The replacement in 2004 of democratically elected Community School Boards (Boards) with appointed Community and Citywide Education Councils (CECs) has significantly reduced Asian American representation within New York City’s public school governing system. In 1999, 15 Asian Americans sat on old Boa...
New York, NY—The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) today announced the filing of a new lawsuit under state environmental laws to challenge the barricades around New York City Police Headquarters. These barricades, put in place almost three years ago after September 11, 2001, h...
New York, NY—With less than 30 days remaining until his scheduled deportation date, Mr. Malik Muhammad Akbar‘s request for deferred action was granted by the Department of Homeland Security on May 27, 2004. Mr. Akbar, age 66, and suffering from a multitude of physical illnesses, was placed in deport...
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) regularly monitors elections for compliance with the federal Voting Rights Act, specifically Section 203, which requires Chinese- and Korean- language voting assistance, and to document other voting problems. We observed first-hand a numbe...
New York, NY—Mohammad Belayet Hossain, a hard-working Brooklyn resident and father of a 10 year-old daughter, believed that February 19th would be his last day in the U.S. Instead, by asserting his right to remain in the United States, Mr. Hossain was granted an emergency stay from deportation by a ...
Asian Groups form JUSTICE FOR JAMES YEE
WHO: Justice for James Yee (David Wong Support Committee, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, Organization of Chinese Americans-Long Island Chapter, Blue Triangle Network, Flushing Greens and Refuse and Resist) cosponsored by the Islamic Circle o...
Mira Nair, Alice Young, and Open Society Institute to Be Honored
Mira Nair, the internationally-acclaimed filmmaker and director of “Monsoon Wedding” and “Mississippi Masala;” Alice Young, partner at Kaye Scholer LLP and chair of the law firm’s Asia Practice; and Open Society Institute, the foundat...
What is Pushout?
Non-membering (sometimes called pushout) is when a school drops a student from its attendance rolls.
In 2000-2001, 12.5% of Asian students dropped (or were pushed) out in Lowell, compared to 12.4% of Hispanics, 9.3% of African Americans, and only 6.4% of whites.
High schools migh...
New York, NY—The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), a New York-based civil rights organization, praised the United States Supreme Court decision on June 23rd in Grutter v. Bollinger, which upheld the race-conscious affirmative action policy of Michigan Law School.
“This decis...
Because of the 2000 Presidential election debacle in Florida and similar problems in the 2002 midterm elections, Congress passed the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) last December. This new law will make significant changes to voting across the country. This review by the Asian American Legal Defense an...
New York, NY—Comedian Margaret Cho and Bhairavi Desai of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance were honored at the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund’s Annual Lunar New Year Celebration on Thursday, February 13, 2003, at PIER SIXTY, Chelsea Piers, in New York City. Ms. Cho and Ms. Desai re...
