After Bill de Blasio, Joe Lhota vow to add Muslim holidays to school calendar, other groups seek recognition The leading mayoral candidates vowed to close school for the Muslim holidays Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha. Now advocates for other religious and ethnic groups would like their days to be recognized as well.
At this rate, city kids will be in school until the end of July.
Now that leading mayoral candidates Bill de Blasio and Joe Lhota have both vowed to add two Muslim holidays to the public school calendar, advocates for other religious and ethnic groups are clamoring for their days to be recognized too.
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver jumped into the brewing holy war Friday, saying the city should consider giving kids the day off for the Chinese New Year.