Zhang Qiyue (center), Chinese consul general in New York, and Zhong Ruiming (right), deputy consul general, greet Chen Jintang, founder of the Chinese Hand Laundry Alliance (CHLA), and give their blessings for the upcoming Lunar New Year on Tuesday afternoon in New York. The CHLA is a labor organization that was formed in 1933 to protect the civil rights of overseas Chinese living in North America and "to help Chinese laundry workers break their isolation in American society". HONG XIAO / CHINA DAILY