office 

• Eva Bass, City of Albany Mayor's Office 

• Brad Glass, City of Albany Planning & Development 

• Chris Spencer, City of Albany Planning & Development 

• Jonathan Jones, City of Albany Recreation/YWFS 

• Darius Shahinfar, City of Albany Treasurer's Office 

• Mike D'Attilio, College of Saint Rose 

• Abby Nash, Congregation Beth Emeth 

• Rabbi Dan Ornstein, Congregation Ohav Shalom 

• Bill Kelly, Corporation Counsel 

• Jack McEneny, Former Assemblymember 

• Liz Hitt, HATAS 

• Maria Grillo, HATAS 

• Hamza Hassain, Masjid As-Salam  

• Imam Abdulkadir Elmi, Masjid As-Salam 

• Carol June-Washington, NAACP 

• Gwen Pope, NAACP 

• Steven Axelrod, Northern Rivers 

• Angela Warner, Poor People's Campaign 

• Barbara Smith, Poor People's Campaign 

• Dahlia Herring, Refugee Roundtable 

• Natasha Pernicka, Regional Food Bank 

• Jack Mahoney, SUNY Albany 

• Jordan Carleo-Evangelist, SUNY Albany 

• Luke Rumsey, SUNY Albany 

• Lisa Moore, US Census, Assistant Regional Census Manager 

• Ian Hull, US Census, Deputy Regional Director 

• Linda Berk, US Census, Supervisory Partnership Specialist 

• Jill Peckenpaugh, USCRI 

• Danielle Gillespie, Vital Statistics 

• Elizabeth Harris, Youth & Workforce Services 

• Raphael Tucker, Youth & Workforce Services 

• Rev. Charmaine Cumberbatch,