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Attacks on Asian-Americans in New York Stoke Fear, Anxiety and Anger Hate crimes involving Asian-American victims soared in New York City last year. Officials are grappling with the problem even as new incidents occur. Sam and Maggie Cheng on the street where their mother was attacked last week in Flushing, Queens.Credit...Andrew Seng for The New York Times Maggie Cheng could stand to watch the video only once. “I’ve never cried like that before,” Ms. Cheng said, describing her reaction to security footage that showed her mother being shoved to the ground last week on a crowded street i...

Public safety The Social Order Late last month, 84-year-old Vichar Ratanapakdee was taking a morning stroll in his San Francisco neighborhood when 19-year-old Antoine Watson charged him, shoving the older man to the ground. Ratanapakdee never regained consciousness—police found him on the street, dead from a brain hemorrhage. Ratanapakdee’s murder is just the most heinous instance of a recent spate of crimes against Asian-Americans in the Bay Area. In Oakland’s Chinatown, three Asian-American adults were attacked, including a 91-year-old man. Weeks later, an 83-year-old man was pushed t...

Asian Americans Express Alarm Over Recent Acts of Violence And Demand Action arrow Asian American communities are raising concerns over the recent spate of attacks against Asians. Lev Radin/Pacific Press/Shutterstock On Wednesday, a man violently shoved a 52-year-old Chinese woman on a sidewalk in Flushing, Queens. The victim required at least five stitches after knocking her head on the concrete floor. A video of the incident, which took place in daylight outside a bakery and showed the attacker throwing an object at the woman before pushing her, was shared online and...

Updated: 1:03 PM PST, February 11, 2021 When Patrick Mock, manager of the bakery 46 Mott Street, saw his neighbors in New York City's Chinatown struggle as lockdowns forced many out of a job, he began handing out meals for free – which he continues to do nightly, 10 months into the pandemic. As many Asian Americans await the Year of the Ox to begin the ringing in of the Chinese New Year on Friday, they do so with anxiety and unease, a stark contrast to the hopeful attitudes for luck and prosperity that normally surrounds the holiday. That’s because ever since the coronavirus pandemic be...

Actors Daniel Dae Kim and Daniel Wu offered $25,000 for information that leads to an arrest and conviction.