A young college graduate filmed the World Trade Center attack from the fire escape of her Chinatown apartment. For many years, she avoided looking at the footage.
Eighteen Chinatown community leaders warned Mayor Zohran Mamdani that building a 16-story jail on the soft, waterlogged ground of lower Manhattan could cause irreversible damage to homes, businesses, and senior housing nearby. The leaders sent a letter dated August 21 to Mamdani, Deputy Mayor Julia Kerson, City Council Speaker Julie Menin, and Dana Kaplan, the […] The post Chinatown leaders urge Mamdani to reconsider high-rise jail over fears construction could sink surrounding ground appeared first on American Almanac .
Eighteen Chinatown community leaders warned Mayor Zohran Mamdani that building a 16-story jail on the soft, waterlogged ground of lower Manhattan could cause irreversible damage to homes, businesses, and senior housing nearby. The leaders sent a letter dated August 21 to Mamdani, Deputy Mayor Julia Kerson, City Council Speaker Julie Menin, and Dana Kaplan, the administration's "Close Rikers' Czar", urging the city to reconsider its plans for a massive new detention facility at 124, 125 White Street in Chinatown. The site sits on the footprint of the old Collect Pond, and the leaders say the ground beneath it is too unstable for the deepest excavation the location has ever seen, the New York Post reported . The letter lays out a stark…Open
The judge who sentenced Randy Rodriguez Santos said his case exemplified the “coming together of three horrible symptoms of this city: homelessness, mental illness and narcotics abuse.”
Lu Jianwang was convicted of acting as an illegal foreign agent for China by operating a secret Chinese "police station" in New York City.
Lu Jianwang was convicted of acting as an illegal foreign agent for China by operating a secret Chinese “police station” in New York City. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Lu Jianwang, a 64-year-old U.S. citizen, was convicted in federal court of acting as an illegal foreign agent for China and obstructing justice by deleting incriminating messages. Prosecutors revealed that Lu operated a secret Chinese police station in New York City’s Chinatown, which was used to target and intimidate pro-democracy dissidents. He was acquitted on a related conspiracy charge but still faces significant prison time. DETAIL: The outpost, tied to the Chinese Ministry of Public Security, was part of a global network of secret police stations aimed at…Open
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, pictured during a May 1 “International Workers’ Day” rally, is known for antagonizing the rich. But his administration catered to a Hollywood production plan in Chinatown on Mother’s Day. [...]
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Gu Aling is not done with America. Last weekend, the Chinese Olympic medalist performed grand marshal duties at San Francisco’s Lunar New Year Parade. Seated […] Source
Conservatives have rebuked Ms. Gu, who was born in the United States but won Olympic medals for China. The reaction has sparked conversations among Chinese Americans about identity and straddling two worlds.
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Randy Rodriguez Santos attacked five homeless men in Chinatown in 2019, killing four of them in a span of minutes.