{"id":151400,"date":"2026-03-03T19:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T19:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/151400\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T19:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T19:18:09","slug":"cm-krishnan-hosts-lunar-new-year-celebration-in-elmhurst-qns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/151400\/","title":{"rendered":"CM Krishnan hosts Lunar New Year celebration in Elmhurst \u2013 QNS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1-3.jpg\" class=\"crop-center wp-post-image\" alt=\"Elected officials feed ceremonial lions at a Lunar New Year event hosted by Council Member Shekar Krishnan and Assembly Members Catalina Cruz and Steven Raga. Photo via Ramy Mahmoud.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Elected officials feed ceremonial lions at a Lunar New Year event hosted by Council Member Shekar Krishnan and Assembly Members Catalina Cruz and Steven Raga. Photo via Ramy Mahmoud. <\/p>\n<p>\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t Search our comprehensive guide to <a href=\"https:\/\/events.qns.com\/?utm_source=qns&amp;utm_medium=oneliner&amp;utm_campaign=thingstodo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">things to do in Queens<\/a> for more local events \u2014 or <a href=\"https:\/\/events.qns.com\/add-your-event\/?utm_source=qns&amp;utm_medium=oneliner&amp;utm_campaign=thingstodo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">submit your own<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Council Member Shekar Krishnan hosted a Lunar New Year celebration in <a href=\"https:\/\/qns.com\/neighborhoods\/elmhurst\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Elmhurst<\/a> Saturday afternoon, joining forces with a number of elected officials to ring in the Year of the Fire Horse.<\/p>\n<p>Krishnan hosted the event alongside Assembly Members Steven Raga and Catalina Cruz at Elmhurst\u2019s CC Moore Homestead Park, with U.S. Rep. Grace Meng serving as a special guest for the celebration.<\/p>\n<p>The Feb. 28 event, supported by the Queens Economic Development Corporation, Asian Americans for Equality and several other community institutions, featured a traditional Lunar New Year lion dance, which aims to bring good luck and prosperity for the year to come.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-601913\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/9-2.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by Ramy Mahmoud.\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\"  \/>Photo by Ramy Mahmoud.<\/p>\n<p>Krishnan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DVUwpmMEQ_t\/?img_index=19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">described the event<\/a> as a \u201cjoyful celebration\u201d and a reminder of the \u201cpower of our community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-601910\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/18.jpg\" alt=\"Krishnan speaks at the event. Photo via Ramy Mahmoud.\" width=\"700\" height=\"530\"  \/>Krishnan speaks at the event. Photo via Ramy Mahmoud.<\/p>\n<p>The celebration also featured a number of cultural performances and tabling from local organizations, with State Sen. Michael Gianaris and Assembly Member Jessica Gonz\u00e1lez-Rojas also supporting the celebration.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-601911\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/10-3.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by Ramy Mahmoud.\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\"  \/>Photo by Ramy Mahmoud.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz, meanwhile, said the event served to \u201cstrengthen our neighborhoods\u201d and connect residents to vital resources.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCelebrations like these remind us that representation, culture and community go hand in hand,\u201d Cruz said in a post on social media.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-601912\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/3-2.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by Ramy Mahmoud.\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\"  \/>Photo by Ramy Mahmoud.\n<\/p>\n<p>Additional reporting by Ramy Mahmoud.<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Elected officials feed ceremonial lions at a Lunar New Year event hosted by Council Member Shekar Krishnan and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":151401,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[25653,63333,310,877,63334,41672,9,24,63,122,124,123,22910,25668],"class_list":["post-151400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-catalina-cruz","tag-cc-moore-homestead-playground","tag-daily-newsletter","tag-grace-meng","tag-lion-dance","tag-lunar-new-year","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-shekar-krishnan","tag-steven-raga"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}