The U.S. Census Bureau announced the new jurisdictions and languages covered under the Language Assistance Provisions (Section 203) of the federal Voting Rights Act.
Bilingual ballots, translated voter registration forms, and interpreters must now be provided to Asian American voters in 11 states,...
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...
Through its Anti-Trafficking Initiative, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) has endorsed an appeal to the Senate designed to combat human trafficking, including a request to amend and reauthorize the landmark Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA). AALDEF is al...
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), LatinoJustice PRLDEF, National Institute for Latino Policy (NILP), and the Center for Law and Social Justice (CLSJ) of Medgar Evers College have released the Unity Map, a joint proposal for new State Assembly and State Senate districts ...
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...
Associated Press — Civil rights groups working to protect the voting rights of blacks, Latinos and Asian Americans say they have a vision for redrawing state legislative districts in the city to reflect the demographic changes of their communities.
Calling it a “unity map” for new state Assembly ...
Watching on TV this weekend, I saw a video clip of the 700 arrests made on the Brooklyn Bridge. In a quick five-second shot, I saw at least one Asian American face among the protestors.
Was it yours?
Prior to this weekend, the “Occupy Wall Street” protest had received scant treatment in much of th...
Downtown Express — After a highly contentious debate among community members, the City Council unanimously voted in favor of the Chinatown Business Improvement District at its meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 21. Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s signed the legislation on Tuesday night.
More than three-quarte...
Texas Governor Rick Perry’s blessing and curse is he’s George W. Bush’s protege.
If you liked the cowboy boots on W., you’ll love them on Perry. He’s got real dung on those Tony Llamas.
On the other hand, if you regret eight years of deceitful leadership under an intellectually-challenged W., you’...
Despite vigorous opposition from local businesses and small property owners, Chinatown is in the process of being turned into a “Business Improvement District” (BID). This designation means that the City Council voted to require property owners to pay additional fees ranging from $200 to $5,000 a ...
Prompted by a spate of troubling news reports on racial profiling and surveillance of Muslim, Arab, and South Asian communities, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), together with the Brennan Center for Justice and Muslim Advocates, has called upon the New York City Police...
Any time government-sanctioned discrimination ends in America is cause for celebration.
That’s the real reason for the big hurrah over the official death of the military’s “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.
But the military is trying to undersell it. “I will be astonished if this is a disruptive chan...
Brennan Center — Civil liberties groups today called on the New York City Police Department (NYPD) to hand over records related to the department’s domestic intelligence gathering operations. The request comes on the heels of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director David Petraeus’ call to inves...
Where’s the Flip Cam when you need it? Imagine this scene: 78-year-old Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg sliding down an emergency chute as she evacuates a troubled jet at D.C.’s Dulles Airport.
On her way down, do you think she said, “Weeeeeeeee….”?
We need something like that chute to es...
Queens Campaigner – If any teacher wanted to instruct students about gerrymandering, a field trip to state Sen. Tony Avella’s (D-Bayside) district might be a good place to start.
The lawmaker represents an unpopulated, rocky stretch of sand that forms a border around – but does not encroach upon – ...
Brooklyn Daily Eagle – A lawsuit in which low-income Latino and Asian immigrants in Sunset Park sued to stop a proposed 128-block rezoning of the neighborhood was defeated on appeal last week.
The Appellate Division First Department’s five-judge panel handed down a 3-2 decision on Thursday, upholdi...
Reuters — A state appellate court has given New York City the green light to proceed with the rezoning of a Brooklyn neighborhood, a move Chinese and Latino immigrants had complained would reduce the amount of affordable housing.
The city contended that the rezoning, which targeted 128 blocks in Su...
NY Daily News — State officials must draw new district lines that give growing Queens immigrant groups a stronger voice, advocates demanded this week during a nearly six-hour public hearing.
A joint Senate-Assembly body that oversees redistricting has held public sessions throughout New York sinc...
