The mayor gave her endorsement in a social media video. Chinatown leaders vowed to press their fight in City Council.
By Jeff Gammage, Sean Collins Walsh, and Ximena Conde
Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle L. Parker decisively stepped into the city’s biggest development fight Wednesday, announcing that ...
By Anne-Marie Caruso
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By Rachel Kim
Three Filipino immigrant nurses were among many health care workers who their attorneys say were subject to harsh working conditions and coercive contractual provisions set by their employers. On behalf of current and former employees, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fu...
A fall deadline for decision-making has been called crucial.
By Jeff Gammage
In July 2022 the Sixers announced their intention to construct a world-class showplace on East Market Street, a billion-dollar project they said would not only benefit the team but bring new life and economic vitality to ...
An exit poll showed that among the Asian Americans who voted in New Jersey's Democratic Senate Primary, more than 77% voted for Kim.
By Kimmy Yam
Asian Americans showed strong support for New Jersey Senate candidate Andy Kim in the state’s primary this week, an exit poll showed.
The survey, conduc...
By Rachel Lu
For the third year in a row a bill designed to improve working conditions and protect the health of nail salon workers, could potentially be blocked by the New York State Senate.
Coalition partners and workers recently organized a “nail salon caravan,” where over 50 workers from all o...
New Jersey officials downplayed the group’s deadly attacks against Indian Americans. Over 36 years later, little has changed.
By Isha Banerjee
Navroze Mody, a 30-year-old Citicorp bank manager, had recently bought a house in Jersey City and invited his parents to move in with him. He was feeling g...
President ‘advertising’ national security tip line could increase Sinophobia in investment
By Danielle Myles
In a first for US investment screening, a public tip has prompted President Joe Biden to force the divestiture of Chinese-owned land on national security grounds. The government is now expe...
Anti-Asian hostility spiked amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but it’s nothing new. Parents and students are breaking a generational cycle of silence, demanding that school districts act.
by Amritpal Kaur Sandhu-Longoria
Editor’s note: This story has graphic language and descriptions of racial slurs, ha...
By Crystal Cranmore/WABC
QUEENS, NY — May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and Eyewitness News is taking a closer look at a community in Queens that is fighting for more representation in the New York City Council.
Members of the Asian community in Richmond Hill and South Ozon...
By Michael Carroll
A federal appeals court appeared somewhat conflicted last week as judges heard oral arguments over the legality of a Florida law that bars Chinese citizens from buying homes in many parts of the state.
A three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals listened to presenta...
By Rachel Lu, AsAmNews Intern
On Friday, lawyers representing four Chinese immigrants appeared in front of the U.S Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit to argue that a Florida law that bans many Chinese immigrants from buying a home in a large swath of the state is unconstitutional.
Activists fro...
By Helen Shamamyan and Rajesvi Deora
MIAMI, FL – The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) released a statement this week outlining the political climate surrounding an upcoming U.S. Court of Appeals hearing regarding the Florida law SB 264, a discriminatory law that bans many Chinese immigrants fr...
By Bochen Han
‘By restricting housing based on Chinese domicile, Florida is unlawfully restricting housing for Chinese people,’ a lawyer for the plaintiffs contends
Plaintiffs also argue that Florida’s law conflicts with the US president’s ‘ability to speak for the nation with one voice on matter...
BY STEPHANY MATAT
An attorney asked a federal appeals court on Friday to block a controversial Florida law signed last year that restricts Chinese citizens from buying real estate in much of the state, calling it discriminatory and a violation of the federal government’s supremacy in deciding forei...
Law has chilling effect for Asian Americans in general, say plaintiff's supporters
MARRIAN ZHOU, Nikkei staff writer
NEW YORK -- A federal appellate court in Miami hears arguments Friday in a lawsuit challenging Florida's alien land law, which bans Chinese citizens from buying most property in the...
By Andrew Kreighbaum
State restricts purchases by nationals of seven countries
Violates Fair Housing Act, Equal Protection Clause, suit says
A Florida law banning citizens of China and six other countries from buying real estate revives a 100-year-old, discredited legal precedent that unconstitut...
A group of Chinese immigrants living in Florida seeking to buy homes argue the law unconstitutionally discriminates against them based on their national origin.
By Megan Butler
(CN) — On Friday, an 11th Circuit panel in Miami will hear arguments over a lawsuit challenging a Florida law that bans m...
By Bethany Li and Thông Phan
For Asian Americans around the country, all eyes are on Florida this week.
On Friday at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Miami, counsel representing four Chinese immigrants will argue against SB 264, a Florida law banning many Chinese immigrants fr...
By Rachel Kim
An appeal filed by the New York City Council is an attempt to bring back voting rights for legal noncitizens in New York. The legal action comes after the noncitizen voting law was struck down in 2022, sparking a debate about inclusivity in the electoral process.
Enacting this landma...
