Council race in new majority Asian American district heats up
New York City’s redistricting process created a new majority Asian American district in Brooklyn, and three first-time candidates are off...
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Voting for Common Sense to Safeguard Our Future
- Dec 21, 2022
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City Democrats can’t take Asian voters for granted
"That whole education fight forced us to pay attention to politics," said Yiatin Chu, a community activist and president of the Asian...
- Dec 11, 2022
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Convicted sex offender spews anti-Asian slurs during NYC Council meeting — and pols do nothing ...
"Asian American activists and leaders were furious that council members did not rebuke Powell’s anti-Asian slurs during the hearing. “I...
- Dec 9, 2022
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NYC Council to hold hearing on bill that would ban tenant criminal background checks
Watch segment on Fox5 NY: https://www.fox5ny.com/video/1151877
- Dec 1, 2022
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Assembly prepared to vote against seating Brooklyn Republican over residency question
"This issue first came up in September when the political club Asian Wave Alliance endorsed Chang over Abbate, who raised the issue. The...
- Dec 1, 2022
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Opponents of New York City Council Legislate to Ban Tenant Crime Investigation
"Elected officials continue to put the lives of criminals ahead of the safety of hard-working New Yorkers." Asian Wave President Yiatin...
- Nov 30, 2022
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Iwen Chu's History-Making Win in Brooklyn's New 17th State Senate District
"“There were definitely a lot of voters in WeChat that supported just Republican candidates in general…very much unhappy with the current...
- Nov 28, 2022
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The other New York: how Republicans made ‘shocking’ gains in the empire state
"That includes Yiatin Chu. At a Bensonhurst coffee shop called Cafe Gossip, Chu, a 55-year-old political activist, tells me how she was a...
- Nov 20, 2022
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NY’s Asian voters rejected Dems, backed Zeldin and GOP over crime, education
"Zeldin also outhustled Hochul in the Asian community. He met with Asian civic leaders in Flushing shortly after announcing his candidacy...
- Nov 10, 2022
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Democrats in Southern Brooklyn: ‘Our Party Didn’t Even Put Up a Fight’
".Yiatin Chu, president of the Asian Wave Alliance, a group that endorsed a mix of Republican and Democratic candidates across the...
- Nov 1, 2022
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Anti-affirmative action rally held in Bayside
Media Coverage "Roughly 35 civic leaders and community members — many with the Asian Wave Alliance and the Chinese American Citizens...
- Jun 9, 2022
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Parents call on Gov. Kathy Hochul to veto bills on mayoral control, class sizes
"A group of New York City parents made an eleventh-hour plea Friday for Gov. Kathy Hochul to veto a mayoral control bill and a law...
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