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Here’s What Your Support Made Possible in 2021!
As another challenging year draws to a close, all of us at AAFE would like to extend our wishes to you for a happy and healthy 2022. We also wanted to take a few moments to thank you for all you do on behalf of New York's low-income and immigrant communities. Our work...
Community Notice: Status of Flushing Transitional Housing Project
Asian Americans for Equality (AAFE) is working to address a dire need within the Flushing community and the city at large. While the development process of 39-03 College Point Boulevard has been halted, as announced December 23, 2021, AAFE will be continuing community...
Why Build Transitional Housing For Families with Children in Flushing? There is a Critical Need
AAFE and Urban Resource Institute (URI) are preparing to open a Families with Children transitional housing center at 39-03 College Point Boulevard in Flushing. In the following article, we cover the critical need for this facility in our community. Every day...
FAQ: Families with Children Transitional Housing in Flushing
AAFE and our partners are opening a Families with Children Center in Flushing Queens. Here are our responses to frequently asked questions about the project. What is the plan for the vacant lot at 39-03 College Point Boulevard? This site will be...
Free Legal Clinics Offered at AAFE Locations in Brooklyn and Queens
NEW YORK CITY - Asian Americans for Equality (AAFE) has teamed up with the Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY) for a series of free legal and application assistance clinics at AAFE’s offices in Chinatown, Manhattan and Flushing, Queens. Both in-person...
Affordable Housing Lottery is Now Open For AAFE’s East Village Homes
Rendering by Leroy Street Studio. A housing lottery kicked off this week (10/18/21) for East Village Homes, a 100% affordable project at 302 East 2nd St. in Manhattan, providing essential new rental housing in the heart of New York City. There are a total of 44...
AAFE Continues to Offer Help to Anyone Applying for Emergency Rental Assistance
AAFE's Community Services Department is offering multilingual one-on-one help to any community members applying for New York State's Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Please see details below in the English, Chinese and Spanish flyers. [pdf-embedder...
Applications Open For Affordable Apartments on the Lower East Side
Affordable apartment availabilities on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Please see information in English, Chinese and Spanish. The application deadline is November 14. [pdf-embedder...
FDNY and AAFE Team Up for Fire Training Exercises in the East Village
The New York City Fire Department (FDNY) was on the scene on two consecutive days this past summer at a tenement building located at 406 East 10th St. in Manhattan's East Village. But firefighters were not responding to an emergency. This was a training exercise at a...
AAFE Begins to Transform 3 East Village Buildings into Affordable Cooperatives
Asian Americans for Equality (AAFE), the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), project partners, elected officials and local residents celebrated the start of construction today for a three-building rehabilitation project that will...
President Biden Appoints AAFE’s Jennifer Sun to Serve on the Community Development Advisory Board
The White House announced September 15 that AAFE Co-Executive Director Jennifer Sun is among nine new members appointed by President Biden to serve on the Community Development Advisory Board. Members of the board provide advice to the director of the Community...
AAFE Testifies at New York State Redistricting Hearings
Through our membership in the APA VOICE Redistricting Task Force, AAFE is participating in public hearings intended to help decide the boundaries for state and federal legislative boundaries. The process is dependent on data from the 2020 Census. AAFE Co-Executive...
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