Schools across NY State will be closed on Wednesday for Lunar New Year
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Public school students across the Rochester area and New York State will be off on Wednesday for the Lunar New Year for the first time.
The Lunar New Year, which East Asian communities across the globe celebrate, falls on Jan. 29 this year. It will be the Year of the Snake in the Chinese zodiac. New York is the first state to give schools off for the Lunar New Year.
The legislation, signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul, passed in 2023. The Lunar New Year happened to fall on a Saturday in 2024, so children didn’t have off from school.