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Several states currently observe the day as an official holiday and there is a push to state it a national holiday.
Mayor de Blasio stated in a press conference on Friday that the date would be marked as an official city holiday beginning in 2021, and will likewise be a public school vacation.
” We’ll work with all the unions to work through the plan, offer this day the value and recognition it is worthy of,” Mr de Blasio stated.
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Earlier today, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed an order making Juneteenth – likewise known as Emancipation Day and Freedom Day – a paid vacation for state workers.
Mr Cuomo said he would introduce legislation to make the day a vacation for all New Yorkers by 2021.
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam likewise promised to make Juneteenth a holiday by 2021 in the former capitol of the Confederacy which rebelled versus the United States throughout the Civil War for the legal right to oppress black people.
In Pennsylvania, Gov Tom Wolf has actually also signed an order making Juneteenth a vacation for state worker