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The image was taken from the CAAAV Voice Spring 1998 newsletter of Bhairavi Desai with a farewell message as she resigned from her position as program coordinator of the Lease Drivers Coalition to found the New York Taxi Worker Alliance.

Bronx 12 Evening Edition news report before YLP Welfare demonstration on August 23, 2000. The demonstration ended in a successful shut down of a major North-Bronx welfare center and over 80 CAAAV members participating.

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Video opens with an advertisement. Report by Gabe Pressman of Channel 4 News, as part of a series on police brutality. Kim Huyn, Chinese-American 17 year old, boarded the bus in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn to commute to her high school, when the bus driver…

Report by Gigi Stone of NY1. Footage of the CAAAV Demonstration at the Wackenhut Detention Center, a private immigration detention facility in Queens. CAAAV member Jane Bai is interviewed, who speaks out against the inhumane treatment of the…

A Lease Drivers Coalition advertisement orignally placed in CAAAV Voices' Winter 1994 issue on page 7. It is selling t-shirts that would support the group's operation and a growing public awareness.

Guo Quing Zhong sits beside his family while showing the injuries he received from police officers to the press.

On January 31, 1990, Guo Quing (Peter) Zhong was stopped by police officers from the 90th Precinct after allegedly driving through a…

Guo Quing Zhong (fourth from the left) stands with his attorney, Eric Poulos (to Zhong's right), family, supporters, and CAAAV members at a press conference celebrating the dismissal of criminal charges against him.

On January 31, 1990, Guo Quing…

Yellow Taxi Cabs completely line both sides of the street, parked along the sidewalks, for the Lease Drivers Coalition (LDC) Protest in the Lower East Side.

View of Committee Against Asian American Violence (CAAAV) protest in the Lower East Side, facing north on the intersection of E. 14th Street and Ave B. A blue NYPD car is visible in the foreground, blocking off traffic on 14th St. CAAAV Protesters…

Lease Drivers Coalition (LDC) members protest alongside CAAAV on the corner of E. 14th Street and Ave C. Signs include demands for fair lease prices, safe cabs, no assaults, and for taxi drivers to stand united against the Taxi Limousine Commission…