Carlos Garcia stands in front of Charas/El Bohio Community Center in Manhattan in 2000. Garcia, a New York activist and organizer known as Chino, whose fight to save the thriving community center that he co-founded was emblematic of a larger struggle against the gentrification of New York City, died on July 24, 2026, at his home in Manhattan. He was 80. (Suzanne DeChillo/The New York Times) By ADAM NOSSITER Carlos Garcia, a New York activist and organizer known as Chino, whose fight to save…
