Opinion: A Tale of Two Cities, One in Chinatown
A Sing Tao commentary contrasts the cultural allure of Hudson Yards and other prosperous entities to Chinatown, just miles away, still awaiting a performance center.
A Sing Tao commentary contrasts the cultural allure of Hudson Yards and other prosperous entities to Chinatown, just miles away, still awaiting a performance center.
A Sing Tao Daily opinion piece takes the city to task for excluding the media from community conversations about plans for the new Chinatown jail.
World Journal reports on efforts to recognize and celebrate Newark’s Chinatown, now long gone.
After eight years, victims and their families received compensation for the fire that engulfed their homes on Grand Street, World Journal reports.
In Chinatown workers and owners of restaurants and nail salons criticize Gov. Cuomo’s plan to eliminate the tip credit, reports Sing Tao Daily.
The Villager pays a visit to the American Legion Lt. B. R. Kimlau Chinese Memorial Post 1291 on Canal Street, home to more than 500 members including 46 World War II veterans.
World Journal spoke to Chinese restaurant owners about the impact of higher minimum wages.
Democrats who have counted on support from the Chinese community should take heed.
Rep. Nydia Velazquez joined Chinatown residents and leaders at the dedication ceremony of what is now the Mabel Lee Memorial Post Office, renamed in honor of the suffragette and local icon, reports Sing Tao Daily.
Sing Tao Daily covers the mixed reaction to the city announcing it will no longer build a new jail at 80 Centre St. and instead expand the Manhattan Detention Complex.
How to Chinatown, a new website that introduces visitors to lesser-known small businesses and cultural sites, brings the neighborhood into the digital era, reports World Journal.
In separate stories, World Journal covers the closing of the first Häagen-Dazs in Manhattan after more than four decades, and graffiti art that offended residents.
A town hall meeting for city officials to explain plans to build a new jail by Chinatown “quickly descended into a shoutfest,” reports Tribeca Trib.
SinoVision English Channel visits the First Chinese Baptist Church, founded 92 years ago in response to Chinatown gang violence.
Public art has come to Doyers St. in Chinatown – and with some strong reactions, report both Sing Tao Daily and World Journal.