Updates

Voters can report Election Day problems by e-mail to votingcomplaints@aaldef.org. The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), a national 33-year-old civil rights organization, will be monitoring polling places on Election Day, Tuesday, November 6, 2007, to ensure that eligible Asi...

Manhattan Federal Jury Awards Back Wages and Reinstatement New York, NY—After a four-day trial, a federal jury has awarded $182,000 in back wages, overtime pay and damages to Susan Kim, a Korean immigrant nail salon worker who worked for seventeen years at 167 Nail Salon Plaza and was fired in Marc...

Entire front of the house staff join as plaintiffs in action for unpaid wages against Manhattan fine dining restaurant New York, NY—Today, 11 Bangladeshi, Latino and Eastern European immigrant workers at Devi, an upscale Indian restaurant in Manhattan, joined four other plaintiffs in a federal laws...

For Immediate Release August 3, 2007 New York City–Two days before today’s New York State Supreme Court hearing on the long overdue Park Row environmental impact statement (EIS), Police Headquarters finally released the One Police Plaza Security Plan, Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) – n...

For more information, contact: Tushar J. Sheth AALDEF Staff Attorney 212.966.5932 x220 tsheth@aaldef.org Prof. Sameer Ashar CUNY School of Law 718.340.4180 ashar@mail.law.cuny.edu Vera M. Scanlon, Esq. Beldock Levine & Hoffman LLP 212.277.5897 vscanlon@blhny.com Restaurant Opportunities Center of...

On July 25, a three-judge federal panel heard oral arguments in United States v. City of Boston regarding the transliteration of candidate names in Chinese on ballots, so that limited English proficient Chinese American voters can vote for their candidates of choice. AALDEF, Greater Boston Legal Ser...

Newark, NJ - Mr. Ahn,” a Korean immigrant and Bergen County resident, filed suit today against C. Y. Kim, owner of Rodeo Plaza mall in Palisades Park, to recover tens of thousands of dollars in minimum wage and overtime pay. The AALDEF New Jersey Asian American Legal Project (NJ-AALP), which represe...

Newark, NJ - More than 600,000 Asian Americans live in New Jersey, but few resources exist that are culturally and linguistically appropriate to meet the needs of the nations fifth-largest Asian American population. Today, AALDEF celebrated the opening of a second office on 89 Market Street, 8th flo...

Wednesday, July 25: AALDEF co-sponsors a screening of the award-winning documentary New Year Baby at the 30th Asian American International Film Festival. Director Socheata Poeuv journeys to Cambodia to trace her family’s experiences under the Khmer Rouge. Variety describes the film as “a disarming p...

NJ-AALP Opens Its Doors to Asian American Residents with Employment and Immigration Questions Newark, NJ - More than 600,000 Asian Americans live in New Jersey, but few resources exist that are culturally and linguistically appropriate to meet the complex needs of the Asian American community in Ne...

The Pro Bono Committee of the Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY) in collaboration with the Asian American Legal Defense presents a free workshop on: Legal Nuts and Bolts of Becoming a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit This workshop is for community leaders to learn more about applying for tax-ex...

Opportunities Remain to Promote the Educational and Social Deveopment of Asian American Youth and their Peers The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), CAA| Chinese for Affirmative Action, and amici groups serving Asian American youth and families across the country expressed sa...

Findings Illuminate Asian American Voting Patterns, Priorities for 2008 Elections, Senate Vote in Battleground States, and Need for Expanded Language Access The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) will release detailed findings from its nonpartisan exit poll of more than 4,700 ...

Attorneys and State Representatives to Discuss Unscrupulous Immigration Practices Defrauding Korean Americans and Other Immigrant Communities New York - The Korean Community Law Project, a joint project of the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) and YKASECEmpowering the Korean ...

For Immediate Release Contact: Tosh Anderson or JoAnn Lum (212) 518-1274 (m) or (212) 625-0288 (m) WHAT: Lower Manhattan residents and Ground Zero clean-up workers who are sick because of the toxic post-9/11 air will be available to speak with press before and after Mondays Congressional hearing w...

Findings Illuminate Filipino American Voting Patterns, Party Enrollment, Voter Priorities for 2008 Elections, and Voting Barriers New York, NY—Today the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) released detailed findings from its multilingual exit poll of hundreds of Filipino Americ...

New York Construction Workers United and AALDEF Launch Campaign to Stop Wage Violations in Trades Jobs For more information, contact: Tushar J. Sheth, AALDEF Staff Attorney 212.966.5932 x220 tsheth@aaldef.org Javaid Tariq, NYCWU Director 212-683-3084 c 646-251-5112 tjtwa1@yahoo.com New York, NY—F...

Bills seek to improve the administration of elections to ensure accuracy, security, inclusiveness and integrity FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Renée Steinhagen, Coordinator, NJ Citizens Coalition on HAVA Implementation, 973-735-0523 Sandra Matsen, League of Women Voters of New Jersey, 908-236-684...

Findings Illuminate Asian American Vote for Senate, Voter Priorities for the 2008 Elections, and Party Enrollment Patterns Arlington, VA—Today, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) released detailed findings from its multilingual exit poll of hundreds of Asian American voter...

Findings Illuminate Asian American Vote for Senate, Voter Priorities for the 2008 Elections, and Party Enrollment Patterns Rockville, MD—Today, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) released detailed findings from its multilingual exit poll of hundreds of Asian American voter...