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Culture
Hundreds gather in NYC for Third State Books and TAAF’s groundbreaking book launch, LNY party
Over 300 people attended and celebrated the first book launch and Lunar New Year party of Third State Books (TSB) and the Asian American Fou...
Michelle De Pacina
Crime
Man wanted for yelling anti-Asian remarks, striking man with stick in Brooklyn
New York City police are looking for a man who allegedly made anti-Asian insults before assaulting another man in Brooklyn over the weekend....
Carl Samson
Siblings make progress after NYC hammer attack that killed their mother, left them fighting for life
The pair of siblings who survived the brutal hammer attack that killed their mother in their Brooklyn home last week are now on the road to ...
Man charged for NYC hammer attack that killed mother, left 2 kids fighting for their lives
A man has been charged with murder in connection with a grisly hammer attack that killed a mother and left her two children critically injur...
Asian man, 86, killed by scooter-riding gunman in NYC multiple shooting
An 86-year-old Asian man was fatally shot by a scooter-riding gunman in a shooting rampage that injured three others in Brooklyn and Queens,...
Government
More Asian Americans are voting Republican, says new study
Asian American voters are increasingly shifting towards the Republican Party, a recent study by the New York Times has found. The influentia...
Ryan General
Vigil held for Brooklyn U-Haul truck rampage victim, with 1 now out of coma
A week after an “unhinged” man driving a U-Haul truck rammed through pedestrians in Brooklyn, city officials and community leaders organized...
U-Haul truck driver ‘rampages’ through Brooklyn pedestrians, leaving 1 dead, 8 injured
A man driving a U-Haul truck drove through pedestrians in Brooklyn, New York, killing one person and injuring eight others. The driver of th...
Man accused of yelling anti-Asian slurs, hitting victim with umbrella in NYC attack
New York City police are looking for an individual accused of assaulting an Asian man with an umbrella after allegedly yelling anti-Asian sl...
New York
Republican Lester Chang sworn into New York’s Assembly amid residency challenges
Before you read: New York Democrats cite residency issues in push to block Asian Republican elected to state assembly Embattled Republican A...
Embattled Republican Assemblyman-elect insists ‘I’m a Brooklynite’ in hearing challenging residency
GOP Assemblyman-elect Lester Chang insisted that he is a “Brooklynite” in a legislative hearing in Albany, New York, on Wednesday. Chang, ...
Repeat offender pleads guilty to killing Guiying Ma in NYC rock attack
Elisaul Perez, 33, pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter in connection with the fatal rock attack on 62-year-old Guiying Ma in Queens...
NYC man accused of attacking boy with crutch has 23 prior arrests, including attempted murder
Jamal McIlwain, 28, was arrested on Wednesday in connection with the assault of a 12-year-old Asian boy in Brooklyn on the morning of Nov. ...
NYPD cop of 18 years charged with hate crime over anti-Muslim attack
The New York Police Department fired Riggs Kwong, an 18-year veteran, on Sept. 6 for his alleged involvement in an anti-Muslim attack earli...
Teen arrested for fatally shooting 19-year-old during robbery outside a Brooklyn BJ’s store
Dereck Chen, 19, was fatally shot by 18-year-old Edino Tzul during a robbery outside of a BJ’s Wholesale Club in Brooklyn, New York, on Aug...
Teen charged with Sikh hate crime attacks fatally stabbed in Brooklyn
Vernon Douglas, the 19-year-old charged in two Sikh hate crime attacks in Queens, New York, was found stabbed to death on a Brooklyn street...
Food
‘The juice is Dynamite’: Trader Joe’s Army employees go viral for BTS-themed marketing
A Trader Joe’s in Brooklyn, New York, went viral for its BTS-themed marketing strategy after a customer shared photos of the grocery store’...
Suspect accused of slashing Asian man during Brooklyn subway argument arrested
Nicholas Martin, the 24-year-old suspect accused of hurling anti-Asian remarks and slashing an Asian man on a subway train in Brooklyn, New...
