Skyscraper Jails and COVID: Chinatown's Biggest Fight For Survival

Can a community stop a 350-foot jail in the heart of New York's Chinatown? Jan Lee, a third-generation resident and co-founder of Neighbors United Below Canal, leads neighbors, legacy shopkeepers, and seniors against a proposed vertical jail as tall as the Statue of Liberty beside Columbus Park. From the windows of Wing On Wo, stewards describe what a decade of demolition, toxic dust, and street closures would mean for small businesses already battered by COVID losses, staff shortages, and a wave of anti-Asian violence. After an initial legal win by NUBC… Video by YouTube channel.