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Council Speaker Adams highlights upcoming holidays and observances
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Council Speaker Adrienne E. Adams highlights various upcoming holidays and observances for the month of May. She mentions several specific dates and month-long celebrations, emphasizing their importance to the council and the city.
- Mentions holidays such as May Day, Israel's Independence Day, Cinco de Mayo, National Nurses Day, National Teachers Day, and Mother's Day
- Highlights month-long observances including Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Haitian Heritage Month, and Jewish American Heritage Month
- Acknowledges birthdays of council members Jim Gennaro and Eric Bottcher
Adrienne E. Adams
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Today, colleagues, is May Day, also known as International Labor Day, in honor of the workers whose labor makes all things possible.
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We will continue to support our workers and union partners in the movement.
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Today is also Israel's Independence Day.
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May fifth is Cinco de Mayo.
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May sixth is National Nurses Day.
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We are so grateful to our essential frontline health care workers who help keep our communities healthy and safe every day.
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May 6 is also National Teachers Day observed on the May.
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On this day, we pay tribute to our teachers who help who keep our students educated, safe, and healthy.
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Thank you to all of the dedicated and hardworking teachers who are our unsung heroes.
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And today is also a national principals day, which we say thank you so much in gratitude to all of our principals.
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May eleventh is one of my personal favorite holidays.
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Can anybody guess what it is?
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I'll tell you it's mother's day.
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Okay.
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Good.
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As a women majority council made up of new mothers, mothers to be and mother figures, this holiday is especially meaningful to all of us.
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To all of the mothers in this room and those who are in the entire city of New York, who are the heart and soul of our families and communities, I truly wish you all and all New Yorkers a very very happy Mother's Day.
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And throughout the month of May, we're celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage month, Haitian Heritage Month, Jewish American Heritage Month, Lupus Awareness Month, and Maternal Mental Health Month.
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And we wish a happy birthday to council member Jim Gennaro, whose birthday is on May 3, and council member Eric Bottcher whose birthday is on the ninth.
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Happy birthday.