New York State government holidays

There are twelve observed New York State holidays for state employees. Under the Attendance Rules, a holiday that falls on a Sunday is observed on the following Monday. Lincoln's Birthday and Election Day are deemed floating holidays and can optionally be observed on a later date. A holiday is observed by employees scheduled to work that day; it is not available as a regular or floating holiday for other employees.

New York State holiday name	2015	2016	2017
New Year's Day	Thursday, January 1	Friday, January 1	Monday, January 2 (observed)
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day	Monday, January 19	Monday, January 18	Monday, January 16
Lincoln's Birthday	Thursday, February 12 (float)	Friday, February 12 (float)	Monday, February 13 (observed, float)
Washington's Birthday (Observed)	Monday, February 16	Monday, February 15	Monday, February 20
Memorial Day	Monday, May 25	Monday, May 30	Monday, May 29
Independence Day	Saturday, July 4	Monday, July 4	Tuesday, July 4
Labor Day	Monday, September 7	Monday, September 5	Monday, September 4
Columbus Day	Monday, October 12	Monday, October 10	Monday, October 9
Election Day	Tuesday, November 3 (float)	Tuesday, November 8 (float)	Tuesday, November 7 (float)
Veterans' Day	Wednesday, November 11	Friday, November 11	Saturday, November 11
Thanksgiving Day	Thursday, November 26	Thursday, November 24	Thursday, November 23
Christmas Day	Friday, December 25	Monday, December 26 (observed)	Monday, December 25

Additional New York City Holidays

In addition to the official New York state holidays, New York City schools also receive the following holidays:^[1] The reasoning behind the additional holidays is said to be to recognize the cultural diversity of the city where "... homes where over 185 languages are spoken and more than 42 percent of the students come from homes where English is not the primary language."^[2]

References

Public holidays in the United States

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Federal district	Washington, D.C.

Insular areas	American Samoa Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands

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