Nancy Yao Maasbach and Yue Ma

Given the clear timeline and action plan by NYC agencies to retrieve the remaining 80% of the MOCA Collection at 70 Mulberry, the Museum held a community gathering at its main space at 215 Centre Street in lieu of a planned march and rally on Thursday, February 27. Swipe left to see photos of the meeting.⁣
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Nancy Yao Maasbach, MOCA president (at right), and Yue Ma, Director of Collections, provided an update. The NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) process to recover the remaining archives will begin the week of March 2, 2020. ⁣Nancy also announced that MOCA will be leasing space at 3 Howard Street to serve as the museum's Collections and Research Center offering programs for digitization and recovery.⁣