Neighbors United Below Canal (NUBC) represents thousands of stakeholders in the diverse and unique communities below Canal Street and the surrounding area.
We are community organizations, businesses, activists with support from our elected officials.
NUBC’s members have a unified voice against Mayor de Blasio’s plan to build a jail as tall as the Statue of Liberty at over 300 ft. tall at 124-125 White St, currently occupied by The Tombs (built in 1930) and the Manhattan Detention Center (built 1988) , immediately adjacent to Chung Pak low income senior residence which was a concession when the Manhattan detention complex was built in 1988.
As NUBC is engaged and organizing around opposing any new jails based on reasons as specified herein, we also feel obliged to express our commitment to be guided by the humane aspects of incarceration, even to the extent that either Riker’s Island undergo radical reform or be closed.
Serious dialogue about the costs of incarceration versus less costly alternatives, such as prevention, education, community efforts, and drug treatment must ensue. There are victims of crimes. Efforts to be more responsive to their concerns must be part of the dialogue. As well, that dialogue must not be indifferent to nor give up on those who violate the law. Both the most wounded victim and the most callous criminal retain their humanity.
For inquiries, please email us at nubc2019@gmail.com.
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To donate to the legal fund: www.nubcdonate.com.
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“That was my store over there,” Chi Vy Ngo says, pointing to a gutted storefront at 94 Baxter Street. His father, Bo, and his mother, Ky, first opened their restaurant, Bo Ky, in 1986, around the corner on Bayard Street. Ngo had managed it, but after his parents’ deaths and a subsequent sibling dispute, he struck out on his own. He found this space next to the Manhattan Detention Complex, better known as the Tombs, which he liked: right off Canal and a manageable size at 50 seats. He signed a ten-year lease with the city and began renovating in May of 2019. Right away, the restaurant was a hit, beloved by regulars who knew his cooking from the first location and new customers alike. Then came the pandemic, but the death knell arrived soon after when the city expedited construction of the megajail there. “We were open less than a year and they wanted us to move out,” Ngo says. “I had no choice.”
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Big Fight in Little Chinatown - Trailer
A Film By Karen Cho
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