It's the first time New York students will have the day off for the Lunar New Year since a new state law was signed in 2023. In 2024, the holiday fell on a Saturday. July 5, 2025 ...

NEW YORK — Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation to declare Asian Lunar New Year a public school holiday across New York state. According to a press release, the legislation would ensure schools ...

Lunar New Year is the biggest holiday of the year for millions of East Asians around the world. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays. Watch Now.

Additionally, the 27th Annual Chinatown Lunar New Year Parade and Festival is scheduled for Feb. 16 at 1 p.m. with festival booths on Bayard Street (between Mulberry and Mott streets) from 11:30 a ...

A dragon chases a resident in New York’s Chinatown during New Year celebrations on Feb. 17, 1980. Festivities generally last for two weeks.

New York City Lunar New Year 2018 Students Day. The headlining event of this eight-day-long festival marking the Lunar New Year holiday is a special “Students Day” at Lincoln Center’s David ...

NEW YORK -- Millions of people across the world are getting ready to celebrate Lunar New Year, which kicks off Saturday. It will be the Year of the Dragon, and the celebration lasts through Feb. 24.

88rising’s Moonrise Gala. On Saturday evening in Los Angeles, the Lunar New Year celebrations continued as Hollywood’s Milk Studios was transformed for the inaugural Moonrise Gala by 88rising ...

Meng noted in a statement that when she was in the New York State Assembly in 2009, she sponsored the bill to establish a New York City school holiday for Lunar New Year. "There were so many ...

New York City Council Member Margaret Chin played hooky once a year as a kid growing up in Manhattan’s Chinatown. When it was Chin’s turn to be a parent, her son did the same — with his mom ...