02/05/2019 - CCBA hosted the annual Lunar New Year ceremony. Many government officials visited CCBA and greeted Chinese-Americans a happy new year, including Ambassador Lily Hsu, Mayor Bill de Blasio, City Comptroller Scott Stringer, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., State City Council Members Margaret Chin, Peter Koo and Carlina Rivera, Judge Doris Ling-Cohan, representatives from elected officials and many community leaders.  Mayor de Blasio announced that the Dr. Sun Yat-sen statue in Columbus Park will be made permanent and .the north plaza will be renamed in Dr. Sun Yat-sen's honor.

02/05/2019 - 中華公所舉辦一年一度農曆新年慶祝典禮，到訪中華公所向華人拜年的政府官員包括駐紐約台北經濟文化辦事處徐儷文大使、紐約市市長白思豪、市主計長史靜格、曼克頓區長高步邁、曼克頓總檢察官Cyrus R. Vance, Jr.、市議員陳倩雯、顧雅明、Carlina Rivera、凌德麗法官、各官員代表，以及僑領、嘉賓、僑胞逾三百多人參加，情況十分熱鬧。白思豪市長並宣佈國父銅像將永久擺放在華埠哥倫布公園，並將銅像附近範圍命名為中山廣場。