José E. Serrano: “The Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center of New York Presbyterian Hospital plans to use the American Community Survey data to…”

“The Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center of New York Presbyterian Hospital plans to use the American Community Survey data to identify Bronx, that is my district, neighborhoods with demographic characteristics associated with the risk of Type II diabetes in children. I bring that up because I have been making the argument you have all day long that this information gathered by the census goes beyond what people think. It is vital information needed to provide incredible services to the community. Once they use those numbers based on the census data, they can make their argument before us at a public hearing, or at any kind of institutional hearing, saying we need this kind of help. Who would have thought that Type II diabetes would be an issue for the census to be helpful with? That is just one of the countless items that they cover.”