Mayor Bloomberg says he’s been able to convince the U.S. Census Bureau that the city’s population rose two percent since 2000, and is now more than 8,168,000.
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The city said the Census undercounted several neighborhoods in Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan. and the extra population will mean an additional $25 million in federal aid to the city over the next five years.
The mayor says zone changes which allow former commercial properties to now include housing were not considered by the Census Bureau.
first of all mazel tov to your friend, but if look at it this ways you also have to deduct the 5 or 6 people that got shot and jumped off a roof today
It’s now more than 8,168,001. My friend had a girl yesterday… MAZEL TOV!