China News Service, March 21. According to the US "Overseas Chinese News" report, New York Governor Kathy Hochul recently hosted an Asian Community Roundtable in Manhattan, focusing on issues related to hate crimes and community safety.
Hozur discusses options to address the surge in hate and violence with Asian American community leaders and supports continuing to provide the Asian Pacific American community with the necessary resources for law enforcement to keep streets safe.
Governor Hochuer recently met with leaders of the Asian American community in New York, and she said that during the productive conversation, they discussed solutions to curb the surge in hate crimes and violence in the community.
The state will continue to support the AAPI community and provide community law enforcement with the necessary resources to better ensure community street safety.
Hochuer stressed that her administration has been committed to sending a strong message that there is no place for hate in New York.
That's why she recently announced the largest grant to the Asian American community in New York State's history, with $10 million being awarded to organizations that directly provide support services to the Asian American community.
She looks forward to continuing to work with Asian American community leaders and calling on New Yorkers everywhere to unite against anti-Asian hatred and to restore safety to streets, subways and homes.
Chinese community leaders including Xu Jiapeng, President of the New York Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, and Chen Shanzhuang, President of the Federation of Asian American Associations attended the presentation.
Xu Jiapeng pointed out that since the outbreak of the epidemic more than two years ago, the surge in hate crimes and violence has made the community feel panic and lack a sense of security, which will cause New Yorkers to move out of New York and tourists are reluctant to come to New York, thus affecting the economic development of the community.
As such, he urged law enforcement to punish repeat offenders, and that the governor's office, in cooperation with the mayor's office, take quick and proven steps to combat hate and other crimes.
Chen Shanzhuang mainly made suggestions on hate crimes, public security and homeless places. He affirmed that the governor cares about the Asian community, but the state government needs to introduce more substantive measures.
He said that in the past two years, the surge of anti-Asian hate cases has caused panic among the Chinese, and Flushing has become a hardest hit area. He suggested that the state government establish an anti-Asian hate fund to directly provide assistance to the victims of anti-Asian hate cases and their families.
In response to the governor's ten-point reform plan for the bail reform series, he believes that the plan is constructive, but he also recommends that the judges make discretionary decisions based on the severity of the crime in the form of legal provisions.
(Zhang Jing)