According to the Us "Overseas Chinese Daily" reported on January 28, Adams, the mayor of New York City, together with a number of municipal departments, held an online roundtable meeting of ethnic minority media on the 26th, focusing on issues such as asian crimes. Adams said that to curb anti-Asian crime, two sets of measures, "intervention" and "prevention", such as through the Breaking Bread, Building Bonds Initiative (Breaking Bread, Building Bonds Initiative) initiative, to promote mutual understanding and respect between ethnic groups, reduce misunderstanding or discrimination, and even hate crimes.
Adams said that after listening to the voices of the Asian Pacific community, the city has taken further action to curb hate crimes, and has gone hand in hand with "intervention" and "prevention" measures. As mayor of Brooklyn, he promoted the "Eat Together, Build Bonds" initiative in his constituency, inviting 10 residents from different backgrounds to dine together at each event, increasing understanding of each other's languages, cultures and customs, facilitating communication, and reducing cultural understanding barriers.
The success of the "Eat Together, Build Bonds" initiative in Brooklyn shows the feasibility of rolling it out throughout New York City, with a particular focus on public schools. Strengthening cross-cultural communication is one of the main objectives of public school education, using the educational environment of the school to give students the opportunity to immerse themselves in different cultures and customs from an early age. Adams said he has discussed this with the director of the Municipal Education Bureau (DOE), for example, by reforming the education curriculum to help students understand different ethnic groups and their cultural backgrounds, so that students from different communities can appreciate multiculturalism.
On the other hand, the relevant municipal departments will hold a dialogue at the District Attorney's (DA) Office to urge the district attorney to take a more proactive approach to supervising the case of Qiuya crime. At the same time, we should take advantage of the diversity of the New York City Police Force (NYPD) police force, strengthen plainclothes policing, gain insight into the trajectory of criminals, and prevent the occurrence of hate crimes. In addition, the municipal government can also help small businesses install surveillance cameras to catch habitual offenders and create a good public security environment for the business development of small businesses.
Adams said the city will also continue to maintain a regular dialogue mechanism with minority media, listening to the voices of minority communities while ensuring that the latest information is delivered to the community in a timely manner. Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs, Mayor's Community Affairs Unit, NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force, Mayor's Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes), Mayor's Office of Ethnic and Community Media attended.
Manuel Castro, director of the mayor's immigration office, said the number of crimes against Yah has skyrocketed but is still just the "tip of the iceberg" and that many incidents have been ignored because they have not been reported or have not received enough attention after reporting them. The Mayor's Office of Immigration Will continue to work closely with community agencies to ensure that minority communities receive adequate resource allocations and to educate communities through more events. (Liu Yiling)
Source: China News Network