Happy Chinese New Year
Chair and CEO Shola Olatoye wished NYCHA’s Chinese-American Association (CAA) and its many friends “Sun Lin Figh Loke” (Happy New Year) at the CAA’s 24th Chinese Lunar New Year celebration on February 9. Almost 250 employees celebrated the occasion with a nine-course banquet at the Jing Fong restaurant in Manhattan’s Chinatown.
The festivities included performances of traditional music and a lion dance to bring good luck in the Year of the Rooster, 4715. Chair Olatoye remarked that the rooster represents “generosity, courage intelligence, and compassion—exactly what we need to continue carrying out our NextGeneration NYCHA plan to create safe, clean, and connected communities.”
Thomas Chan, Chief of Transportation in the NYPD, was recognized as honoree of the year and Chair Olatoye presented CAA Chair Nancy Lam with a message of appreciation to the CAA from Mayor Bill de Blasio
