Lunar New Year
The Lunar New Year, the most important holiday for Asian around the world, has always meant great joy and happiness – the closing of the old year and the welcoming of a prosperous new year. Following that tradition, AABDC has organized an annual event of festivities to celebrate the Lunar New Year with all New Yorkers.
From 1998 to 2005, an annual lighting ceremony and private reception were held on the evening before the Lunar New Year on top of the 86th floor of the Empire State Building where various government officials were invited to present proclamations in recognition of the Lunar New Year. That night, the 1327 bulbs on the top of the Empire State Building were illuminated in gold and crimson which are the auspicious colors of Asian traditional festivities and with the lighting we ushered in the arrival of the Lunar New Year.
From Left to Right: John Wang; Ed Glodberg, SVP/Government & Consumer Affairs, Macy’s East; Terry Lundgren, Chairman, President & CEO, Macy?s Inc.; Councilman Robert Jackson; Councilman David Yassky.
AABDC hosted a Lunar New Year reception in collaboration with Macy’s on January 26, 2008. A number of elected officials, business, community and civic leaders from all sectors of New York joined this special reception. Governor David Paterson proclaimed January 26, 2009 as Lunar New Year 4707 Day in the Empire State for all New Yorkers sharing in this joyous occasion with the Asian American community.