Brooklyn Constituency helps to lead Chinese Lunar New Year celebration in Albany
February 18, 2024 Wayne Daren Schneiderman
From left: State Sen. Iwen Chu; Assemblymember Jenifer Rajkumar, 38th District (representing Sunset Park, Red Hook, Greenwood Heights, and parts of Windsor Terrace, Dyker Heights and Borough Park); Assemblymember Grace Lee, 65th District (representing the Financial District, Battery Park City, the Lower East Side and Chinatown); and Assemblyman William Colton, 47th District (representing Bensonhurst, Gravesend, Bath Beach, Dyker Heights, and Midwood). Photos by Wayne Daren Schneiderman
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The first official observance of the Chinese/Lunar New Year was celebrated in Albany, N.Y. last Tuesday — and the Brooklyn Eagle had a ringside seat to the event and all of its festivities.
This historic moment marks New York as the first state in the country to mandate statewide public school closures in observance of Chinese/Lunar New Year (Legislation A.7768/S.7573) — a significant milestone for the Asian American community.
The impending forecast of snow could not keep the more than 200 attendees — and this reporter — from traveling to the city’s capital from Brooklyn and other surrounding areas and showing support for the New Year: the Year of the Dragon.