Category: Dragon Springs

Deerpark Man Arrested for Harassing Shen Yun Campus in New York

DEERPARK—Kenneth Porada of Cuddebackville, New York, was arrested for crimes related to repeated harassment of staff at the Dragon Springs campus. Porada, 62, was arrested by officers from the Deerpark Police Department on May 25 for throwing screws—which caused flat tires—in the driveways of Dragon Springs and about a dozen locals associated with Dragon Springs,…


Judge Dismisses Environmental Lawsuit Against Dragon Springs

DEERPARK, N.Y.—A federal judge has dismissed an environmental lawsuit against Dragon Springs, home to two performing arts schools founded by practitioners of the spiritual discipline Falun Gong. The lawsuit was filed in January 2022 by a New Paltz-based nonprofit whose founder has ties to China and has for several years waged a campaign against the…


Deerpark Arts School Says China-Linked Group Targeting It With ‘Lies’

DEERPARK, N.Y.—A New Paltz-based group with ties to China is using questionable environmental claims to raise money in its years-long effort to target a group of Chinese Americans and their performing arts school in Deerpark, New York. The group, NYEnvironcom, launched a fundraiser on Facebook in late September, claiming it was seeking funding for an…


China-Linked Activist Is Funding Group That Targets Local Arts School

DEERPARK, N.Y.—Grace Woodard, a resident of Mount Hope, New York, is using her unregistered environmental group—which receives funding from a group headed by an individual with deep ties to China—to target the development of a local performing arts school founded by Chinese dissidents who fled religious persecution in China. Woodard’s group, Deerpark Rural Alliance, isn’t…