2022 Fred T. Korematsu Lecture

Please join us for the 2022 Fred T. Korematsu Lecture, a lecture series founded in 2000 as a forum for Asian American perspectives on the law and to honor Asian Americans who have substantially contributed to the development of the law while challenging the status quo. This year, the Asian-Pacific American Law Students Association of NYU Law is excited to host New York Assemblymember Yuh-Line Niou.

The 2022 Fred T. Korematsu Lecture will be held on Monday, April 18th, 2022, at 7:30 p.m. in Lipton Hall, located within D’Agostino Hall at 110 West Third Street. The Korematsu Lecture will also be live streamed via Zoom.

If you plan to attend the Korematsu Lecture at Lipton Hall, please RSVP using this Google form.

If you would like to stream the lecture on Zoom, please register for the webinar at this link. A Zoom link will be sent to all who register to attend virtually.

The event is co-sponsored by the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU. Live captioning for this event will be provided. For more information, please contact Meg Chu (mec610@nyu.edu) and Carolina Yu (cy2181@nyu.edu).

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Yuh-Line Niou has spent her career working on legislative and advocacy campaigns. In 2016, Yuh-Line was elected to serve the 65th Assembly District, representing the following lower Manhattan neighborhoods: the Lower East Side, Chinatown, South Street Seaport area, Financial District and Battery Park City.

Yuh-Line Niou began working on state policy issues while in college, eventually accepting a position with the Washington State House Health Committee Chair. While there, she helped develop policies to expand senior access to prescription medication, improve women’s health care, and expand health coverage for low-income families. Yuh-Line then went on to work as an advocate and organizer on anti-poverty issues, where she helped build a broad coalition to fight predatory lending and assist low-income families build financial assets.

She then served as Chief of Staff for New York State Assemblymember Ron Kim, where, under her leadership, the office assisted thousands of immigrants, small-business owners, teachers, seniors, workers, and students. She has drafted legislation to expand language access for immigrant communities, and has fought for more affordable housing and expanded services for seniors.

In the Assembly, Yuh-Line has continued her advocacy work around financial empowerment. She has pushed to improve financial protections for consumers, particularly for unbanked communities. On housing, Yuh-Line has worked to secure funding for New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) repairs, and has stood with tenant rights advocates for better housing regulations. Along with her colleagues, Yuh-Line helped form New York State’s first ever Asian Pacific American Legislative Task Force, which will focus on advancing issues impacting New York’s Asian American community.

Yuh-Line completed her Master’s degree in Public Administration at CUNY Baruch College as part of the National Urban Fellowship program, where she worked on regional and international environmental issues. Yuh-Line lives in the Financial District, in lower Manhattan.