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,
WANT TO JOIN THE COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEE?
Thank you for your interest in supporting the Complete County Committee. In order to ensure a complete and accurate count in 2020, we need your help. Please email David Galin at or call (518) 434-5105 and we will be in touch with you soon.