Washington, DC (AP/WBEN) The Trump administration says the 2020 Census questionnaire is moving ahead without a question about citizenship.
That's according to an attorney for a civil rights group that helped fight the addition of the question.
Kristen Clarke said Tuesday that Trump administration attorneys notified parties in lawsuits challenging the question that the printing of the hundreds of millions of documents for the 2020 counts would be starting soon.
The White House didn't immediately comment on the decision. President Donald Trump has decried last week's Supreme Court ruling saying the question was sought under a false pretext.
Spokespeople for the U.S. Census Bureau have not responded to emails or phone calls seeking comment.
Governor Cuomo responded in a statement, "The Supreme Court last week made it clear that this anti-immigrant question was unconstitutional and that the census is too important to play partisan politics. For once, President Trump has listened to reason and the facts, and dropped this cynical attempt to weaponize one of the underpinnings of our very democracy. By ending his bid to add this blatantly discriminatory question to an objective process, we can continue to do our work to ensure every New Yorker is counted and receives fair representation in Washington. New York has always been and will continue to be a beacon of hope for all, and we will never allow this administration to get away with their hateful agenda."