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AAFE Community Development Fund Offers Low-Interest Loans to Help Flushing Homeowners Impacted by Flooding
AAFE Community Development Fund has launched an Emergency Home Repair Loan Fund to assist homeowners impacted by the flash floods that swept across Queens September 13. Homeowners in the Kissena Park area in Flushing (see the boundary map) are eligible. Please see the...
My Trinh Chang and Joy Granado Join AAFE’s Senior Leadership Team
August 30, 2022 Asian Americans for Equality (AAFE) announced two key additions to its senior leadership team with the appointments of My Trinh Chang as Chief of Staff and Joy Granado as Chief Accounting Officer. Chang will be working closely with AAFE Executive...
AAFE Explores Asian Greens Gleaning Initiative for East Harlem Seniors
On July 16, ten senior recipients of AAFE’s East Harlem food pantry embarked on a gleaning trip to two farms, Dig Acres and Choy Division, in upstate New York. Gleaning involves the process of harvesting excess food from farm fields. After the one-and-a-half-hour trip...
Community Leaders, City Officials and Residents Break Ground on Affordable Homeownership Project in Chelsea
Decades in the making, 201-207 7th Avenue will turn blighted corner into 26 co-ops and retail NEW YORK CITY - The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), New York City Council Member Erik Bottcher and Asian Americans for Equality...
Free Legal Clinics to be Offered at AAFE’s One Flushing Community Center
In partnership with the Asian American Bar Association of New York, we have been hosting pro bono legal clinics at our community center in Flushing since February. We're happy to report we'll have a new round of clinics starting in September. While it's not listed on...
Know Your Rights: Spanish Language Virtual Housing Workshops
On June 8 AAFE hosted an online workshop on fair housing and discrimination. On this occasion, Unlock NYC was our special guest and helped our audience navigate their tech resources to identify, record, and report a case of discrimination in the housing context....
AAFE Resident Services Program Evolves to Meet Changing Community Needs
AAFE has been preserving and building affordable housing for decades and also providing community services to help ensure that low-income tenants have access to government social programs and economic empowerment. While we have always provided assistance to the...
Know Your Rights: Chinese Language Housing Presentations
AAFE's housing counseling team recently presented a series of virtual workshops to help tenants understand their rights and to protect their families. In case you missed these Chinese language workshops, they are posted below. If we can be of any assistance with any...
AAFE is Proud to Support “Voltage,” Chinatown’s New Women’s Volleyball Team!
AAFE is Proud to Support "Voltage," Chinatown's New Women's Volleyball Team! Chinatown now has its very own competitive women's volleyball team! The new team, named Voltage, an AAFE-sponsored group, is part of the Asian American 9-Man volleyball community. Voltage...
Project Partners Outline Next Steps For Transitional Housing Facility in Flushing Queens For Vulnerable Children and Their Families
Development team and the City move forward to create essential new community resource after 4 month local engagement process Housing Services & Retention Collaborative to be formed to facilitate equitable access CHINESE TRANSLATION NEW YORK CITY -...
AAFE Announces Senior Leadership Transition
AAFE ANNOUNCES SENIOR LEADERSHIP TRANSITION Co-Executive Director Jennifer Sun Plans to Step Down After Nearly Four-Year Tenure May 20, 2022 Asian Americans for Equality (AAFE) announced today that Co-Executive Director Jennifer Sun has informed the Board of...
Statement Regarding 80 Canal St. Affordable Housing
In response to speculation regarding the future of 80 Canal St. a privately owned building in Chinatown, Asian Americans for Equality (AAFE) released the following statement: AAFE has been working with other nonprofit organizations to ensure the housing stability of...
