New York celebrates Year of the Dragon

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New Yorkers rang in the Lunar New Year on Saturday (Feb 10) at Chinatown's annual Firecracker Ceremony.  Spectators celebrated the Year of the Dragon with a colorful show of lion dances, music, and firecrackers.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]

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00:30 Well, Chinatown on the start of the new year

00:33 is always a special place.

00:34 It is a celebration each and every year.

00:38 And we started right here in SDR Park.

00:42 This is the annual Firecracker Festival.

00:44 It's the year of the dragon.

00:45 It's the year of strength and wisdom and good luck.

00:48 And families come out from all over New York City.

00:50 Hello, hello.

00:51 We're all from the Lower East Side in Chinatown.

00:53 OK.

00:54 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:57 [MUSIC PLAYING]

01:01 That's our New York State Assemblymember Grace Lee.

01:25 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

01:29 Last year, I talked about a bill that I introduced

01:33 with Senator Brian Kavanaugh to make Lunar New

01:36 Year a statewide holiday.

01:38 And we passed that bill.

01:40 The governor signed it into law.

01:41 New York State is now the first state in the country

01:44 to celebrate Lunar New Year statewide.

01:47 [CHEERING]

01:52 This is a symbol to tell all Asian-Americans

01:56 that we are New Yorkers.

01:57 We are Americans.

01:59 And we belong here.

02:00 [FIRECRACKERS]

02:04 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

02:08 [FIRECRACKERS]

02:11 [APPLAUSE]

02:16 [APPLAUSE]

02:19 [APPLAUSE]

02:23 [APPLAUSE]

02:26 [APPLAUSE]

02:30 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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