The FDNY Foundation Dinner serves as the highlight of the FDNY Foundation’s year. This year it took place on Thursday, September 7th, 2023 at the FDNY Fire Academy on Randall’s Island. The gala gives the Foundation the opportunity to honor supporters of the FDNY with its...
Thrilled to see how many community members are taking advantage of free self-defense classes taught by the amazing Sammy Yuen team! ...
They've been taunted and had close calls, but a group of Asian American seniors had never formally learned how to physically defend themselves. After someone told his father to go back to China, Sammy Yuen, who has been trained in martial arts, started teaching self-defense classes...
The number of anti-Asian incidents reported in the subway jumped last year, NYPD data shows, accounting for more than one third of all bias crimes in the system. Through the end of November — the latest figures provided by the Hate Crime Task Force — 30...
While the NYC native of Chinese descent always felt safe living in Manhattan, life here has changed radically since the pandemic first overwhelmed the city in March of 2020, which prompted unprecedented — and unwarranted — violence against Asian citizens due to COVID-19 having originated...
LOWER EAST SIDE, Manhattan — 71-year-old Mary Yuen said she was afraid to walk the streets after a number of vicious anti-Asian attacks in the city. But instead of living in fear, she decided to empower herself and take a free self-defense class on the...
Responding to the rise in unprovoked violent assaults on Asian New Yorkers and other minority groups, the free classes seek to empower participants with the skills needed to protect themselves if attacked. The classes will primarily be geared toward older people, who are often targets...
A growing number of Asian Americans have overcome a cultural stigma attached to seeking mental health treatment, according to an article published by New York Times. More than 40 percent of Asian Americans were anxious or depressed during the pandemic, up from less than 10 percent...
Two Democratic lawmakers are urging the Justice Department to swiftly implement a federal law aimed at countering the rise in anti-Asian hate crimes during the coronavirus pandemic. In a letter sent to Attorney General Merrick Garland, Sen. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii and Rep. Grace Meng of New...
