RECENT STORIES
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AAFE IN THE NEWS
2016
Han Tak Lee, Man Wrongfully Imprisoned for 24 Years, Finds New Home, Family – NBC News; August 11, 2016
Pommes Frites Fries Again in West Village; Relief Money Greased Way – Villager; June 30, 2016
Get in Line: Affordable Housing Coming to Flushing – June 23, 2016; Queens Tribune
Bill Passed Would Make It Easier For Micro-Businesses to Score Loans – June 13, 2016; Bedford & Bowery
Kim Honors Han Tak Lee with Legislation – Queens Cronicle; May 5, 2016.
Putting Teeth Back Into the Community Reinvestment Act – Next City; March 18, 2016.
Out of Gas: A Surge of Gas Shutoffs, Especially For Rent Stabilized Tenants – Our Town; March 3, 2016.
Going… Nowhere! Landlord Blocked From Removing Lift – Villager; February 25, 2016.
Flushing 2050 Initiative Eyes Vision For the Future – Times Ledger; February 10, 2016.
Housing Activists Fight to Keep Elevator Working For Sick Manhattan Man – Daily News; January 8, 2016.
2015
Chinatown Tenants Demand Repairs and Safe Construction Work – DNA Info; December 10, 2015.
In Chinatown, Trying to Hold Up vs. Harassment – Villager, May 7, 2015.
“It’s Like Someone Dropped A Bomb In There”: LES Tenants Sue Landlord Over Illegal Construction – Gothamist; April 30, 2015.
City Picks Developers to Build a Feng Shui Affordable Housing Complex – Crain’s; April 28, 2015.
2014
Bill Chong: Helping NYC’s Youth – China Daily USA; November 28, 2014
New Services for Chinese Small Businesses – China Daily USA; November 21, 2014
Greater Flushing Chamber of Commerce to Launch – Queens Tribune; November 20, 2014
Work Finally Begins on Flushing Center – Queens Chronicle; July 3, 2014
Bill de Blasio Names Julie Menin Consumer Affairs Commissioner – New York Observer; April 24, 2014
AREAA Honors the Nation’s Top Asian Leaders and Activists at The Global Summit Awards Gala – Newswire; March 20, 2014
Assembly Celebrates Asian Lunar New Year at Capitol – Western Queens Gazette; February 26, 2014
Forty Years of Fighting for Asian-American Rights – Voices of NY; February 21, 2014
Queens: The City’s Housing Alternative? – Queens Chronicle; January 9, 2014
Big Queens Project to Break Gound – Crain’s New York Business; January 8, 2014
Chris Kui Named MONEY Hero – Money; January 1, 2014
2013
Asian group woos recruits (link) – Times Ledger; December 13, 2013
Historic Hardesty Federal Complex given new life (link) – NBC 41, Kansas City; December 10, 2013
One Year After Sandy on the Lower East Side (link) – The Lo-Down; October 29, 2013
Moving Back Home After Devastating Fire (link) – New York Observer; July 24, 2013
Residents Displaced by Grand Street Fire Return Home 3 Years Later (link) – DNA Info; July 19, 2013
3 Years After Devastating Fire, Chinatown Residents Celebrate Return to Apartment Building (link) – Yahoo News; July 18, 2013
Tenants of Chinatown Building Damaged in 2010 Fire Celebrate Winning Legal Battle (link) – NY1; July 18, 2013
More Than Three Dozen Displaced by Pike Street Fire (link) – The Lo-Down; July 15, 2013
Housing Forum Draws Huge Crowd (link) – Queens Tribune; July 4, 2013
Hardesty Complex – From Military Hub to Food Hub (link) – Northeast News Net; June 19, 2013
Rozic, Et Al Celebrate Asian American Pacific Heritage (link) – Queens Gazette; May 29, 2013
Forlorn Urban Site is Poised For an Impressive Rebirth (link) – Kansas City Star; March 26, 2013
Downtown Businesses Win Storm Recovery Grants (link) – Crain’s; March 6, 2013
Protesters Call Again For Funds For Displaced Chinatown Families (link) – NY1; February 28, 2013
Where Buildings Fell as Hotel Rose, a New Condo and Calls For Justice (link) – The Local EV; February 27, 2013
AAFE: Working For Equal Rights For All (link) – NeighborWorks; February 13, 2013
Local Spokes: Community-Based Bike Advocacy in Chinatown & the Lower East Side (link) – Streetfilms; January 15, 2013
New Hope in the New Year For Sandy Affected Businesses (link) – Huffington Post; January 13, 2013.
2012
Cash Coming to Sandy-Stricken Businesses Below Canal Street (link) – DNA Info; December 21, 2012.
Fund Helps Lower Manhattan Businesses Recover After Sandy (link) – NY1; December 20, 2012
Community Leader Was Beacon in Dark Times (link) – NY Press; December 12, 2012.
MLS Stadium, USTA, Willets Expansions Panned by Fairness Coalition (link) – Queens Chronicle; December 11, 2012.
Developer Su is Sued by Former Hester Street Tenants (link) – Villager; December 6, 2012.
AAFE and Citibank Team Up to Help Hurricane Victims (link) – YouTube; November 2012.
Asian American Groups Help Immigrant Entrepreneurs Affected by Sandy (link) – NY1; November 2012.
Study Seeks New Uses For Forgotten Park Buildings (link) – Villager; October 18, 2012.
Longstanding Debate Flares Up Over Chinatown, LES Districts (link) – Downtown Express; September 5, 2012.
Protesters Keep Pressure on Hotelier Accused of Evicting Chinatown Families (link) – Voices of NY; August 15, 2012.
City Council Redistricting: Representation or Segregation? The Debate Begins (link) – Daily News; August 15, 2012.
