Parents across New York might wonder why their kids don’t have school on Wednesday, Jan. 29, well, the Lunar New Year is to ...
Students in New York City and the rest of the state will welcome the year of the snake for the first time outside the ...
Schools did not close for Lunar New Year in the first year of the new law because the holiday fell on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024 ...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New York City public schools will be closed on Wednesday to both students and staff for a holiday. All ...
After Hochul signed the state-level bill, the Lunar New Year was added as one of the public school holidays. However, the ...
The one-day holiday — which typically comes in late January or early February — was added to all New York public school calendars in 2024.
Despite being made into a federal holiday in the 80s, the first observance held together by all 50 states did not take place ...