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AAFE helps the dream of citizenship come true in Jackson Heights and across New York City
In the last days of 2018, we have been profiling some of the people helped by AAFE programs in the past year. Today we head to Jackson Heights, Queens to meet Sara Mencho Lopez (pictured with husband Joab Romero, her daughter Daritza and Jessica Salgado, a counselor in our Jackson Heights office That’s Jessica on the left).
AAFE calls on City Planning Commission to reject large-scale towers in Two Bridges neighborhood
On Tuesday, Oct. 29 AAFE submitted a Public Comment on proposals to build three large-scale towers in the Two Bridges neighborhood in Lower Manhattan.
AAFE urges city to withdraw Chinatown jail plan, engage in true community process
On Monday, Oct. 29, AAFE submitted a Public Comment on New York City's proposed Borough-Based Jail System, which would include a new detention center at 80 Centre St. in Manhattan's Chinatown.
AAFE affiliate, Renaissance, awarded $600,000 to help small business
Renaissance Economic Development Corp.(REDC), an AAFE affiliate, has been awarded $600,000 from the U.S. Department of the Treasury to support small businesses in New York City’s immigrant, low- and middle-income communities.
AAFE teams up with elected officials, city to help community apply for affordable housing
It’s definitely not a quiet summer at Asian Americans for Equality! The City of New York opened a housing lottery June 28 for 231 affordable apartments at One Flushing, our exciting multi-generational project in Downtown Flushing.
Changes to 2020 Census institutionalize fear
Earlier this year, the U.S. Commerce Department made the decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census. AAFE is part of a broad-based coalition advocating against this misguided directive, which if implemented, would undermine the accuracy of the Census and harm the communities we serve.