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Demands to dismiss Edison mayor’s assistant accused of racist remarks Demands to dismiss Edison mayor’s assistant accused of racist remarks   Calling themselves “Asian American community leaders” with connections to Edison, more than 150 individuals signed a statement demanding that the mayor and town council fire Nilesh Dasondi, who is the special assistant to Edison Mayor Tom Lankey. Dasondi, who was appointed to the special assistant to the mayor’s post five weeks ago, allegedly made comments reflecting “hate” and “racism” toward Chinese Americans, when he referred to COVID-19 as the “Chinese Virus” in several messages in 2020. The accusation of racism by one Asian ethnic group against another Asian ethnic group in Edison is striking because the share of Asian residents in Edison is 48.7%, an estimated five times larger than the share of Asians in New Jersey’s population as a whole, according to 2019 U.S. Census Da

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