NEW YORK (AP) - A New York City housing employee has been suspended and an investigation is underway after a city resident took to social media with a letter his family received that was condemned as demonstrating anti-Asian bias.
Duc Pham posted on Facebook this week that an inspector had come to the apartment to check on heat and hot water, and didn’t ask anyone for their names. He showed a letter he said the family then got, addressed to “Chin Chong.”
“Great job, NYC,” he wrote in his post, which was brought to the attention of city officials.
In a statement, the city Department of Housing Preservation and Development said it was conducting an investigation and an employee has been suspended without pay.
The agency said it had reached out to Pham to offer “profound apologies.”
“Racism has no place in New York City,” the agency said. “We stand with the AAPI community against hate.”
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