New York: Asian-American Population

New York Dept: Already the first person of Asian descent to be elected citywide in New York, Liu, a Democrat, hopes to become its first Asian-American mayor, according to Calgary Herald. Many Asian-Americans here have looked to him as a standard-bearer for increasing their community's political visibility and influence. While New York counts 1.5 million Asian residents and the largest Chinese population outside Asia, they hadn't enjoyed the success in electoral politics of some Asian communities on the West Coast and NEW YORK, N.Y. - City Comptroller John Liu embarked Sunday on a mayoral bid that reflects the political rise of New York City's Asian-American population but has been shadowed by a fundraising-conspiracy case against two former aides. Born in Taiwan, Liu came to New York City at age 5. He grew up and still lives in the Flushing section of Queens, a vibrant hub of immigrants from China, Korea and other Asian and Latin American countries. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.