COURT NOTICE TO THE BAR
CONTACT: Rebecca Price, 212-805-0650APPLICATIONS TO PARTICIPATE IN COURT’S MEDIATION PROGRAM WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AFTER APRIL 8Please be advised that after April 8, 2013, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) will temporarily stop accepting new applications for its mediation panel, the court’s roster of volunteer attorney-mediators, to conduct a review of the program’s eligibility criteria. However, the SDNY’s Mediation Program will continue to provide mediation services to the court’s litigants as usual. Applications for the mediation panel that were submitted to the court prior to April 8, 2013 will continue to be reviewed on an ongoing basis.
NYC Mayoral Republican Candidates Forum’s Straw Poll Results are In!
AAF HOSTS NYC MAYORAL REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES FORUM
STRAW POLL RESULTS ARE IN!
The Asian American Federation’s Republican Mayoral Candidates Forum was held on April 2nd at the CUNY Graduate Center. Many thanks for Adolfo Carrión, Jr., John Catsimatidis, and George McDonald who graciously shared two hours of their evening with our community leaders.
Our discussion panelists, S. Mitra Kalita from Quartz;Kwang S. Kim from the Korean Community Services of Metropolitan New York, Inc. (KCS); Luna Liu from the World Journal, and Vivian Lee from NY1, asked questions that related to the candidates’ leadership vision, focusing on the areas of education, health and social services, small business, and community development.
Our discussion panelists, S. Mitra Kalita from Quartz;Kwang S. Kim from the Korean Community Services of Metropolitan New York, Inc. (KCS); Luna Liu from the World Journal, and Vivian Lee from NY1, asked questions that related to the candidates’ leadership vision, focusing on the areas of education, health and social services, small business, and community development.
Many thanks to them, and our moderator Ti-Hua Chang at Fox 5 News, for initiating some lively discussions.
At the end of the evening, audience members were asked to participate in a straw poll, selected the candidate that would get their vote based on the forum. The results are:
- Adolfo Carrión, Jr. – 44%
- John Catsimatidis – 29%
- George McDonald – 27%
With many more months of campaigning left to go, we hope the candidates will have many more opportunities to engage our City’s Asian American community.
The Democratic Mayoral Candidates Forum will be held next Tuesday, April 9, 2013 from 6-8 pm at theTime Warner Center. Please RSVP to: rsvp2@aafederation.org.
USCIS E-Verify Connection: New FORM I-9 Special Edition
E-Verify Connection
A publication of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
March 2013 Issue XII
Note this issue now contains a correction!
Welcome to E-Verify Connection, an e-newsletter from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for U.S. employers and workers. Each issue will bring you updates about E-Verify’s advances and activities, as well as other useful information related to employment eligibility verification.
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A PDF version of E-Verify Connection is available online.
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More photos from the 2013 Annual Dinner, thanks to professional photographer Steven Wu. Enjoy!
(Source: http://www.stevenwuphoto.com/)
The National Conference of Vietnamese American Attorneys (NCVAA) Invites You to Save The Date
Join the National Conference of Vietnamese American Attorneys
at the Wynn Resort and Casino in Las Vegas
for its Seventh Annual Conference!
August 16-17, 2013
For more information, please visit www.ncvaa.org
For sponsorship or speaker information, please contact
Teri Pham at: tpham@enensteinlaw.com or Nguyen Vu at: nguyen.t.vu@gmail.com
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On March 28, AABANY joined many APA community groups at a Town Hall meeting to call for real immigration reform. The event was held at LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City, Queens. Tsui Yee, Co-Chair of the Immigration and Nationality Law Committee, and Yang Chen, Executive Director, represented AABANY. At the Town Hall Meeting, many speakers from various APA community groups spoke of the need for comprehensive immigration reform that kept families together and addressed the needs of APA communities. The next major event will be a rally in Washington, DC, on April 10. Details on that can be found at http://bit.ly/a10_mrch4imrfrm.
(Source: http://bit.ly/)