NYC Housing Inspector Suspended After Racist Asian Stereotype Name Used on Letter

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 he received that was condemned as demonstrating anti-Asian bias.

Duc Pham posted on Facebook this week that an inspector had come to his First Avenue apartment to check on heat and hot water, and didn’t ask for his or his roommate’s name. He showed a letter he said was sent to the Sutton Place apartment, addressed to “Chin Chong.”

“Great job, NYC,” he wrote in his post, which was brought to the attention of city officials.

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