Missed it by that much.
New York will lose one seat in the House of Representatives next year based on population data released by the US Census Bureau on Monday — and was just 89 residents short of keeping all of its seats.
The Empire State’s delegation will shrink from 27 to 26 as a result of the 2020 census, officials said.
But that fate could have been avoided had 89 more New Yorkers been counted, said Kristin Koslap, senior technical expert for 2020 Census Apportionment.
“There were 435 seats. The last seat went to Minnesota and New York was next in line,” Koslap said in a news conference. “If you do the algebra equation that determines how many they would have needed, it’s 89 people.”
The data released Monday leaves New York with fewer seats than Florida for the first time ever.
The NY exodus isn’t over. In another ten years it could lose a couple more.