The census happens every ten years. There are only about a dozen, usually seemingly innocuous questions, on the form. So here’s the question on a lot of people’s minds: why bother? Our guests talk about why the census must matter to New Yorkers, like claiming our share of the $880 billion in federal funding available, making sure we gain rather than lose representation and, of equal importance in 2020, that we gain rather than lose Electoral College votes. The building of schools and roads, distribution of public services all rely on census numbers. Even businesses use them to determine where to build new shops or supermarkets. And the panel talks about how the first census in the golden age of social media can be influenced by disinformation campaigns.