The Shocking Thing You Don’t Know About Asian American New YorkersHow Only $30 Per Person Can Have a Big Impact; Now It’s Up To Governor Hochul and the LegislatureMay 20, 2023May 20, 2023
How I discovered the Gowanus Canal on my first night in Brooklyn in 1985Remarks at Gowanus Canal Conservancy Gala May 16, 2023 at Brooklyn’s Bell HouseMay 20, 2023May 20, 2023
Expanding CACF’s Virtuous Cycle for Asian American PowerI adapted this essay from my closing remarks at CACF’s Legislative Briefing for City and State elected officials on December 6, 2022 and…Dec 27, 2022Dec 27, 2022
How to improve democracy?This week, in a small and relatively obscure NYC agency, a giant is retiring. Amy Loprest leaves behind a legacy of lasting improvements in…Oct 28, 20221Oct 28, 20221
Anti-AAPI Hate and Our Long COVID Recovery AheadAsian-American Pacific Islanders (AAPI) are fighting two pandemics: COVID and violent anti-Asian hate. While COVID is subsiding, hate is…Mar 22, 2021Mar 22, 2021
Teachers have stepped up during the pandemic. They deserve a Mayor who steps up, too.NYC can’t elect a Mayor who blames the school reopening mess on the UFT. We need a Mayor who understands that the buck stops on their desk.Mar 21, 2021Mar 21, 2021
We Must Break the Chain Reaction of Hate“Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction … The chain…Jan 18, 2021Jan 18, 2021
Today is a Day That Will Live in InfamyI issued this statement after the right-wing mob assault on the Capitol.Jan 18, 2021Jan 18, 2021