To widen the funnel of access resources for relief funds and programs, Welcome to Chinatown has partnered with Southern Smoke Foundation — a 501(c)(3) nonprofit foundation raising funds for support and assistance for those in the food and beverage community and their suppliers — to provide translation services for Chinese-speaking applicants who worked in an NYC Chinatown food or beverage establishment and need Chinese translation assistance in completing their application.

We’ve got you covered with a guide to all the must-visit shops in Chinatown. And the best spots to get your Lunar New Year Gifts.

Abrons Arts Center, Wing on Wo’s the W.O.W. Project, and grassroots initiative Welcome to Chinatown come together to celebrate the Year of the Metal Ox with the launch of the first edition of From Chinatown, With Love, a 12-month photo calendar designed by photographer Mischelle Moy.

“From Chinatown, With Love” will feature products from 18 Chinatown businesses that evoke celebration of the new year and explore the deep meaning Manhattan’s Chinatown holds for so many in the Asian-American community. A specially curated Lunar New Year gift guide will also detail unique finds at each featured business with physical copies available throughout NYC and available online on Welcome to Chinatown’s website.

Thanks to your generosity and automatic matching by ioby, together, we raised over $26,000 to provide 1,500 books distributed to 500 Chinatown and LES students over the holidays. You helped us double our initial fundraising goal!

New York City’s Department of Small Business Services (SBS) still refuses to include 10013 in the Hard-Hit Low and Moderate Income Communities (LMI) Program. Because of this, many iconic Chinatown businesses are denied access to vital funding that could keep them from permanently shuttering. 

10013 is unfairly excluded despite Chinatown being identified as one of the 39 LMI neighborhoods.  

Ask SBS why a program targeted to provide relief efforts to hard-hit POC communities has excluded a majority of Chinatown. Read on to see how you can help.