Aug. 28, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

State Sen. John Liu joined Manhattan Assembly Member Grace Lee and members of the Representing and Empowering AANHPI Community History (R.E.A.C.H.) Coalition outside City Hall on Wednesday, Aug. 27, to celebrate the passage of the AANHPI Education Equity Act in the New York State legislature and call on Gov. Kathy Hochul to sign the bill into law.

Liu, along with Lee, educators, students and members of the R.E.A.C.H. Coalition, called on Hochul to sign the legislation into law ahead of the new school year, stating that the legislation will help create a more inclusive and accurate curriculum in New York schools.

Both houses of the state legislature passed the AANHPI Education Equity Act in June, which supporters say is a critical measure to understand how

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