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· Carl Samson
Repeat offender not charged with assault after beating up Asian victim in NYC robbery
Rasheed Osundairo, 30, allegedly assaulted and robbed 53-year-old Melvin Dizon at a McDonald’s self-service kiosk in Manhattan on Monday. Surveillance footage shows a man punching, kicking and flinging Dizon against a wall before leaving with his phone and wallet. Osundairo was…
· Jane Nam
Singapore Airlines’ most luxurious first-class suites are now available from the US — take a look inside
Singapore Airlines relaunched their Airbus A380 with a set of six new and exclusive first class suites. The massive aircraft is the largest passenger plane in the world, able to fit up to 470 flyers in a single flight. A one-way first-class ticket costs anywhere between $8,000…
· Michelle De Pacina
Philippine Consulate calls for NYC to be made ‘safe again’ after 2 more elderly Filipinos suffer attacks
The Philippine Consulate General in New York has called on authorities “to do more” following the recent attacks on two elderly Filipinos in Manhattan. A 73-year-old Filipino man was walking on his way to church along 8th Avenue and 40th Street in Manhattan on March 27 when a…
· Maina Chen
Hundreds gather in NYC Chinatown to protest the development of a new 24-hour homeless shelter
Hundreds gathered in New York City’s Chinatown last Thursday to protest the development of a new 24-hour homeless shelter. Four shelters have reportedly been proposed in the neighborhood, which would raise the total number of shelters in Chinatown to 10 if completed. Protestors…
· Rebecca Moon
Youn Yuh-jung presents Oscar for deaf actor Troy Kotsur’s historic win in sign language
Actress Youn Yuh-jung is being praised for presenting the Best Supporting Actor Oscar to deaf “CODA” actor Troy Kotsur in American Sign Language at Monday's 94th Academy Awards ceremony. While presenting the award, Youn first signed “congratulations” before announcing Kotsur’s…
· Carl Samson
Man who shoved Michelle Go to her death deemed unfit to stand trial
Simon Martial, the man accused of fatally shoving Michelle Go, was found mentally unfit to stand trial on Tuesday. At the time of his arrest, Martial confessed to pushing Go in front of an oncoming train and said he did it “because I’m God.” The 61-year-old has been diagnosed…
· Daniel Anderson
Rallies on first anniversary of Atlanta spa shootings unite the country
On the one-year anniversary of the shootings at three Georgia massage businesses, rallies across the country were held to commemorate its eight victims, six of whom were Asian women, and to call for change against the alarming rise of anti-Asian violence within recent years.…
· Jane Nam
Hundreds of Asian Americans line up for pepper spray in New York City after latest anti-Asian attack
In a line that wrapped past the block, hundreds of New Yorkers waited anxiously to get their hands on canisters of pepper spray last weekend. Michelle Alyssa Tran, the founder of “Soar Over Hate,” a New York City-based nonprofit committed to combating anti-Asian hate, tweeted on…
· Jane Nam
New York Chinatown’s Chinese language street signs are gradually disappearing
Manhattan’s Chinatown is rapidly changing as its population of Chinese immigrant residents decreases and non-Chinese residents increase.. Bilingual street signs are gradually being replaced by English-only letterings, a reflection of the changing culture in the area. From the…
· Bryan Ke
Philippine Consulate tells Fil-Am community to be vigilant after shoving attacks on 2 elderly women in NYC
The Philippine Consulate General in New York reminded the city’s Filipino community to “always be vigilant and to take the necessary precautions, especially when taking the subway or when outside their residences” after two Filipino women were attacked on the subway on Thursday.…
· Carl Samson
NYC suspect who hit Asian man with hammer has 47 prior arrests, threatens killing spree when she is released
Christian Jeffers, 48, has been charged with hate crimes for allegedly striking a 29-year-old Asian man in the head with a hammer on a Manhattan subway platform on Tuesday. Police sources say Jeffers, who identifies as a woman, has 47 prior arrests and is currently on supervised…
· Ryan General
GuiYing Ma: Protestors rally over death of fourth Asian in New York City due to violence in two months
The New York Asian American community recently held a rally in the city’s Chinatown in protest of the latest incident of violent crimes targeting Asian Americans. On Tuesday, the demonstrators took to the streets following the widely publicized death of 62-year-old GuiYing Ma,…
· Bryan Ke
Veteran NYPD sergeant pleads guilty for punching two homeless men in police custody
Sgt. Phillip Wong, the veteran New York Police Department (NYPD) sergeant who allegedly punched two homeless men on two separate occasions in 2019 and 2020, pleaded guilty to third-degree assault and third-degree attempted assault charges on Wednesday. “Law enforcement officials…
· Jane Nam
‘We will stand with our Asian friends’: New York state GOP announces new Asian American caucus
On Monday, during the New York Republican Party convention, Committee Chair Nicholas Langworthy announced the creation of the party’s Asian Caucus. Joined onstage by around 60 of the state’s notable Asian American Republicans, Langworthy asserted, “We will stand with our Asian…
· Carl Samson
NYPD releases details of suspect who assaulted 7 Asian women within a 2-hour time span
A man allegedly went on an anti-Asian assault spree in Manhattan on Sunday, targeting seven Asian women in just two hours. The unprovoked attacks occurred across Midtown, Gramercy Park, NoLita and the East Village, according to New York police. Two of the victims received…
· Michelle De Pacina
GuiYing Ma, grandmother struck in the head with a rock outside her Queens home, has died
GuiYing Ma, the 61-year-old woman who was bashed in the head with a rock in Queens, New York, passed away on Feb. 22 due to complications from her traumatic head injury after having woken up from a two-month coma weeks ago. Ma’s death has been deemed a homicide. “Just one day…
· Carl Samson
ABC issues apology for mistaking NYC Asian American activist for Michelle Go
ABC News misidentified New York City community activist Grace Lee as the late Michelle Go in a primetime program. Grace spoke to ABC News during a segment on the vigil for Christina Yuna Lee, who was fatally stabbed barely a month after Go was killed. After catching the error on…
· Carl Samson
Gov. Hochul announces record $10 million fund for Asian American groups: ‘New York is as strong as the tiger’
Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a $10 million fund for over 100 Asian American community organizations on Sunday. The fund aims to ease the disproportionate impact COVID-19 has had on Asian Americans, who have suffered hate and violence amid the pandemic. Hochul said the fund sends…
· Michelle De Pacina
Lea Salonga reacts to Christina Yuna Lee news: ‘My emotions haven’t figured themselves out yet’
Filipino singer and Broadway star Lea Salonga recently took to Twitter to react to news of the murder of Christina Yuna Lee. Salonga shared a Twitter thread by Chinese American sociologist Nancy Wang Yuen on Tuesday featuring “Asian badass women” and wrote, “Saw the news last…
· Bryan Ke
Vandalism of life-sized Gandhi statue in NYC condemned by Indian consulate as ‘despicable’
A bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi in New York City’s Union Square was vandalized on Feb. 4. Vandals reportedly covered the statue with a cloth and wrote obscenities on it, thus saving the statue from permanent damage and extensive cleanup. The incident ignited condemnation “in…
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