April Xiaoyi Xu

2 days 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.

2 days 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.

3 days 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.

1 week ago | documentedny.com | April Xiaoyi Xu

Elmhurst, Queens. Bamboo-lined backyard. Dr. Z grapples with a man in black. He grips his opponent’s wrists. He tries to block the incoming attacks. A sudden twist, and the man slips free and draws a knife. In a flash, the blade strikes Dr. Z’s neck. Dr. Z is declared “dead.”But then, both men erupt in laughter, clapping each other on the shoulder as they prepare for the next round of training.

1 week ago | documentedny.com | April Xiaoyi Xu

如今，随着疫情退去，针对亚裔的仇恨事件减少，该组织也开始注意到，参加他们常规训练课程的成员构成正悄然发生变化。 May 26, 2025 Members of Dragon Combat Club train together. The community-led self-defense group was founded in 2020 in response to rising numbers of hate crimes and attacks against Asians and Asian Americans.