establishment in 1883, CCBA has been providing service to the
Chinese-American residents living in the Greater New York Area.
In the early year, most of the residents lived in the Chinatown
area. The early Chinese immigrant residents had poor English
skills and their traditional Chinese living style, many issues
and problems are solved inside Chinatown in its own way. acted
as the City Hall of Chinatown at that time, and that is why the
President of CCBA was always referred as the unofficial "Mayor
of Chinatown". CCBA had the persuasiveness to judge the right
and wrong in daily lives and businesses. today, CCBA continues
to provide services mainly in educational area. Two of its
component, the New York Chinese School and the Chinatown Daycare
Center provides educational services to children, focusing on
teaching the Chinese language and culture. New York Chinese
School is still the largest Chinese School system in the Eastern
USA.