Taiwanese American Council of Greater New York (大紐約區台灣人社團聯合會)
Identity Snapshot
- English: Taiwanese American Council of Greater New York
- Chinese: 大紐約區台灣人社團聯合會
- Era: Contemporary
- Geography: Taiwanese American community
- Core roles: Community organization (TAH directory)
The Taiwanese American Council of Greater New York (TAC-GNY) is an umbrella organization coordinating Taiwanese American organizations and clubs in the Greater New York area. It promotes Taiwanese culture and heritage, and educates the broader community about Taiwanese American history. TAC-GNY serves as a coordinating apparatus to promote the well-being and betterment of the Taiwanese American community in the region.
Role in the Community
- Predecessor body: 許盛男醫師倡組「紐約紐澤西台灣人社團聯合會」to strengthen inter-club mutual aid; founding member clubs were 大紐約區台灣同鄉會、紐澤西台灣同鄉會、陳文成教授紀念基金會、台灣人權協會紐約分會、台灣人公共事務協會紐約分會、台灣研究會, with 許盛男 as 創會會長; the memoir author (representing 台灣研究會) succeeded him as 第二屆會長 in 1983 and used the council to drive the 台灣會館 (New York Taiwan Center) purchase — mass fundraising via per-head 「丁錢」surcharges at member-club events, then a 建館委員會籌備餐會 — Our Journeys 9。HOLD: conflict on the predecessor’s English name — Our Journeys 9 calls it “Taiwanese Community Council”, Our Journeys 356’s org list calls the same 紐約紐澤西台灣人社團聯合會 “Taiwanese American Council” (Our Journeys 356); lineage to present-day TAC-GNY is by name/scope, not explicitly stated — never auto-merged.
- 2020-01-12 (蔡英文連任勝選次日) — hosted the 千人台僑感恩餐宴 at 圓山飯店 for 1,000+ overseas supporters; President 蔡英文 dropped her schedule to attend unscripted for 20 minutes, 僑委委員長吳新興、前閣揆游錫堃、市長鄭文燦、立委林昶佐/范雲/林靜儀 spoke, guests included 錢尼副國家安全顧問葉望輝 and 導演魏德聖; featured 蔡英文肖像拚布 by artist 劉棟, one owned by 紐約台灣商會會長江明信 — TJJ: 千人台僑感恩餐宴
- 2021-05 — 聯合大紐約區台灣同鄉會、紐約台灣會館、紐約台灣商會等 31 個團體連署發表「大紐約地區支持台灣參與 WHO 共同宣言」，「嚴厲譴責」中國阻撓台灣參與第74屆世衛大會；召集人賴弘典於網路研討會發言，駐紐約辦事處長李光章代表政府致謝（TJJ 轉載中央社, 2021-05-20）。同年稍早的共同聲明草案版本記錄為 30 個連署團體（TJJ 轉載, 2021-05）——HOLD: conflict 30 vs 31 signatory groups（草案與正式發表之差，未擅自合併）。Webinar chaired by 僑務委員莊振輝 and drew about 50 僑界代表；除聯合會召集人賴弘典外，發言者包括北美洲台灣人醫師協會總會長謝博夫、紐約台灣商會會長江俊霖；紐約台灣會館理事長蘇春槐向醫護人員致敬，說「我們沒法控制外在環境，但我們可以做最好的自己，凡事盡力而為，不可能的常常是可能的」（上述 TJJ 轉載稿）。
- 2026-09-23 re-grep (deepen-x 09221200-15): fresh ZH+EN grep returned only the page’s own TAH work record, index, and the two TJJ WHO-declaration articles already absorbed above (31-group 連署, 賴弘典召集, 30-vs-31 HOLD retained); verified saturated, nothing new absorbable.
- 2026-09-24 re-grep (deepen-x 09230600-23): fresh ZH+EN grep returned the identical hit set (own TAH work record, index, two TJJ WHO-declaration articles already absorbed, 30-vs-31 HOLD retained) — verified saturated, nothing new absorbable.
- 2026-09-25 re-grep (deepen-x 09240600-26): fresh ZH+EN grep returned the identical hit set (own TAH work record, index, two TJJ WHO-declaration articles); body-text re-read confirms all absorbable facts already in place (31 團體連署、召集人賴弘典、莊振輝主持、約50僑界代表、謝博夫/江俊霖/蘇春槐發言與引言); 30-vs-31 HOLD retained. Verified saturated, nothing new absorbable.
- 2026-09-22 deepen-x slice 09220400-15: SKIP — re-verified saturated: corpus hits are only the page’s own TAH work record (already linked in Role in the Community) and the two TJJ WHO-declaration articles whose facts (31-group 連署, 賴弘典召集, 30-vs-31 HOLD) are already absorbed. Nothing new absorbable.
- TAH 組織目錄並存有專文記錄（TAH record: TAC-GNY, published 2017-05-18）。Related umbrella body: Taiwanese American Council; NY community venue: 紐約台灣會館.