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Republican New York City Councilman Peter Koo to become Democrat

Sat, 01/21/2012 - 09:07

Unsurprisingly, Chinese American Republican Peter Koo, who pulled off a surprising upset in the 2009 City Council elections, will leave the Republican Party on Monday, citing the limits of the party to work in the City Council and a "lack of outreach" by the party toward Asian American communities, particularly Flushing.


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New Law Would Allow Sikh American NYPD Officers to Keep their Articles of Faith

Mon, 08/22/2011 - 20:22

A new law passed by the New York City Council will be used to challenge the New York Police Department’s policy banning Sikh police officers from wearing their turbans and beards while in uniform.  At the present, the NYPD enforces a rigid dress code that requires, among many standards, all officers to be clean-shaven and wearing a hat.  Two Sikh American NPYD traffic officers had won the right to wear turbans on the job in 2004, but have since left the force, allowing the NYPD to revert to its previous stance.


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Margaret Chin's victory speech

Thu, 11/05/2009 - 09:42
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The race that's probably gotten the most attention after newly-elected New York City Comptroller John Liu has been that of Margaret Chin in her long journey to become the City Councilmember representing New York's Chinatown. Here's a clip from Youtube from her victory speech, as well as a couple of articles.

From Asiance Magazine, "Not by the hair of her Chin-y Chin Chin":


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Kevin Kim volunteers file report on racist incident

Mon, 10/19/2009 - 08:14

After the recent New York City primary and runoff, Asian Americans celebrated the historic victories by New York City Comptroller candidate John Liu and City Council candidates Kevin Kim, Margaret Chin and Yen Chou. I guess some people were not as excited.


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S.J. Jung suspends campaign

Tue, 10/06/2009 - 11:11

City Council Candidate S.J. Jung Announces Discontinuation of his Campaign for November General Elections


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Kevin Kim to appear at APAP event, this Friday

Wed, 09/23/2009 - 05:32

Great news, everyone. New York City Council candidate Kevin Kim will be stopping by our event this Friday in New York City. Kim, who is deputy director of community affairs for U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-Bayside), recently won the Democratic nomination for the City Council seat in District 19 with 30 percent of the vote. The general election is Nov. 3rd. It would be great if you could join us and meet him and other invited guests!

Please make sure to RSVP to Theresa Thanjan!


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Minorities To Become Majority in New York City Council

Thu, 09/17/2009 - 22:44

In my post election analysis, I neglected to mention another historic aspect to last Tuesday's election.  Racial minorities are finally poised to become the majority in the City Council.  At least 24 (and likely as many as 28 pending November elections) Black, Hispanic and Asian City Councilmen will finally reflect the racial and ethnic makeup of New York City.  Previously, the 51-member body which previously had 40% of the seats held by minorities.  The gains are due to three


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Kevin Kim wins City Council seat in Queens, First Korean American

Wed, 09/16/2009 - 14:32

UPDATE (11/4/09) - Unfortunately, we got a little ahead of ourselves on this one. Back in Sept, Kevin won the nomination and we assumed he would win the general election. In an upset, Kevin actually lost to Republican Daniel Halloran III. More information on the race can be found here.


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Margaret Chin's historic victory, a news roundup

Wed, 09/16/2009 - 13:24

Congratulations again to all our progressive Asian American winners yesterday.  There are a lot of news reports on each of the races. Here are some of the top reports on Margaret Chin who will be representing New York City Council District 1.

Chin Wins City Council Primary (Tribeca Tribune)


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Kevin Kim, Yen Chou, Margaret Chin, Win; John Liu Headed For Runoff

Tue, 09/15/2009 - 22:17

Big news out of today's election.  Today is a historic day for Asian Americans in New York City.  New York City will have (pending November's elections) at least three API City Councilmen.  Additinally, this was a record year in terms of API candidates and hopefully a sign for future elections.  To clarify, only the citywide elections (Mayor, Comptroller, Public Advocate) will go to runoff if no candidate receives 40% of the vote.

 


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