Chinatown community calls on mayor for action after another AAPI death

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The Chinatown community gathered in sorrow once more Tuesday afternoon to mourn the loss of another member of the AAPI community and to demand Mayor Eric Adams make changes.

GuiYing Ma, 61, was sweeping a Jackson Heights sidewalk on Nov. 26, 2021, when Elisaul Perez allegedly beat the senior with a rock. Ma slipped into a coma and unfortunately succumbed to her injuries on Feb. 28, according to her family.

Fuming over yet another tragic loss, community leaders and concerned residents assembled just adjacent from the residence of Christina Yuna Lee, who was murdered inside her apartment last month, to pay their respects to Ma while also calling out Mayor Adams for having been “too slow” in combating anti-Asian hate in the community. The group charged that the new mayor claims to be in conversation with the community, yet they say if this is true, they don’t have a seat at the table.