MINEOLA, NY(TIP): Nassau County Executive Laura Curran and her executive staff , on November 15, joined members of the Asian media and community members for a discussion about the administration’s priority agenda and opportunities for community engagement.

Present at the meeting were  Asian Advisory Board Members Abdul Aziz Bhuiyan, Advocate for the Bangladesh Community and President of Hillside Masjid, Dr. Isma Chaudhry, Executive Director of Islamic Center of Long Island, Christine Liu, Board Member of the Chinese American Association of North Hempstead,  Dr. Bhavani Srinivasan, Board Member of American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin Ammad Sheikh, President of South Asian Sports, Satnam Parhar, Past President of the India Association of Long Island, Minsun Kim, President of Long Island Conservatory and of the Korean American Association of Greater N.Y. Willy Wang, Community Leader for the Taiwanese Community, Charles Chan, Community Advocate for Hong Kong and East Asian Communities, Board member of North Shore Child and Family Center and St. Mary’s Church of Manhasset, and  James Mun, President, Korean-American Association of Long Island.

Deputy County Executives present included Tatum Fox, Deputy County Executive for Public Safety, Evlyn Tsimis, Deputy County Executive for Economic Development, Mark Page, Deputy County Executive Finance, Brian Schneider, Deputy County Executive for Parks and Public Works, John Chiara, Deputy County Executive for Compliance, Kyle Rose-Louder, Deputy County Executive for Health and Human Services, and Mike Martino, Director of Communications

The Media included  China Press, SinoVision TV, Bollywood Insider,   Dunya News, The Indian Panorama, The  South Asian Times, Korea Daily,   Korean Media,  Korean Channel,  NY Radio Korea, ITVUSA,  Pakistan News, Awaz Newspaper, Interfaith paper of Long Island,          Weekly Bangladesh, Bangla Patrika, Weekly Bangalee,  Voice Of South Asia,  Kate (Lei Zhu),Y.K. Chan,  JUS Punjabi,  Sing Toa Daily Press,     Punjab TV Channel (PTC).