STATE OF NEW YORK
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7370
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 25, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. REYES, ANDERSON, EPSTEIN, MEEKS, ROSENTHAL, WOER-
NER, RAJKUMAR, SIMON, McMAHON, KELLES, DE LOS SANTOS, JACKSON, LAVINE,
FALL, TAPIA, GONZALEZ-ROJAS -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the general construction law, in relation to designating
March eighth as a public holiday
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 24 of the general construction law, as amended by
2 chapter 249 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
3 § 24. Public holidays; half-holidays. The term public holiday includes
4 the following days in each year: the first day of January, known as New
5 Year's day; the third Monday of January, known as Dr. Martin Luther
6 King, Jr. day; the twelfth day of February, known as Lincoln's birthday;
7 the third Monday in February, known as Washington's birthday; the eighth
8 day of March, known as Women's day; the last Monday in May, known as
9 Memorial day; the second Sunday in June, known as Flag day; the nine-
10 teenth day of June, known as Juneteenth; the fourth day of July, known
11 as Independence day; the first Monday in September, known as Labor day;
12 the second Monday in October, known as Columbus day; the eleventh day of
13 November, known as Veterans' day; the fourth Thursday in November, known
14 as Thanksgiving day; and the twenty-fifth day of December, known as
15 Christmas day, and if any of such days except Flag day is Sunday, the
16 next day thereafter; each general election day, and each day appointed
17 by the president of the United States or by the governor of this state
18 as a day of general thanksgiving, general fasting and prayer, or other
19 general religious observances. The term half-holiday includes the period
20 from noon to midnight of each Saturday which is not a public holiday.
21 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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