New York, with its vast immigrant population, was one of the cities facing the very real probability of losing benefits from an undercount, as immigrants, both documented and undocumented, would have been too afraid to fill out their census forms. Oh, and while everyone was focused on the citizenship question, a lot of people missed the fact that 2020 will be the first truly digital census. 80% of the first-round census requests will be sent out online. And that means an awful lot of Americans, and New Yorkers, may not be counted. Seniors who aren’t internet savvy may just skip it. There are reports that say 31% of New York City residents don’t have internet access, with most of those households, not surprisingly, in low income and minority neighborhoods. As the Co-Director of The New School’s Digital Equity Lab, Greta Byrum has been studying this problem for a very long time. She’ll talk about the Lab’s study, “Preparing for the Digital Decennial Census,” and the pitfalls they found in a year when little attention has been paid to the problems transitioning to an all-digital model can cause. The Census Bureau says it will, at some point, follow up with paper questionnaires, but will they come in time to get everyone counted? Julie Menin is the person charged with making sure every New Yorker is counted. She’ll speak to the three-point plan her department has built, involving not only the city government, but the communities, schools and churches most likely to be affected by the changes.