WATCH: INQside Look with Elmer Cato, Consul General of PH in New York

Nearly 50 hate attacks against Asians have been reported this year so far in New York, and Filipinos are not spared from these incidents.

INQUIRER.net speaks with the Philippines’ new consul general in New York in this episode of INQside Look to know more about why these attacks are seeing a rise amid the pandemic and how they are impacting Filipinos, many of whom “feel they are no longer safe when they go out.”

We also look into how Filipinos in New York, once the epicenter of the coronavirus in the United States, have been affected by the health crisis.