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Chinatown Residents Challenges Manhattan Bridge Rehabilitation and the Closing of Grand Street Station
On March 15, 1999, the Lower East Side Business Improvement District invited the NYC Department of Transportation and New York City Transit to brief community members on the impacts of the Manhattan Bridge rehabilitation project. Multiple…
Justice for Wrongfully Convicted David Wong during Mid-Autumn Festival Celebration
This new article features CAAAV’s celebration of the Mid-Autumn festival, which is similarly reported in item #2578. The reporter particularly zoomed in on describing how the David Wong Support Committee raised awareness regarding overturning the…
Over 500 Chinese Residents Signed Petition Demanding HPD to Incorporate Language Access Services
CAAAV joined Fukien Benevolent Association of America and City Councilmember John (Chun Yah) Liu in calling on the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) to provide direct Chinese language services. This modification would allow…
Festive Mid-Autumn Celebration Brings Asian Communities Together through Cultural Performances
The news report describes CAAAV’s first Mid-Autumn celebration, which featured martial arts, folk music and dance, and songs performed in both English and Mandarin. To facilitate cultural exchange among different Asian immigrant communities, the…
Tenant Unions Calls Attention to Housing Hardships: Evicted Chinatown Renters Showed Up to Protest
On October 28th, the Citywide Tenants Coalition organized a demonstration in Harlem, demanding governmental agencies to recognize and remedy the citywide shortage of housing stock, unaffordability for low-income renters, and displacement of small…
Chinatown Factory faces Eviction: Harsh Reality Hits Makers of Fairy-Tale Gowns
This news article reported in English centered on the possible eviction of a Chinatown garment factory (Fortune Gardens), whose owner was sued by landlords for alleged unpaid rent. The factory’s shutdown could result in the unemployment of 40 Chinese…
To Prevent Further Gentrification in Chinatown: 20+ Chinese Students Take on the Responsibility of Organizing Chinese Tenants
This news article documents a community panel discussion on Chinatown gentrification hosted by CAAAV’s Youth Leadership Project. The event featured five of the six candidates running for Lower Manhattan’s City Council District 1 seat and centered on…
Save Chinatown, Stop Gentrification - Chinese Demonstrators Demanding Extension and Reform of Rent Stabilization Laws
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Dozens of NYC tenant rights organizations protested at Union Square against the expiration of the state’s rent stabilization laws on June 15. Xian Zhen Li (李贤贞), director of the Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence, emphasized that 70 to…
Dozens of NYC tenant rights organizations protested at Union Square against the expiration of the state’s rent stabilization laws on June 15. Xian Zhen Li (李贤贞), director of the Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence, emphasized that 70 to…
Protestors March to Save Philadelphia’s Chinatown and Oppose Naval Bombing of Vieques
Protestors in Philadelphia march with signs and shirts that read, “NO STADIUM IN CHINATOWN,” and effigies likely of Mayor John Street, protesting the construction of a baseball stadium for the Phillies near Chinatown. Interspersed are signs that…
"Hands off Chinatown: No Justice, No Peace" Banner
CAAAV youth organizers held a banner that depicted city buildings and a statement that read "Hands off Chinatown: No Justice, No Peace" in both English and Chinese. The banner likely hinted at protection of the Chinatown neighborhood against…