Politics

Chinatown Workers and Visitors Respond to Changes in the Neighborhood

By The Iris

By Lily Wolfson and Sasha Tucker New York City, New York

Lily Wolfson, Editor-in-Chief, and Sasha Tucker, Associate Editor, visited Chinatown on Sunday to photograph and interview Asian American business owners and workers about their experiences with the changes in their neighborhood due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the rise in AAPI hate crimes. See the corresponding article to hear what they had to say.

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