The annual Flushing Lunar New Year parade, celebrating the Year of the Tiger, returned to the city’s largest Chinatown on February 5, 2021, after a hiatus in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was an opportunity for politicos to demonstrate support for the Asian Community. © Karen Rubin/news-photos-features.com By Karen Rubin, News-Photos-Features.com
The annual Flushing Lunar New Year parade, celebrating the Year of the Tiger, returned to the city’s largest Chinatown on February 5, 2021, after a hiatus in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Governor Kathy Hochul and Lieutenant Governor Brian Benjamin, joined by elected officials including Attorney General Tish James, Congresswoman Grace Meng, Senator Chuck Schumer, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, and Peter Tu, executive director of the Flushing Chinese Business Association, were on hand to kick off the Flushing, Queens Chinese Lunar New Year Parade, and show support for the Asian community.
Governor Kathy Hochul and Lieutenant Governor Brian Benjamin, joined by elected officials including Attorney General Tish James, Congresswoman Grace Meng, Senator Chuck Schumer, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, and Peter Tu, executive director of the Flushing Chinese Business Association, kick off the Flushing, Queens Chinese Lunar New Year Parade Saturday, February 5, 2022. (Kevin P. Coughlin / Office of the Governor) One of the oldest communities in America – settled by the Dutch in 1645 – Flushing, Queens, has become a melting pot of immigrants – predominantly from Asia but with representation from around the world. Flushing’s Chinatown, is one of the world’s largest and fastest-growing Chinatowns; it is second in size to Brooklyn’s, and is larger than Manhattan’s Chinatown and Flushing has become a center of Chinese culture.
Here are highlights of the Lunar New Year Parade:
NYS Comptroller Tom DiNapoli stands with New York City’s Asian community at Lunar New Year Parade, in Flushing, Queens © Karen Rubin/news-photos-features.com
Showing solidarity with New York City’s Asian community at Lunar New Year Parade, in Flushing, Queens © Karen Rubin/news-photos-features.com NYC Comptroller Brad Lander at Lunar New Year Parade, in Flushing, Queens: “the future of the city is through its immigrant community. We won’t tolerate hate.” © Karen Rubin/news-photos-features.com NYC Council Speaker Adrienne Adams at Lunar New Year Parade, in Flushing, Queens: “We celebrate the strength, the diversity as never seen before on the City Council.” © Karen Rubin/news-photos-features.com Sandra Ung, who represents Flushing on the City Council, at Lunar New Year Parade, in Flushing, Queens © Karen Rubin/news-photos-features.com Linda Lee, the first Korean-American woman on the City Council, at Lunar New Year Parade, in Flushing, Queens © Karen Rubin/news-photos-features.com Queens DA Melinda Katz shows support for the Asian community at Lunar New Year Parade, in Flushing, Queens © Karen Rubin/news-photos-features.com The NYC Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs shows support for the Asian community in Flushing, Queens, one of the largest immigrant communities in the world © Karen Rubin/news-photos-features.com Lunar New Year Parade, celebrating the Year of the Tiger, in Flushing, Queens © Karen Rubin/news-photos-features.com Lunar New Year Parade, celebrating the Year of the Tiger, in Flushing, Queens © Karen Rubin/news-photos-features.com US Senator Chuck Schumer at Lunar New Year Parade, celebrating the Year of the Tiger, in Flushing, Queens © Karen Rubin/news-photos-features.com US Senator Chuck Schumer at Lunar New Year Parade, celebrating the Year of the Tiger, in Flushing, Queens © Karen Rubin/news-photos-features.com US Senator Chuck Schumer poses the Guardian Angels at Lunar New Year Parade, celebrating the Year of the Tiger, in Flushing, Queens © Karen Rubin/news-photos-features.com Lunar New Year Parade, celebrating the Year of the Tiger, in Flushing, Queens © Karen Rubin/news-photos-features.com Flushing, Queens has one of the largest Chinatowns, and one of the largest Asian communities outside of China in the world © Karen Rubin/news-photos-features.com Lunar New Year Parade, celebrating the Year of the Tiger, in Flushing, Queens © Karen Rubin/news-photos-features.com Lunar New Year Parade, celebrating the Year of the Tiger, in Flushing, Queens © Karen Rubin/news-photos-features.com The Falun Dafa had a strong presence at the Flushing, Queens, Lunar New Year Parade. © Karen Rubin/news-photos-features.com The Falun Dafa had a strong presence at the Flushing, Queens, Lunar New Year Parade. © Karen Rubin/news-photos-features.com The Falun Dafa had a strong presence at the Flushing, Queens, Lunar New Year Parade. Falun Dafa (also known as Falun Gong) is a spiritual movement centered on “truthfulness, compassion, tolerance” founded in the early 1990s and headquartered globally in Deerpark, NY, which has come under attack by the Chinese Communist Party © Karen Rubin/news-photos-features.com The Falun Dafa had a strong presence at the Flushing, Queens, Lunar New Year Parade. © Karen Rubin/news-photos-features.com Lunar New Year Parade, celebrating the Year of the Tiger, in Flushing, Queens © Karen Rubin/news-photos-features.com The Falun Dafa had a strong presence at the Flushing, Queens, Lunar New Year Parade. © Karen Rubin/news-photos-features.com The Falun Dafa had a strong presence at the Flushing, Queens, Lunar New Year Parade. © Karen Rubin/news-photos-features.com The Falun Dafa had a strong presence at the Flushing, Queens, Lunar New Year Parade. © Karen Rubin/news-photos-features.com Lunar New Year Parade, celebrating the Year of the Tiger, in Flushing, Queens © Karen Rubin/news-photos-features.com Lunar New Year Parade, celebrating the Year of the Tiger, in Flushing, Queens © Karen Rubin/news-photos-features.com The Lunar New Year Parade in Flushing, Queens, was an opportunity for politicos to demonstrate support for the Asian community © Karen Rubin/news-photos-features.com ____________________
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