Associated Press – A national Asian American advocacy group is planning to monitor polling locations in Boston and Quincy to ensure equal ballot access.
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund said it will send attorneys, law students, and community volunteers to document any voting b
Times Ledger – State Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) said there are rumors swirling around that his district may be torn apart when the state Legislature redraws political lines next year.
An Asian coalition wants Avella’s district to encompass only Bayside, Bay Terrace, Oakland Gardens, Auburndale
New York Daily News – Redistricting – the redrawing of political district lines – takes place every 10 years, after new Census data are released.
Elected officials and political insiders pay close attention to this arcane process of map-drawing, because they understand well that new district line
Capital Tonight – A coalition of government watchdog and voting rights groups signed onto a letter endorsing June primary in order for the state to comply with the federal MOVE Act.
In the Oct. 31 letter to U.S. District Court Judge Gary Sharpe, the groups write that the June primary, opposed by
DNA Info – The officials of the Obama administration met with hundreds of local parents, teachers, students and community leaders at a bullying prevention summit Saturday to address the safety of Asian American, Pacific Islander and Muslim American students.
These students are more likely to be t
Education Week – Acknowledging that they are not meeting the needs of hundreds of thousands of students learning to speak English, the nation’s two largest school systems this month announced plans to improve instruction and services for English-language learners.
Pressed by federal and state off
Newark Independent Examiner — As the focus around the state heats up with legislative elections approaching in a couple weeks, there is an underground focus on congressional redistricting that will likely take the place of the legislative elections amongst conversation in the state. Legislative re
Huffington Post — Participation in the democratic process takes many forms, but perhaps none is accorded as much importance as voting. For the many new Americans in our country, one significant barrier to exercising this important democratic right was reduced last week when the Census Bureau issue
Combating Sex Trafficking in New York City: Examining Law Enforcement Efforts — Testimony of Ivy O. Suriyopas, Staff Attorney, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) before New York City Council.
My name is Ivy Suriyopas, and I am a staff attorney at the Asian American Legal Def
IndiaWest — California’s Los Angeles County, Cook County in Illinois and Queens
County in New York have been ordered to provide voting assistance to Indian Americans.
Also, Hamtramck, a city of about 22,400 residents in Wayne County, Michigan, will be required to provide voting help for its resi
Huffington Post — Shortly after Mayor Michael Bloomberg assumed control of the New York City school system, he presented his programs as a national leader in “educational reform.” But there has been evidence in the New York public schools in the recent past of cheating on standardized tests by tea
Crains New York – The war rages on in Sunset Park. Residents and local groups are appealing a court ruling that gave the city the green light to move forward with its 2009 rezoning of the Brooklyn neighborhood.
Last month, the New York State Supreme Court appellate division ruled against the grou
Brooklyn Eagle – Lawyers representing community groups in Sunset Park opposed to a recent rezoning law have announced that they are bringing their case to New York state’s highest court.
In September, the Appellate Division First Department upheld New York City’s planning department’s environment
Associated Press – New York City schools will provide more help to immigrants and other English language learners and their families under a plan approved by the state Wednesday.
State Education Commissioner John B. King Jr. says the city plan will provide more options, support and services, incl
Wall Street Journal — More than a year after the state Education Department warned New York City that it was short-changing students whose first language isn’t English, officials announced Wednesday that the city has agreed to improve instruction.
The state warned city officials in March 2010 tha
New Jersey Star Ledger — Talk of racial and ethnic representation dominated testimony at the congressional redistricting commission’s second public hearing Tuesday in Newark.
Commissioners heard testimony from eight people who mostly advocating keeping “communities of interest” together, both racia
Politicker NJ – In a majority black city, other minority groups argued in the name of diversity for greater minority representation in Congress at today’s Congressional Redistricting Commission meeting at Rutgers.
Early testimony focused on Bergen County, where two white males: U.S. Rep. Steve Ro
NY Daily News — Advocates representing Asian, Latino and African-American New Yorkers are trying to get a jump on the politically charged redistricting process by releasing their own ideas for how borders should be redrawn.
The groups released a “Unity Map” yesterday with district lines they say be
WNYC — As we’ve noted before, the redistricting process is more than simply Democrats and Republicans carving out the most advantageous districts for themselves. For communities-especially ones that have historically been under served – this once-a-decade process provides an opportunity to push fo
NY1 — Several civil rights groups proposed a redistricting plan for New York Tuesday, saying their plan for new state assembly and state senate districts reflect the state’s changing demographics and protects the voting rights of Blacks, Latinos, and Asian-Americans.
They said the so-called “Unit
