First We Feast Received the Award For Best Human Interest – Long Form Content NEW YORK, October 31, 2023–(BUSINESS WIRE)–First We Feast is proud to announce that it has won a New York Emmy for the documentaryHungry For More: The Movement to Save New York’s Chinatown. The documentary won a New York Emmy in the … Read more
Thousands of people gathered in New York’s Chinatown to celebrate the arrival of the Lunar New Year this Sunday (10.22.2023), under the watchful eye of the police, after the deadly shooting in California. Fireworks, dancing dragons and other traditional elements with which they usually celebrate this important date took place in the so-called Chinatown of … Read more
The all-new Central Subway connects Chinatown with Union Square and SoMA (South of Market) for the first time and is the first subway to run in the immediate downtown area in a north-south direction. Until now these parts of the city were only connected to each other directly by buses. North-South connection through the city … Read more
Plans to open a New York City homeless shelter later this year in Chinatown were shut down after community protests against its opening. City officials confirmed the news Friday, following a growing outcry that resulted in public demonstrations against the proposed shelter. “After reviewing the shelter sites planned to open in Chinatown, we have decided … Read more
Friday’s fire that killed a 91-year-old woman and her son in a Chinatown building was accidental and caused by problems with extension cords, the DFNY Fire Department said Saturday. ). The victims were found inside the building after firefighters brought the fire under control. Working smoke detectors were inside the premises, the FDNY added. Firefighters … Read more
NEW YORK — Two people were found dead in an apartment after firefighters put out a building fire in Manhattan’s Chinatown neighborhood early Friday, authorities said. Firefighters responding to a call at the Mulberry Street building around 3:45 am found flames on the fifth floor, Deputy Deputy Chief John Sarrocco said. A 91-year-old woman was … Read more
What you should know A man was stabbed to death at a Chinatown social club after an argument over a game, police said. The two men were playing the club near Division and Orchard streets shortly after 4:30 pm Monday when they began arguing. No arrests have been made and police are searching for the … Read more
For the second time they damage the monument dedicated to the 35-year-old woman who was murdered and harassed in Chinatown last month. A surveillance camera stationed near the site of the Christian Yuna Lee memorial captured the suspect as he kicked off the site early Thursday morning. Lee’s former landlord, Brian Chin, shared a video … Read more
Eight days after Christina Yuna Lee was harassed and killed inside her apartment, the Chinatown community took on the challenge of running 35 miles in her memory. The group planned to run a mile on Monday for every year of his life, looping around and around the same block where Lee lived. The organizers expected … Read more