New York City Police Commissioner Dermot Shea and Philippine Consul General Elmer Cato (Photo courtesy of Consul General Elmer Cato) MANILA - The New York City Police Department (NYPD) has assured the Philippine government that it is doing its "best" to protect the Filipino community and the rest of the public in the wake of the recent spate of anti-Asian hate violence in the city and the recent death of a Filipina nurse. The assurance was made during a meeting on Thursday between NYC Police Commissioner Dermot Shea, Philippine Consul General Elmer Cato and PCol. Wilson Joseph Lopez, the police attache at the Philippine Embassy in Washington, D.C. "Commissioner Shea conveyed his condolences over the death of Maria Luningning [Ambrocio] and said he understood where the Philippine Consulate General was coming from," Cato said in a statement. "He assured me and PCol. Wilson Joseph Lopez, our police attache at the Philippine Embassy in Washington, D.C., that the NY