If we in New York State have an undercount, similar to the undercount that was considered in 1990, then we re stuck with that number for ten years and we re continuously getting a smaller piece of the pie. So if we have a lower population, we re not going to get as much dollars. Our true population is what we need to count. New York State s going to lose at least one congressional representative, possibly two. That affects everybody.
People tout that because of the number of building permits.
It s the actual census number that get you that. If we were actually to attain ten thousand people, that would put us in size wise with the village of Newark. And that s pretty substantial. So as our population increases it means our share of the Wayne county sales tax will go up. Well if our population census is correct then we should be eligible for more funding.