Now that he’s closing schools on two Muslim holidays, Mayor de Blasio is being pressured to keep his word and add the Lunar New Year to the list.
Eighteen legislators sent a letter to Hizzoner Monday urging him to include the celebration as a day off on the school calendar.
The Lunar New Year, which is celebrated by Asians worldwide, fell during the scheduled school winter recess this year.
But next year it lands on a school day — Feb. 8 — forcing students who celebrate it to take an excused day off.
“We commend you again for fulfilling your pledge to add Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha . . . It is critical that you also keep your pledge to designate Lunar New Year as a school holiday,” said the letter, signed by the entire New York City congressional delegation led by Grace Meng (D-Queens) and others.
De Blasio promised last year to include the Lunar New Year and said last week he plans on making that happen.