Feb 9 VIDEO of Mayor Bill de Blasio proclaims Steven Ting Day at Lunar New Year Parade in NYC in Chinatown. Must watch.  He makes Lunar New Year Parade a school holiday and proudly announces Pre-K teaches Mandarin Chinese. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJkK_gTOMGQ On February 9, 2020 hundreds congregated around the main stage at Hester and Mott Street in New York City's Chinatown as Mayor Bill de Blasio delivered a speech. He also handed to Parade Organizer, Steven Ting, a proclamation declaring this day his namesake day: Steven Ting Day. After all the ceremony and public speakers had finished the parade began with thousands of spectators lining the streets. Visible, as well, within the video is New York Senator, Chuck Schumer.