Commission Holds First Hearing On How To Redraw City Council Lines (link) – NY1; August 13, 2012.
Asian and Latino Communities Create a Partnership in Response to the City’s Redistricting Plans (link) – Our Chinatown; August 3, 2012.
Brooklyn Asian, Latino Groups Huddle with Common Cause Before Council Redistricting Meet (link) – Daily News; August 2, 2012.
Asian, Latino Groups Want Demographics Reflected in City Council (link); NY1, August 2, 2012
Displaced Chinatown Residents Continue to Demand Compensation (link) – NY1; August 7, 2012.
Protesters Call For Boycott of Chinatown Hotel on the Bowery (link) – Villager; July 26, 2012.
Chinatown Residents Claim They Lost Homes Due to Owner Neglect (link) – NY1; July 13, 2012.
Pew Study Backs Asian Community’s Growing Impact in New York City; Chris Kui interviewed (link) – NY1; June 21, 2012
Wyndham Hotel Poised to Open; 128 Hester Tenants Still in Limbo (link) – The Lo-Down; June 7, 2012.
Three Years After Their Building Was Demolished, Rent Regulated Tenants Fight For Compensation (link) – Real Deal; June 6, 2012.
Local Spokes Unveils Plan to Improve Bike Accessibility in Diverse Communities (link) – The Lo-Down; June 6, 2012.
Ousted Hester Street Residents Demand Compensation (link) – DNA Info; June 5, 2012.
Grassroots Coalition Crafts Action Plan For Lower East Side Cycling (link) – Streetsblog; June 4, 2012.
Group to Release Action Plan For Biking in Chinatown and the LES (link) – DNA Info; May 31, 2012.
U.S. Department of Labor Official Pat Shiu Addresses AAFE Conference (link) – Dept. of Labor News; May 17, 2012.
NeighborWorks America CEO Receives Dream of Equality Award From Asian Americans For Equality (link) – NeighborWorks; March 27, 2012.
AAFE Celebrates 38 Years, Honors San Francisco Mayor (link) – The Lo-Down; March 26, 2012.
AAFE Becomes Member of Federal Home Loan Bank of New York (link) – NYNP; March 15, 2012.
Tenants Win Suit But Still Fear They Might Not Go Home (link) – Villager; March 8, 2012.
New Congressional District Lines Could Give Queens Asians More Political Clout (link) – NY1; March 6, 2012.
Legacy of 2006 Blackout Yielding Green Projects in Western Queens – New York Daily News; March 4, 2012.
Judge Orders Owner of Fire-Damaged 289 Grand Street to Make Repairs (link) – The Lo-Down; March 2, 2012.
CB3 Approves Plan For Forsyth Plaza Park (link) – The Lo-Down; February 29, 2012.
2011
Two Non-Profits Are at Odds Over Forsyth Produce Market (link) – The Lo-Down; October 4, 2011.
Lower Manhattan Leaders on the Area’s Growth After 9/11 (link) – NY1 (Chris Kui is interviewed); September 13, 2011.
New Energy Standards For Old Buildings (link) – Downtown Express; August 17, 2011.
Grand Street Fire Victims Sue Landlord (link) – The Lo-Down; August 11, 2011.
Local Spokes Seeks Local Input on Bicycling (link) – Villager; July 6, 2011.
Local Spokes Coalition Brings Bike Planning to Chinatown, LES (link) – Streetsblog; June 6, 2011.
Hotel Plans Face Protest (link) – Wall Street Journal; July 5, 2011.
17-Year Old Civil Rights Advocate Talks Leadership, Service (link) – MTV; May 25, 2011.
A Year After a Chinatown Fire, a Housing Dispute Persists (link) – New York Times; April 22, 2011.
Asian Politicians Celebrate Gains, Plan For the Future (link) – The Lo-Down; March 25, 2011.
New Report Looks at Asian Population in Chinatown and Beyond (link) – The Lo-Down; February 25, 2011.
NY’s Asian Immigrants Missing Social Services – Crain’s; February 24, 2011.
Community Wants Input on Flushing Waterfront Development (link) – Queens Examiner, February 15, 2011.
Slumlords Nix Fixes to Raise Rents (PDF) – Daily News; January 31, 2011.
OLDER STORIES
AAFE Opens “Youth Take Action” Green Conference (PDF) – World Journal; February 19, 2010.
Landlord Broke Building, Should Fix It, Tenants Say (link) – The Villager; September 16, 2009.
Landlord Didn’t Make Fixes to Essex Street Building: Now Displaced Tenants Are Feeling the Squeeze (link) – Villager; July 15, 2009.
60 Tenants Thrown Out as Chinatown Tenement Shut (link) – Downtown Express; August 14, 2009
Fight For Home: NY Immigrant Communities Struggle to Hang On (PDF) – AM New York; May 12, 2008.
Lower East Side Rezoning Plan Has Defenders (link) – New York Times (Chris Kui interviewed); April 7, 2008.
Chinatown Seeking a Rebirth (PDF) – Newsday; August 22, 2005.
Why It’s Wrong to Call Rezoning Plan Racist, by Chris Kui (link) – The Villager; August 6, 2008
Restoring Chinatown Apartments While Keeping Rents Low (PDF)- Downtown Express; June 5, 2008.
Son Shines For Parents: He’s Only 26 and His Salary is Modest But He Managed to Buy a Family Home in Brooklyn (PDF) – Daily News; October 27, 2008.
Chinatown Journey: From Protesters to Developers – New York Times; January 12, 2003.
What a Difference Two Decades Makes (PDF) – New York Times; January 12, 1997
Blocs Battle to Draw Chinatown’s New Council Map – New York Times; April 30, 1991.
