New Yorkers wrap up Lunar New Year celebrations with big parades
STORY: New Yorkers wrap up Lunar New Year celebrations with big parades
SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 24, 2024
DATELINE: Feb. 26, 2024
LENGTH: 00:00:44
LOCATION: NEW YORK, the United States
CATEGORY: CULTURE
SHOTLIST:
1. various of the Lunar New Year celebrations
STORYLINE:
New Yorkers are winding up their Lunar New Year celebrations by staging large-scale parades and gatherings during the weekend.
One such parade was held on Saturday for the first time in Chinatown near Sunset Park in Brooklyn.
Organized by Asian American advocacy group the Asian American Community Empowerment, the parade was designed to celebrate both the Lantern Festival and the 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and the United States.
The gathering was attended by quite a few elected officials, including New York State Assembly Minority Leader William A. Barclay and New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
Adams noted Brooklyn has one of the largest Chinese communities in the United States and extended his wishes to th
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