About

NUBC’s Steering Committee Members Are:

• Jan Lee, The Chinatown Core Block Association, a group of residents, property owners, and business owners addressing quality of life issues, and supportive of enterprise that contributes in a positive way to the lives of Chinatown residents.

• Howard Huie, of Chatham Towers Board of Directors a 240-unit cooperative, located at 170 and 180 Park Row, with approximately 500 residents.

• Victoria Lee, Chinatown Resident, District Leader

• NUBC Pam Yang, Marketing/Development

Community Partner:

• Welcome To Chinatown

Additional Signatories to NUBC’s Open Letter to Mayor DeBlasio and Councilmember Chin are:

• Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (CCBA), the largest umbrella organization in Chinatown, with 60 member organizations that represent a cross-section of the Chinese community in New York, and the oldest service organization in Chinatown established in 1883:

• Benjamin Yee, State Committeeman for AD 66

• Lin Sing Association, a Chinese-American organization established in 1900.

• Hoy Sun Ning Yung Association

• Lee Family Benevolent Association

• American Legion L.T. Kimlau Post 1291, a veterans organization established in 1946.

• Bowery Alliance of Neighbors, a non-profit grassroots organization working to protect residents, small businesses, and the historic character of NYC's oldest street.

• Think!Chinatown, an organization that listens, responds, and builds Chinatown's capacities as a strong & vibrant immigrant neighborhood of NYC.

• Chinatown Manpower Project, an organization that provides economic opportunities to disadvantaged immigrants and refugees throughout New York City.

• Lower East Side Dwellers Block Association, an block organization in LES established in 2012.

• Two Bridges Neighborhood Council, Inc., an organization dedicated to creating affordable housing, advocating for quality-of-life improvements, and providing access to social, educational, and recreation services in Two Bridges, established in 1954.

• Chinese American Independent Physicians Association (CAIPA), the largest IPA in Asian- American communities in New York City, with over 1,000 physician members.

• Financial District Neighborhood Association, an organization whose mission to protect and preserve the quality of life of the Financial District of Manhattan as a residential neighborhood.

• Downtown Independent Democrats, a political club dedicated to supporting progressive government and policies and has long been the voice for the people of Lower Manhattan in the politics of the Democratic Party.

• Elizabeth Street Garden, Inc., an organization whose mission is to protect and preserve the magic of Elizabeth Street Garden as a public community green space.

• Lower East Side History Project, an award-winning non-profit organization dedicated to researching, documenting and preserving the history of the LES.

• Bridgeview Condominium, a 167-unit condominium at 50 Bayard Street, with over 300 residents.

• The Historic Districts Council, an organization whose mission is to ensure the preservation of significant historic neighborhoods, buildings and public spaces in New York City, uphold the integrity of New York City’s Landmarks Law, and further the preservation ethic.

• NY Chinatown Lions Club, a servicemembers organization.

• OCA-NY, the New York chapter of a national non-profit civil rights organization promoting and protecting the political, economic, and cultural rights of Asian Pacific Americans.

• United Democratic Organization, a Democratic political club representing the 65th Assembly District, Part D.

• Asian American Legal and Education Defense Fund (AALDEF), founded in 1974, a national organization that protect and promotes the civil rights of Asian Americans: