ExploreChinatown Newsletter
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Thank you to New York Pre-School at 88 Leonard Street
and the Guardian Angels for supporting Chinatown!
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Enjoy Leap Day in Chinatown
#SupportChinatown
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Enjoy your extra day in February by coming to
Show Some Love for Chinatown!
Dine,
Shop &
Support our local merchants and be entered in a raffle for great prizes including an Apple iPhone X, jewelry and Fuji INSTAX Mini Camera.
Visit our Chinatown Information Kiosk (Baxter & Canal Streets) to redeem your receipt for a raffle entry, and to also leave love notes to be displayed on our bulletin board and display screen.
Rules of Entry
- Purchase a meal, item, or service of at least $10 from any business within the Chinatown BID service area during the raffle contest period from February 14 to March 15, 2020.
- Obtain a receipt that clearly indicates the business name and the amount paid.
- Present each receipt (of at least $10) at the Chinatown Information Kiosk during operating hours (10am to 5pm) in exchange for one raffle ticket entry. Please fill out your name, phone number and email address so that you can be contacted on March 16, 2020 if you are a raffle prize winner.
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Social Media Tags
#DineInChinatown #ShopInChinatown #SupportChinatown
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Guides took tourists through Chinatown on 2/21 in celebration of International Tourist Guide Day.
The tour was designed to show that any fears about the coronavirus in Chinatown are misplaced and untrue.
Fear of the virus has negatively impacted restaurants and businesses in the area.
Tourists are encouraged to continue to dine and shop in Chinatown establishments.
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為了緩解這種情況，他與多名民選官員感到除了強調紐約沒有病例來安撫民眾外，也需要其他方式刺激消費，因此藉情人節契機舉辦「在華埠展現愛」(Show Some Love in Chinatown)活動，只要民眾消費滿十元，憑發票就能換抽獎券，最大獎為一部iPhone X蘋果手機，「費城、芝加哥和舊金山等地也都紛紛效仿啟動類似活動。」
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NYS Plastic Bag Ban and NYC Paper Bag Fee
As of March 1, 2020, single use plastic carryout bags are banned in New York State, with a few
exemptions. Additionally, New York City will enact a five-cent fee on paper carryout bags, which will also take effect on March 1, 2020. The fee does
not apply to exempt bags or customers using SNAP or WIC.
紐約州禁塑令將於3月1日(周日)正式生效，超市、零售店等將不得再向顧客提供一次性購物塑膠袋；然而，州環保廳(State Department of Environmental Conservation)日前表示，許多小商家可能沒有足夠時間做準備，為顧客提供紙袋作為替代，正在考慮為零售業者實行一定程度的寬限期，允許禁令生效後繼續用完現有塑膠袋存貨。
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Property owners should register their storefronts as part of the Real Property Income & Expense (RPIE) statement. Most property owners should already be familiar with the RPIE. Business owners are not responsible for this new requirement. The 2020 RPIE filing period ends June 1, 2020.
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One of New York's bravest has died from 9/11-related pancreatic cancer. Daniel Foley, a 21-year veteran of the FDNY, died at the age of 46. His brother Tom, also a firefighter, was killed in the World Trade Center attacks.
Foley served with the FDNY's Rescue Company 3 and Ladder 49, both in the Bronx. He was cited 10 separate times for bravery. He is survived by his wife, Carrie Benedict Foley, and five children, Erin, Kiera, Brianne, Kendall and Thomas "TJ."
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Fried rice is a 1500-year-old dish that is prepared using wok tossing, a technique that enables food to undergo temperatures of 1200°C without burning. Tossing of the heavy wok at high speed may be one contributor to shoulder pain, which is reported by 64.5% of Chinese restaurant chefs.
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2020 Census Coming Soon
#GetCountedNYC
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Because so much is at stake, it's critical that New Yorkers stand up and be counted in the 2020 Census. In the 2010 Census, the city’s self-response rate was less than 62%, compared to the national average of 76%.
We need every New Yorker to get involved to ensure that their community is counted!
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2020年人口普查即將開始
2020 Census is coming (Cantonese)
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2020年人口普查即将开始
2020 Census is coming (Mandarin)
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The Chinese Progressive Association is seeking volunteers to help distribute census info around the neighborhood on
Sat, Feb 29, and
Sat, Mar 7. Training and refreshments will be provided.
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March 3, 2020
6:30pm to 8pm
Join MOCA and a panel of census experts and community organizers to learn more about the census and how it affects Chinese diasporic communities across the five boroughs.
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Call for Artwork
The Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans (CAPA) is looking for a poster and visual identity design for the 41st Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Festival on Saturday, May 16, 2020. The festival will include more than 50 APA organizations throughout New York City, performances, demonstrations, and food vendors, and will take place in Chelsea on West 27th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm.
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Join China Institute on March 4, as they convene China and global health experts — and a doctor from Wuhan via Skype — to explore what to do when a virus not only threatens our health, but also our humanity.
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