What Politicians and the Press Failed to Tell NYC About the Lunar New Year Bill
Politicians have been taking photos and tweeting about the Lunar New Year bill, as if they revolutionized New York.
Do these politicians think NYC parents don’t know that everyone has had off from school for Lunar New Year since 2015?
Pix 11 shared this:
In 2023, Lunar New Year fell on a Sunday. Students did not receive Monday off because Lunar New Year was not a state holiday.
What the news forgot to tell you: Assemblyman Lester Chang saw that students did not get off this year because Lunar New Year was on a Sunday, so he wrote a bill to make Lunar New Year a state holiday and submitted it in February 2023: (See bill)
At the end of May 2023, Assemblyman Chang’s bill passed the Government Operations Committee with a vote 10 to 4:
Then the NYS Assembly HELD Assemblyman Chang’s bill “for consideration.” THEY HELD HIS BILL!
Neither Senator Andrew Gounardes or Senator Iwen Chu stepped up and called for Assemblyman Chang’s bill to be heard!!
Neither Senator Gounardes or Senator Chu informed the Brooklyn Community that the NYS government was stifling a bill for the Asian Community! There were no tweets or articles in the paper from these two representatives !
Then a new bill for Lunar New Year was introduced in the NYS government. Both the Assembly and Senate bill have a date of JUNE 7, 2023.
Brian Kavanaugh introduced the bill….Iwen Chu did not introduce it – she was just one of many co-sponsors. See bill) Kavanaugh and the others are Democrats.
This was an easy vote – everyone in the Senate voted for it (one senator was excused).
Senator Andrew Gounardes didn’t tell about Assemblyman Chang’s bill because Gounardes did not reach across the table to get this done in February! Gounardes could have co-sponsored Lester’s bill, but he failed to step up for the Asian Community in Brooklyn!
By the way, a lot of politicians took photos with Governor Hochul and no one called Assemblyman Chang to be in the photo!
The Asian Community is full of people who work very hard. I think many of them will laugh about this ridiculous low level of politics on We Chat. And I hope the share that Assemblyman Chang was working hard for them!
Hugs,
marlene
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