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2 weeks ago | 
documentedny.com | April Xiaoyi Xu
前市长白思豪政府的高级官员林汉明（Tommy Lin）因其在一起涉及上千万美元的金融诈骗案中所扮演的角色，于周四（12日）在曼哈顿联邦法院被判处两年缓刑和200小时社区服务。他还被判没收2万美元的犯罪所得，并向联邦政府支付另外2万美元的赔偿金。 林汉明在庭上表达了深深的悔意。他含泪对法官说：“我为自己的行为感到抱歉……我不找借口，并愿意承担全部责任。我对自己感到羞愧……我希望能弥补我所做的一切。” 现年44岁的林汉明在今年3月承认串谋盗用政府记录和财产的罪名。联邦检察官指控他协助一项涉及十余家金融机构、涉案金额达1000万美元的诈骗行动。林汉明原先还面临串谋银行欺诈、影响金融机构的电汇欺诈和身份盗窃重罪等联邦指控。 林汉明于2024年6月被逮捕，他的同案被告徐乃峰（Naifeng Xu，音译）、高忠石（Zhongshi Gao，音译）、江飞（Fei Jiang，音译）则在2023年11月被捕。检方称，该团伙通过欺骗多家金融机构并利用境外加密货币交易所清洗赃款，盗取并洗钱超过1000万美元。他们使用来自中国和台湾的临时移民的身份信息开设银行账户，并谎报未经授权的交易以骗取退款。...
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2 weeks ago | 
documentedny.com | April Xiaoyi Xu
Congressman Dan Goldman and more than 70 House Democrats are calling on Congress to demand greater transparency from the Department of Justice regarding how the nation’s immigration courts handle cases involving thousands of unaccompanied children.
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2 weeks ago | 
documentedny.com | April Xiaoyi Xu
Tommy Lin, a senior official in the former Mayor de Blasio administration, was sentenced on Thursday in federal court in Manhattan to two years of probation and 200 hours of community service for his role in a multi-million-dollar fraud scheme. He was also ordered to forfeit $20,000 in criminal proceeds and pay an additional $20,000 in restitution to the federal government. Lin expressed deep remorse in court.
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2 weeks ago | 
documentedny.com | April Xiaoyi Xu
林汉明的律师请求判处社区服务等非监禁刑罚，联邦检察官则主张至少判处36个月监禁。 Jun 11, 2025 Tommy Lin (center) with then-Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and his wife in 2013. Photo: Tommy Lin's Facebook.
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2 weeks ago | 
documentedny.com | April Xiaoyi Xu
Former senior City Hall official Tommy Lin is set to be sentenced this Thursday in a multi-million-dollar federal fraud case. Ahead of the hearing, several Chinese American community leaders have submitted letters to the court urging leniency, citing Lin’s long-standing public service and community involvement.
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2 weeks ago | 
asianamericans.einnews.com | April Xiaoyi Xu
Former senior City Hall official Tommy Lin is set to be sentenced this Thursday in a multi-million-dollar federal fraud case. Ahead of the hearing, several Chinese American community leaders have submitted letters to the court urging leniency, citing Lin’s long-standing public service and community involvement.
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2 weeks ago | 
documentedny.com | April Xiaoyi Xu
超过一百名居民和民选官员周一上午在华埠明确表达了他们的诉求。“我们要什么？”他们高喊，“住房！”示威者的呼声盖过了白街125号施工围栏后挖掘机的轰鸣声，他们抗议市府计划在该地建造一座约300英尺高的区内监狱。如果建成，这将成为世界上最高的监狱之一。 在施工现场外的记者会上，社区倡导者和民选官员公布了一项由社区主导的新替代方案。该方案由“坚尼路以南邻里联盟”（Neighbors United Below Canal，简称NUBC）与非营利组织“欢迎来华埠”（Welcome to Chinatown）共同起草，提议将已于2021年关闭、目前空置的联邦监狱——大都会惩教中心（MCC）重新启用为市府在曼哈顿设立区级监狱的选址；而白街125号的地块则可改建为1040个可负担住房单位、一个2万5000平方英尺的公共广场和7万平方英尺的社区服务型商铺，项目的最高高度也将从原计划的335英尺降至235英尺。 NUBC联合创始人之一的李卓勋（Jan...
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3 weeks ago | 
documentedny.com | April Xiaoyi Xu
On the eve of the first official debate in New York City’s 2025 mayoral race, five candidates — Adrienne Adams, Michael Blake, Brad Lander, Jessica Ramos, and Scott Stringer — gathered at New York Law School on Tuesday for the AAPI Mayoral Forum. The candidates addressed key issues affecting Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities, including support for English language learners, public safety, access to public benefits, language accessibility, and affordability.
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3 weeks ago | 
asianamericans.einnews.com | April Xiaoyi Xu
On the eve of the first official debate in New York City’s 2025 mayoral race, five candidates — Adrienne Adams, Michael Blake, Brad Lander, Jessica Ramos, and Scott Stringer — gathered at New York Law School on Tuesday for the AAPI Mayoral Forum. The candidates addressed key issues affecting Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities, including support for English language learners, public safety, access to public benefits, language accessibility, and affordability.
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3 weeks ago | 
documentedny.com | April Xiaoyi Xu
More than a hundred residents and elected officials made their demands clear in Chinatown on Monday morning: “What do we want?” they chanted. “Housing!” The chorus of demonstrators drowned out the rumble of excavators behind the construction fence at 125 White Street as they rallied against the city’s contentious plan to build a roughly 300-foot-tall borough-based jail on the site, which would make it one of the tallest jails in the world if completed.
