New York City Mayor Eric Adams allows noncitizen voting bill to become law
Unless a judge halts its implementation, New York City is the first major U.S. city to grant widespread local voting rights to noncitizens.
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NYC Mayor Adams Asks Biden to Apologize to Asian Americans for Trump Remarks
Adams was speaking at a press conference announcing a series of initiatives to help small businesses in Chinatown and other parts of the city. He said he would send a formal letter to Biden on Tuesday and that “we will never allow the Oval Office to be used to attack people in our country.”
CUNY Trustee Kevin Kim appointed NYC Small Business Services Commissioner
Adams’ pick to run the Department of Small Business Services is Kevin Kim, the first Korean-American to hold the post. Kim is an attorney specializing in New York State liquor license matters. He previously served as a State Liquor Authority commissioner.
N.Y. enacts ‘groundbreaking’ law to change how Asian American populations are counted
State agencies in New York will now be required to break down data for individual ethnic groups under the Asian American Pacific Islander umbrella.
As NY Redistricting Forges Forward, Asian American Groups Push for ‘Unity Map’
The “Unity Map” was drawn by three civil rights legal groups—the Asian American Legal Defense Fund, the Center for Law and Social Justice, and Latino Justice—and features districts drawn to preserve a community’s political power, the organizers said, particularly important given the growth of the Asian population in the city according to last year’s census.
First Cambodian American mayor in U.S. takes office
“God bless America, right? I was a refugee, now I’m mayor of a major city in Massachusetts,” said Lowell Mayor Sokhary Chau.