Anti-Asian incidents in NYC increased by 343% to 133 in 2021 compared to 30 incidents the previous year
By Anna Lucente Sterling
Manhattan
PUBLISHED 4:00 PM ET Jan. 21, 2022
Dozens of people gathered on Friday morning in East Harlem to honor Yao Pan Ma, the 61-year-old man who died on New Year’s Eve from injuries he sustained during an attack last spring.
It was held on the corner of East 125th Street and Third Avenue, the intersection where Ma was brutally beaten last April as he was collecting cans, according to police.
“Our Asian American community, especially women and seniors, are feeling very vulnerable,” said Shirley Ng from the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund. “There always seems to be another Asian being randomly attacked.”
…Speakers also called for solidarity.
“We can easily stand side by side. I mean, that’s how we live every day with each other,” said Eva Chan, a member of Community Board 11.
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