The city government's official site has lots of breakdowns on it[1]. Picking "Total NYC Population", "Race/Ethnicity", "Poverty" shows that Asian poverty has been the highest since 2007.

The idea that an admissions policy is unacceptable if it admits too many Asians is, I assume, the discrimination being referred to.

https://www1.nyc.gov/site/opportunity/poverty-in-nyc/data-to...