NEW YORK — Yesterday, the New York State Legislature introduced bills to adopt new state senate and assembly maps that have the potential to drastically shift power for voters in New York. The Legislature had similarly introduced bills for new congressional districts on Sunday. The Asian American Le...
NEW YORK — New Yorkers awoke this week to disappointment upon the release of the New York State Legislature’s proposed redistricting plans for our state and city, further piling on to the failure of the Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC) process last week. New Yorkers in 2014 voted for redis...
NEW YORK — Today, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) released the below statement on Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement from the United States Supreme Court.
“For nearly three decades on the country’s highest court, Justice Breyer played an important role in landmark rulings ...
MEDIA ADVISORY FOR TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2022
Now LATFOR Must Protect and Ensure Communities of Color Have an Equitable Voice in Democracy
25 Diverse African Descendant, Latino, and Asian American Groups Urge NY State Legislature to Support the Unity Map
NEW YORK — Today, January 25, is the last d...
NEW YORK — The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) issued the following statement in response to the violent attack against an Asian American woman in the New York City subway.
“As we finish out a second year into the pandemic, violent attacks on Asian Americans have continued ...
NEW YORK — New York’s Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC) has failed New Yorkers by proving themselves incapable of rising above partisan political squabbling to create a fair, nonpartisan redistricting plan. During New York’s inaugural redistricting cycle under the misnamed Independent Redis...
MEDIA ADVISORY FOR TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2022
Unity Map Coalition Calls for the Rejection of the IRC Redistricting Plans
AALDEF, CLSJ, and LatinoJustice Call on New York State Legislature to Adopt Unity Map
NEW YORK — The UNITY MAP COALITION, a coalition of the leading legal voting rights advocacy...
Empower Marginalized Communities and Safeguard Democracy for the Next Ten Years
New York, NY — This is a defining moment for the new Governor and the New York State Legislature to decide where power lies in New York for the next ten years. With the Independent Redistricting Commission deadlocked, i...
WILL THEY SUPPORT THE UNITY MAP OR STATUS QUO FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS?
WHAT: Virtual Press Conference by APA VOICE Redistricting Task Force, largest APA coalition of civic engagement groups involved in the 2020 Redistricting Cycle in New York City
WHY: The Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC) ...
NEW YORK — Last Thursday, the Senate parliamentarian, an unelected staff attorney who works for the Judiciary Committee, issued yet another negative decision on the immigration provision that Democrats sought to include in the Build Back Better bill. Her opinion clearly indicates that she has no int...
NEW YORK — Today, the Census Bureau released its updated list of jurisdictions that are required by the federal Voting Rights Act to provide translated ballots, voting materials, and bilingual poll workers for specific language minority groups. The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AA...
AALDEF, CLSJ, and LatinoJustice of the Unity Map Coalition Complete UNITY Map Redistricting Plan
New York, NY — On Tuesday, November 23, 2021, the UNITY MAP COALITION, an alliance of the leading legal voting rights advocacy organizations representing people of color in New York City, released its p...
The next RAISE and AALDEF virtual immigration clinic will take place on Tuesday, November 23, 2021 at 6 pm ET. An AALDEF attorney and RAISE’s community organizer will share the latest immigration proposal in the Build Back Better bill, conduct Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) eligibilit...
MEDIA ALERT: VIRTUAL PRESS CONFERENCE ANNOUNCING TEXAS REDISTRICTING LAWSUIT
Fair Maps Texas Action Committee v. Abbott
Attorneys from Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ), ACLU of Texas, and the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), will host a virtual media event with...
Austin, T.X. (November 16, 2021) — Civil rights groups filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday, Fair Maps Texas Action Committee v. Abbott, challenging new Texas state legislative and Congressional district plans as unconstitutional racial gerrymanders violating both the Voting Rights Act and the U.S. Const...
Nearly 1 in 5 Asian American voters reported experiencing anti-Asian harassment or violence
MA | MI | NJ | NY | VA
New York, NY — The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) released new data from its nonpartisan, multilingual exit poll of 2,726 Asian American voters in the Novemb...
AALDEF, CLSJ, and LatinoJustice of the Unity Map Coalition Propose Redistricting Plan
NEW YORK — The UNITY MAP COALITION, a coalition of the leading legal voting rights advocacy organizations representing people of color in New York City, unveiled its proposed redistricting plan for New York City e...
Asian American voters strongly supported Democratic candidates in close races
MA | MI | NJ | NY | VA
New York, NY — Today, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) released preliminary results of its nonpartisan, multilingual exit poll of more than 2500 Asian American voters in...
Dear Community Members and Partners,
The New York Voting Rights Consortium, a group of leading local and national voting-rights advocates,[1] issues this statement in support of New York State ballot proposals 1, 3 and 4. In doing so, we recognize the critical opportunity these measures present in ...
MEDIA ADVISORY FOR THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2021
Unity Map Coalition Unveils Redistricting Plan for New York City
AALDEF, CLSJ, and LatinoJustice Propose “Unity” Redistricting Map
NEW YORK - The UNITY MAP COALITION, a coalition of the leading legal voting rights advocacy organizations representing p...
