§ 168-A — Designation of days of commemoration

§ 168-a. Designation of days of commemoration. 1. A day of\ncommemoration is a calendar day so designated by this section or a\ncalendar day in any one year so designated by a proclamation of the\ngovernor or resolution of the Senate and Assembly jointly adopted.\n 2. A day of commemoration shall not constitute a holiday or\nhalf-holiday but shall be a day set aside in recognition and special\nhonor of a person, persons, group ideal or goal.\n 3. The following days shall be days of commemoration in each year:\nJanuary sixth, to be known as "Haym Salomon Day", January\ntwenty-seventh, to be known as "Holocaust Remembrance Day", February\nfourth, to be known as "Rosa Parks Day", February fifteenth, to be known\nas "Susan B. Anthony Day", February sixteenth, to be known as\n"Lithuanian Independence Day", February twenty-eighth, to be known as\n"Gulf War Veterans' Day", March fourth, to be known as "Pulaski Day",\nMarch eighth, to be known as "International Women's Day", March tenth,\nto be known as "Harriet Tubman Day", March twenty-ninth, to be known as\n"Vietnam Veterans' Day", April ninth, to be known as "POW Recognition\nDay", April twenty-seventh, to be known as "Coretta Scott King Day",\nApril twenty-eighth, to be known as "Workers' Memorial Day", the first\nTuesday in May to be known as "New York State Teacher Day", May\nseventeenth, to be known as "Thurgood Marshall Day", the first Sunday in\nJune, to be known as "Children's Day", June second, to be known as\n"Italian Independence Day", June twelfth, to be known as "Women Veterans\nRecognition Day", June nineteenth, to be known as "Juneteenth Freedom\nDay", June twenty-fifth, to be known as "Korean War Veterans' Day", the\nsecond Monday in July, to be known as "Abolition Commemoration Day",\nAugust twenty-fourth, to be known as "Ukrainian Independence Day",\nAugust twenty-sixth, to be known as "Women's Equality Day", September\neleventh, to be known as "Battle of Plattsburgh Day" and also to be\nknown as "September 11th Remembrance Day", September thirteenth, to be\nknown as "John Barry Day" and also to be known as "Uncle Sam Day in the\nState of New York", September seventeenth, to be known as "Friedrich\nWilhelm von Steuben Memorial Day", the third Friday in September to be\nknown as "New York State POW/MIA Recognition Day" except if such date of\ncommemoration cannot be observed due to a religious holiday, such\nobservances shall then be conducted on the second Friday of September,\nthe last Saturday in September, to be known as "War of 1812 Day", the\nfourth Saturday of September, known as "Native-American Day", the last\nSunday in September, to be known as "Gold Star Mothers' Day", October\nfifth, to be known as "Raoul Wallenberg Day", October eleventh, to be\nknown as "New Netherland Day in the State of New York", October\neighteenth, to be known as "Disabilities History Day", October\ntwenty-seventh, to be known as "Theodore Roosevelt Day", November ninth,\nto be known as "Witness for Tolerance Day", November twelfth, to be\nknown as "Elizabeth Cady Stanton Day", the third Tuesday in November to\nbe known as "New York State School-Related Professionals Recognition\nDay", November twenty-sixth, to be known as "Sojourner Truth Day",\nNovember thirtieth, to be known as "Shirley Chisholm Day", December\nthird, to be known as "International Day of Persons with Disabilities",\nDecember seventh, to be known as "Pearl Harbor Day", December sixteenth,\nto be known as "Bastogne Day" and that day of the Asian lunar calendar\ndesignated as new year to be known as "Asian New Year".\n