With a five-to-one ratio of Democrats to Republicans in Flushing's District 20, Republican Koo's victory in securing a City Council seat points to the success of a coalition-building strategy straddling ethnic and generational lines.  more>

With voter participation in primaries at an all-time-low, political analysts were shocked to see more than 22,000 voters turn out for the Democratic runoff for comptroller, roughly 30 percent more than forecast. more>

Chinese restaurant workers in New York are protesting against employers paying wages way under the legal minimum and keeping their tips. For those who try to fight back, many have been fired or are facing harassment at work. more>

The reactions from Chinese Americans to Obama's plan were many and varied. Compared with the extremely positive attitude from those directors or CEOs of companies, unemployed workers might think it is still hard to make the plan work because of the high costs. more>

Immigration reform is not such a happy topic for the sizable group of Chinese immigrants with H1B visas, who could expect to line up shoulder-to-shoulder with the nation's 12 million illegal immigrants to get green cards should Obama's plan go through. more>

Jiang Tianduo, president of the Reporters Association of Southern California, is not surprised by these developments. He believes that American newspapers are too thick, increasing costs but not returns. more>

A recent report found Asian Americans distinguish themselves in the area of naturalization, a crucial prerequisite for participation in the political process: 57 percent of all Asian-American immigrants attain citizenship. more>

The decline of U.S. real estate market is further deteriorated by the recent financial crisis on Wall Street; at the same time, homebuyers from China gradually become an important force to bolster the U.S. housing market, and they start to gain much more attention from developers and brokers than in the past. more>

The defeat of Ellen Young – the first Chinese-American assemblywoman in New York State two years ago – and the win of Grace Meng could signal a change in Councilman John Liu’s domination of Flushing politics. more>

Chinatown residents, concerned that the veterans were found days after they died, are pushing for seniors to plan ahead, particularly when they no longer have family and friends to deal with their passing. more>

On February 13, Rev. Franklin Richardson, chair of Al Sharpton’s National Action Network, an African-American civil rights organization, met with City Councilman John Liu (D-Queens) to discuss what Richardson termed “a miscommunication” regarding his speech at the funeral of Christopher Ridely, an African-American officer killed by police fire. more>

WFNY (93.3 Free FM), a radio station under CBS, had a show called Dog House Pranks with a segment called Chinese Food. It harassed the female and male hosts in a Chinese restaurant with insults, sexual slurs, and other provocations. Yesterday, the Fujianese community held a meeting to urge the victimized Chinese restaurant to come forward and use legal actions against the radio show. more>

Law enforcement in Brooklyn is astounded by the discovery that some African-American and Hispanic gangs in East New York require new members to rob Chinese deliverymen before they can be officially inducted. more>

Lin-Qua Qu, director of a regional Chinese organization, expressed to Chief of Police Matthew Whelan at Flushing Precinct 109 that although the victim was Chinese, the crime should serve as a “red flag” for the safety of Flushing as a whole. more>

The presiding judge, Pauline Mullings, who is African American, opined that a harsh punishment would serve as a deterrent and sentenced one of two Caucasian assailants, who beat up a couple of Chinese-American youths, to three-and-half years in prison with two years of probation. more>

Major Chinatown landlord is focus of new counterfeit crackdown strategy. more>

Community leaders are jubilant about the strong showing of Chinese candidates, who will emphasize the importance of issues facing Asian communities. more>

The Chinatown Sanitation Association – with a cleaning staff of only six and money woes – is bracing itself for worsening conditions during the upcoming tourist season. more>

Officials from the mayor’s office, Immigration Affairs, and the NYC Health and Hospitals Corporation have assured immigrant groups that any person, regardless of his or her immigrant status, has a right to medical help. more>

Doreen Chan, a Chinatown resident said that illegal parking in front of hydrants threatened residents’ safety and property. more>

Many Chinese immigrants who recently moved into the area also showed up to voice their opposition. more>

The New York City Economic Development Corporation is scheduled to break ground this summer for the redevelopment of the Willits Point Iron Triangle and Shea Stadium. The project, estimated at $909 million, will dislodge businesses in the area since the 1930s. more>

Instead of using legitimate banks, undocumented Fujianese immigrants simply entrust their money to friends or people from the same village who are going back. When large amounts of money are concerned, it is sent this way in order to avoid being monitored by the authorities. more>

According to an NYU study, students of Vietnamese, Cambodian and Lao descent actually do not do well in school compared to African Americans students, and do not receive enough government assistance. Peter Cheng, executive director of Indochina Sino-American Community Center in Chinatown, said that the myth of a “model minority” has often obscured the need within the different Asian communities. more>

When news that three-year-old New Tang Dynasty TV was selected by NY1 to carry the election debates dubbed in Chinese was made public, the Chinese community questioned the criteria and selection process, since the station reaches only from 79th Street to Downtown Manhattan. more>

While the proposed national ID has just stepped out of the Congress doors, fake ones are already knocking about in immigrant communities. more>

Minkuan Chen, the Bronx take-out deliveryman who was trapped in an elevator for three days, now faces deportation after the police disclosed his immigration status to the media. Pressure is now on the mayor to discipline the police officers responsible for the leak. more>