Police release image of suspect accused of slashing Asian man in Brooklyn subway racial attack
New York police have released an image of the suspect from Tuesday’s subway attack near York Street station in Brooklyn. The recent incide...
Asian man stabbed after argument with stranger on Brooklyn subway
An Asian man was reportedly stabbed following an argument with another man aboard a train near the New York City subway station earlier this...
Bryan Ke
Woman targeted man with anti-Asian insults before biting him on Brooklyn subway, say police
A 65-year-old man was on a subway in Brooklyn when a woman hurled anti-Asian remarks at him before biting his back and scratching his arms ...
Art
Photo exhibit honoring legendary Asian American photographer Corky Lee opens in New York City
When Corky Lee studied American History at Queens College in New York, the young Chinese American saw a photograph in a book that featured w...
Xintian Wang
Lifestyle
Chinese American twin sisters become the first girls to reach Eagle Scout in Brooklyn
Identical twin sisters Selena and Alison Zhang, both 17, recently became Brooklyn's first girls and first Asian American girls to join...
Rebecca Moon
Chinese food delivery worker punched, robbed and shot at while dropping off order in Brooklyn
A Chinese food delivery worker was reportedly punched, robbed and shot at while dropping off an order in Brooklyn on Saturday night. Surve...
Suspect in Brooklyn subway shooting in custody after NYPD offers $50,000 reward
Frank James, the primary suspect of the subway shooting in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park on Tuesday that left at least 29 injured has been taken i...
Khier Casino
Hate crime charges for man who punched elderly Asian woman because he ‘doesn’t like how Chinese people look’
Hoa Nguyen, 67, was heading to a grocery store on the morning of Jan. 19 in Brooklyn when someone approached her and punched her in the fac...
Elderly Korean man beaten inside his Brooklyn deli by customer who refused to pay
Ki Tae Lee, a 66-year-old Korean Deli owner from Flatbush, Brooklyn, was attacked in his store by a customer who refused to pay. While no ...
Feature
Two Women Steal 85-Year-Old Grandma’s $1,500 Necklace in New York
Two women stole a necklace from an 85-year-old Chinese American grandmother while she was sitting outside her home in New York. The victim&#...
Asian Family Brutally Attacked in NYC Subway Needs Plates in Face, Other Surgeries
Family members have spoken out on the vicious attack at a Brooklyn subway platform that sent an elderly woman to the intensive care unit on ...
Asian Grandmother Pushed Onto Subway Tracks, Family Attacked in Brooklyn
A 73-year-old woman was shoved onto the subway track in Brooklyn during an altercation on Monday. The incident happened at the Clinton-Washi...
News
Closed Brooklyn Dry Cleaners Use Their Last Dollars to Give Free Face Masks to Community
Owners of La Dry Cleaners, a dry cleaning facility that shut down a month ago due to the COVID-19 pandemic, are now making free masks for th...
Asian Woman Suffers Burns After Being Doused With ‘Unknown Substance’ Outside Her NYC Home
An Asian woman suffered burns on her body after an unidentified assailant doused her with an unknown substance in a horrifying attack outsid...
Man Arrested for Targeting Asian Woman for ‘Coronavirus Robbery’ In Brooklyn Train Station
An Asian woman was recently robbed and verbally attacked with racist insults inside a Brooklyn, New York train station. In what police sourc...
Asian Man Fights for His Life After Getting Stabbed Over a Dozen Times in Brooklyn
An Asian man is in critical condition after getting stabbed multiple times in Brooklyn, New York City over the weekend. The incident, which...
Brooklyn Mom Gets 18 Years in Prison for Drowning Daughter to Discipline Her
A 28-year-old mother from Brooklyn, New York was recently sentenced to 18 years in prison for drowning her 2-year-old daughter four years ag...
Miki Sudo Becomes 6-Time Nathan’s Hot Dog-Eating Champion After Downing 31 Wieners
Japanese American Miki Sudo won this year’s Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest, claiming victory for the sixth time in a row. Sudo, 33, wolfed ...