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· Carl Samson
NYC man sentenced to 22 years for anti-Asian killing of Yao Pan Ma
The man who attacked and killed 61-year-old Yao Pan Ma two years ago has been sentenced to 22 years in prison, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced on Friday. Jarrod Powell, 51, pled guilty in January to manslaughter in the first degree as a hate crime in connection…
· Carl Samson
Senate bill proposes FBI hotline for citizen reporting of Chinese ‘police stations’ in US
U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) has introduced a bill that would set up an FBI hotline for tips about the Chinese government’s illegal “police stations” operating on U.S. soil. News of such police stations first made rounds in September 2022 following a damning report by Spanish…
· Carl Samson
NYC Koreatown restaurant shut down after couple reports they found dead rat in soup
A restaurant in Manhattan’s Koreatown was shut down Wednesday following an inspection triggered by a customer’s report of a dead rat in soup delivered to their home over the weekend. Eunice Lucero-Lee and her husband ordered sogogi gukbap — a spicy beef soup dish — on Saturday…
· Daniel Anderson
J-Hope and his ‘idol’ J. Cole meet ‘on the street’ in new solo single
BTS rapper J-Hope has fulfilled one of his dream collaborations with his new single “on the street,” featuring North Carolina rapper J. Cole. Filmed in the streets of New York City, the title of the lo-fi number is a nod to J-Hope’s background as a street dancer with the Gwangju…
· Bryan Ke
Yoko Ono moves from NYC apartment of 50 years to rural farm bought with John Lennon
Japanese singer and activist Yoko Ono has permanently moved to a farm in upstate rural New York that she and her late husband, John Lennon, bought in the late ‘70s. Ono, who turned 90 years old on Feb. 18, left her seventh-floor, nine-room Upper West Side apartment on West 72nd…
· Michelle De Pacina
Protestors gather at Chinese ‘police station’ in NYC to demand CCP stop spying on Chinese diaspora
Dozens of protesters gathered outside an informal Chinese police station in Chinatown on Saturday to demand the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) stop spying on the Chinese community in New York City. More than 60 protestors rallied outside ChangLe Association Inc. on 107 East…
· Daniel Anderson
‘Emily in Paris’ star Ashley Park joins ‘Only Murders in the Building’ Season 3 cast
“Emily in Paris” star Ashley Park is joining the cast of Hulu’s hit series “Only Murders in the Building” in a recurring role. Park, 31, will portray Kimber, a Broadway newcomer, in the show’s upcoming third season. Other actors such as Meryl Streep, Paul Rudd and Jesse Williams…
· Daniel Anderson
‘Am I that unattractive?’: Dave Bautista really wants to be a rom-com lead
Actor Dave Bautista recently shared that he would love to be the lead in a romantic comedy. Bautista, 54, recently spoke with Page Six about his physical features and rom-com prospects during the New York City premiere of his film “Knock at the Cabin” on Monday.
· Carl Samson
NYC man pleads guilty to killing senior can collector because he’s Asian
Before you read: Man arrested for brutally stomping on head of Asian American man, 61, in Manhattan Man who stomped on elderly Chinese man’s head says it was retaliation for Korean, Japanese men who robbed him Elderly Asian man dies 8 months after being stomped in the head while…
· Ryan General
Filipino American nurses join massive strike against NYC hospitals
Filipino American nurses who participated in the Monday walkout of over 7,000 nurses in New York City have earned the support of the city’s Philippine consulate. Nurses walked out from Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx and Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan to protest…
· Carl Samson
New York Democrats cite residency issues in push to block Asian Republican elected to state assembly
Lester Chang, a Republican elected to represent District 49 in New York’s State Assembly, is facing contention over alleged residency issues. The Chinese American candidate defeated Democratic incumbent Peter Abbate, who held the office for the last 36 years. Reports say Chang…
· Ryan General
Canadian police begin investigation into Chinese ‘police stations’ operating in Greater Toronto Area
Canada’s Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) stated that it is conducting an investigation into alleged criminal activity at the Chinese police stations reportedly set up in the Greater Toronto Area. "The (force) takes threats to the security of individuals living in Canada…
· Daniel Anderson
CIX member Seunghun reveals he was mugged in NYC
Seunghun of K-pop boy group CIX revealed he was mugged while in New York City earlier this week. CIX was performing at the Korea-U.S. SMEs go TOGETHER event alongside K-pop soloist BoA and YG Entertainment boy group WINNER. During a livestream, Seunghun shared that he went out…
· Michelle De Pacina
NYC student pleads guilty to murdering his mother to collect $11 million inheritance
Jared Eng, 25, pleaded guilty on Friday to murdering his mother in a New York City apartment before disposing of her body in a garbage can in New Jersey in 2019. Eng slashed his mother’s throat and brutally beat her in their shared Tribeca apartment on Jan. 31, 2019. With the…
· Bryan Ke
‘Hate has no place in America’: Biden meets hate crime survivors at White House summit
President Joe Biden met several hate crime survivors and the relatives of mass shooting victims during the United We Stand Summit at the White House on Thursday. Among those invited was Vilma Kari, the 66-year-old victim of a violent attack in New York City on March 29, 2021.…
· Bryan Ke
All-AAPI musical about Tiananmen Square protests begins rehearsals in New York
The rehearsal for “Tiananmen: A New Musical,” a rock musical that criticizes the Chinese government’s massacre of students at the 1989 Tiananmen Square protest, is underway. The musical stars an all-Asian American and Pacific Islander cast, and is being directed and…
· Ryan General
Elderly Filipino woman ‘punched without provocation’ by female attacker in New York City
A 74-year-old Filipino woman was “punched without provocation” by an unidentified woman while walking along Madison Avenue near East 52nd Street in New York City at around 11 a.m. on Wednesday. Elmer Cato, the Philippine Consulate General in New York, retweeted a video clip of…
· Carl Samson
Queens man accused of killing Chinese food delivery worker is obsessed with duck sauce, other condiments, say police
Glenn Hirsch, 51, was arrested and charged last week for the April 30 murder of Chinese food delivery worker Zhiwen Yan. Initial investigation revealed that Hirsch was a regular patron previously involved in a duck sauce dispute at the restaurant Yan worked at. On Tuesday,…
· Ryan General
Only 3% of reported anti-Asian attacks in NYC led to hate crime convictions, new report finds
The Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY) released a report highlighting that only seven out of the 233 reported anti-Asian attacks in New York City during the first three quarters of 2021 resulted in hate crime convictions. According to Elaine Chiu, Professor of…
· Michelle De Pacina
Street corner in Queens to be renamed ‘Little Manila’ in honor of Woodside Filipino community
The southwest corner of Roosevelt Avenue and 70th Street in Woodside, Queens, will be renamed to “Little Manila” to reflect the large Filipino community in the area. A petition to install the street sign garnered more than 3,000 signatures last year, leading councilmember Jimmy…