Esther Lim, author of How to Report a Hate Crime
“I was thinking, ‘If my parents were to get attacked, what would happen? What are the next steps? How do I report this to police and are there laws against this?’” Lim said. “So, I started doing my research.”
Online, Lim quickly learned about the protections in place if someone is the victim of a hate crime. But she was startled by the lack of this information available in native Asian languages. She knew that meant immigrants like her parents may not be able to get the help they need. So she decided to take action.
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“There is a whole wave of attacking elderly people in different ways, one New York legislator says. On March 19, 2021, hundreds of people packed into Union Square during an Asian American Federation peace vigil following the shootings in Atlanta. Hiram Alejandro Durán/ THE CITY By CHRISTINE CHUNG, THE CITY, and Weihua Li
The security videos of the March incident stunned New Yorkers and resonated far beyond. They showed an older Asian woman, shoved to the ground, then kicked in the body and stomped in the head by an assailant.
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No appointment needed for people age 50 and older for COVID-19 vaccine at city sites
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New Yorkers who are 50 and older are now able to walk into city-run vaccine sites and get the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine without an appointment, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Saturday. (Staten Island Advance/Paul Liotta)
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Previously, walk-in appointments were exclusively for New Yorkers age 75 and older.
“Our priority for the next few months is clear: we need to vaccinate as many New Yorkers as possible,” said Mayor Bill de Blasio. “By making it easier for New Yorkers 50 and older to get vaccinated, we are on our way to fully vaccinating five million New Yorkers by June.”
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