What's Open, Closed In NYC On Columbus/Indigenous Peoples' Day 2023

NEW YORK CITY — Whether you call the holiday Columbus Day, Italian Heritage Day or Indigenous Peoples' Day, it's here and New York City is ready to celebrate it.

Expect government offices, schools and more to be closed Monday.

Here’s a look at what’s open and closed around New York City.

Government

• City, state and federal government offices, including courts and post offices, are closed.
• New York City public schools are closed.
• Mail will not be delivered.
• Many banks will be closed. Call your local branch to check its hours.
• Libraries will be closed.

Parking

• Alternate side parking rules will be suspended.

Trash Pickup

• There will be no trash, compost or recycling collection Monday.
• Residents who normally receive Monday trash or composting collection may place their material at the curb Monday evening for collection starting Tuesday, Oct. 10. They should anticipate some collection delays, as is common after holidays.
• Residents who normally receive Monday recycling collection should hold their material and place recycling out at the curb, Sunday, Oct. 15 for pickup on Monday, Oct. 16.

The government holiday stems from President Benjamin Harrison, who organized the first Columbus Day celebration in 1892 to mark the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus landing in the Americas.

A little more than 40 years later, in 1934, President FranklinRoosevelt made Columbus Day a national holiday.

But the holiday has increasingly been controversial, as many Americans felt honoring a man who enslaved and killed indigenous people shouldn't be honored. Many states and cities have recently chosen to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples' Day.

Doing so has been contentious in New York City, where people of Italian descent view the holiday as a way to honor their heritage.

The city thus has a variety of holiday celebrations, including the annual Columbus Day Parade and schools taking the day off as Italian Heritage/Indigenous Peoples' Day.