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AAFE Calls for Comprehensive and Bold Plan to Address COVID-19 Housing Crisis
Statement from Asian Americans for Equality (AAFE): May 29, 2020 -- As New York confronts an unprecedented health and economic crisis, AAFE calls on our city, state and federal government leaders to implement a comprehensive housing stabilization plan. This is the...
Chinese Language Video Helps Applicants File For Unemployment Benefits
To address a critical community need for Chinese language support, AAFE recently began assisting people who need help filing weekly claims for unemployment insurance through New York State. And now AAFE's Tina Li has recorded a brief video tutorial in Mandarin,...
AAFE Offers Multilingual Assistance to Community Members Seeking Unemployment Benefits
AAFE is now providing telephone assistance for people seeking to file applications for unemployment insurance with New York State. Counselors from AAFE’s Workforce Development and Entitlement programs are collaborating to provide the new service, which is available in...
How to Report Hate Crimes, Including Those Linked to COVID-19
In the past few weeks, the Asian American community has been subjected to numerous instances of physical violence, harassment and racist remarks linked to coronavirus. There can be no tolerance for xenophobic attacks and slurs at any time, but especially not as we...
Get Counted! Complete the 2020 Census Today!
If you want to take a simple step to help your community, complete the 2020 Census today! Billions of dollars for affordable housing, schools, health care and more are on the line. New Yorkers must participate in order for our underserved neighborhoods to get their...
AAFE Services During the COVID-19 Outbreak
Following the City of New York’s decision to close its public schools, we have made the decision to close AAFE’s offices, community centers and senior centers effective Monday, March 16. While protecting the health of our community and staff must take precedence as...
AAFE Banquet Cancelled Due to Coronavirus Crisis; Emergency Small Business Loan Fund Created
A message from AAFE Co-Executive Directors Jennifer Sun and Thomas Yu: As you have no doubt heard, there is now a ban in effect on all public gatherings exceeding 500 people in New York State. To avoid putting our guests and staff at risk unnecessarily, we regret to...
AAFE Banquet Will Benefit Small Businesses Endangered by Coronavirus Crisis
A message from AAFE's Co-Executive Directors - March 10, 2020 AAFE’s 46th Annual Lunar New Year Banquet is now a little more than a week away. As we finish up preparations for the big night, we have some important updates. As you know, fears around the coronavirus...
2019 Accomplishments, Looking Ahead to 2020: Here’s How You Can Help!
From all of us at Asian Americans for Equality, we want to wish you a happy holidays and thank you for all you have done in support of our shared mission in 2019. Your support this year helped AAFE: Provide access to affordable health care and entitlement benefits for...
Help Us Fulfill Our Mission: Please Consider a Year-End Donation
From all of us at AAFE, our best wishes for a happy and healthy holiday season and new year. It was an eventful and exciting year here at Asian Americans for Equality. Here are just some of our highlights: We opened our One Flushing mixed-use development, bringing 232...
AAFE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND URGES HOMEOWNERS TO APPLY FOR AFFORDABLE HOME IMPROVEMENT LOANS
AAFE Community Development Fund (AAFE CDF) launched a public information campaign Nov. 14 to get the word out about HomeFix, a new city program offering affordable loans for home repairs. Since limited funds are available, homeowners must submit applications...
AAFE Opens Flushing Youth Center + Intergenerational Digital Lab
AAFE hosted a grand opening celebration Oct. 9 for its brand new Youth Center + Intergenerational Digital Lab, a vital community resource directly across from Flushing High School. While AAFE’s after school program has been a Flushing mainstay for more than a decade,...