Sunday, March 3, 2024

Office of the New York State Comptroller - Celebrating Lunar New Year in Manhattan’s Chinatown

 


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Celebrating Lunar New Year
in Manhattan’s Chinatown

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State Comptroller DiNapoli visited Manhattan's Chinatown this week to meet with Chinatown business owners, community members and advocates. He also returned $46,000 of unclaimed funds to local businesses. He later joined Assemblymember Grace Lee and Vic Lee, co-founder and CEO of Welcome to Chinatown, on a tour of neighborhood businesses.

As the Lunar New Year festivities come to a close, State Comptroller DiNapoli celebrated this remarkable community whose unity and resiliency helped keep Chinatown strong during the pandemic’s challenges. Given Chinatown’s trajectory of economic recovery, he is confident that it will come back even stronger than before.

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Comptroller DiNapoli and Assembly Member Lee stopped for lunch at the Golden Unicorn restaurant after returning $9,552.20 in unclaimed funds

Comptroller DiNapoli and Assemblymember Lee stopped for lunch at the Golden Unicorn restaurant after returning $9,552.20 in unclaimed funds to this local business.

 
Comptroller DiNapoli, Assembly Member Lee, and Lee at New Kam Man Supermarket, the first Chinese supermarket opened on the U.S. east coast.

Comptroller DiNapoli and Assemblymember Lee, at New Kam Man Supermarket, the first Chinese supermarket opened on the U.S. east coast.


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