Of New York state's 599 cities and villages, 434 have lost population since 2010, according to the new Census population estimates out this week https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=PEP_2018_PEPANNRES&prodType=table …
In line with the recent NYT piece on this topic (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/13/nyregion/refugees-upstate-ny-employment.html …) I noticed that the influx of new residents from other countries, at least in the case of Rochester, NY, could be big enough to stem the tide if it were to continue to grow: https://twitter.com/analiss/status/1131598868569874433?s=21 …