Voices Stories by Austin Woerner
Chinese community calls for investigation of hate crimes
The New York Police Department announced yesterday that five recent assaults on Chinese women in the Lower East Side of Manhattan may have been hate crimes, causing great concern throughout the Chinese community.
VIDEO :: Police arrested three out of five juvenile suspects in a series of attacks on five Chinese women on the Lower East Side earlier this month. According to the NY1 report, their parents turned them in. more>
VideoWith English classes on the chopping block, immigrants in arms
If last year's figures are any indication, this year's NY State budget cuts could leave the adult literacy program with only 60 percent of its original funding more>
Chinatown Business Improvement District sparks heated debate
Supporters and opponents of the new plan for a Chinatown Business Improvement District (BID) went head-to-head yesterday, debating whether BID fees on businesses would constitute a tax and the burden to local merchants more>
Construction workers cheated in Chinatown’s informal economy
One Fujianese construction worker named Jiang lost not only unpaid wages but also a considerable sum he loaned to his employer, who absconded without a trace.
