Preparations are being made to bring back the body of a young mother-of-two who died suddenly on a visit to New York. Sarah ...

Rochester area schools, and those around the state, are off on Jan. 29 to celebrate a holiday for the first time.

This year, New York City public school children will kick off mid-winter break on Monday, enjoying the entire week off, Feb.

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 ...

New York State has officially become the first in the nation to recognize Lunar New Year as a statewide holiday ...

This is the first year the holiday falls on a school day since Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation in 2023 mandating school closures, making New York the first state in the nation to do so.

The one-day holiday — which typically comes in late January or early February — was added to all New York public school calendars in 2024.

It's the first time New York students will have the day off for the Lunar New Year since a new state law was signed in 2023.

Having arrived in the U.S. more than three years ago, moving from London to New York by way of Los Angeles, I now consider myself in the sweet spot between having my mind blown by the insane ...