Chinanews.com, February 21. According to the American "Overseas Chinese News" report, after the Asian woman was pushed into the railroad track by a homeless person at Times Square subway station and was killed, another case against Asians shocked New York. The Asian woman 2 In the early morning of March 13, he was stabbed to death by a homeless man following his entry into his apartment in Manhattan's Chinatown.
Facing the never-ending violence against Asians, community leaders and elected officials from the Chinese communities in Brooklyn, Chinatown, and Flushing, New York, USA, gathered on Eighth Avenue on February 19, and joined nearly 100 villagers to die for innocent Asians. They held mourning ceremonies and protested against the city government's plan to open homeless shelters in the three major Chinese communities.
On the afternoon of the 19th, photos of several Asian victims were erected in front of the Eighth Avenue 62nd Street subway station, surrounded by candles and flowers.
Nearly 100 overseas Chinese from all over New York held yellow flowers, star-spangled flags and protest slogans, once again raising their voices against homeless shelters and hate crimes against Asian Americans.
Chen Shanzhuang, the general convener of the Asian American Human Rights Defence League, pointed out that the United States has not paid enough attention to ethnic minorities for more than 200 years since the founding of the country.
The major league has sent a letter to New York Governor Hochuer the day before, urging severe punishment of violent crimes and increasing the number of hospital doctors with mental problems, because the general homeless policy is not the solution to the community, and I hope the governor can make a decision to the Chinese community in the next week. reply.
Yu Jinshan, chairman of the New York Chinese Institute, said that the people of Chinese communities across New York are united and stand on the same front.
He described that in the 50 years he has been in the United States, he has never been so fearful and angry as he is now. He is afraid of being pushed on the subway, beaten while walking, and afraid of being broken into when he lives in an apartment.
He is angry: Can the government do nothing at all?
Today, Asian brothers and sisters, such as Chinese and Korean, are united to protest the unfair treatment and correct it.
Huang Qiwang, chairman of the New York Chinese Federation, who organized the protest, emphasized that the rally on the day was to mourn the deaths of several innocent people with a heavy heart. , speak up!" He demanded that the government immediately stop building new homeless shelters in every community center, and that homeless people need real help, not putting them in shelters.
The rally was rarely attended by elected officials from both parties.
Democratic state Rep. Peter White pointed out that in the past these were the policies of former Mayor de Blasio, and the new Mayor Adams's position is to protect the community, and he has taken action, and there is hope for change, so everyone should be full of hope.
In response to the bail reform that everyone is worried about, Peter White emphasized that there will be new amendments during the state legislature this year. His colleagues in the legislature have heard everyone's voice and proposed a bill, and he himself has signed to support it. This year, the unclear bail policy will definitely be revised. , bringing the community back to safety.
(Gao Shiyun)