AAPI groups want $5 million from New Jersey budget

Advocates say culturally specific services remain underfunded despite New Jersey’s large Asian American population.

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Asian American advocacy groups gathered at the New Jersey Statehouse on May 18 to demand dedicated funding for organizations serving immigrant families, seniors and survivors of violence across the state’s Asian American and Pacific Islander communities.

More than 50 activists, lawmakers and nonprofit leaders urge…