Check Federal Public Holidays and Designated Days observed in New York for the year 2022.
Public Holidays:
Check legal federal public holidays in New York state for the year 2022.
Public Holidays
Date
Day
Holiday
January 1
Saturday
New Year’s Day
January 17
Monday
Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
February 12
Saturday
Lincoln’s Birthday
February 21
Monday
Washington's Birthday
May 30
Monday
Memorial Day
June 20
Monday
Juneteenth Day (Observed)
July 4
Monday
Independence Day
September 5
Monday
Labour Day
October 10
Monday
Columbus Day
November 8
Tuesday
Election Day
November 11
Friday
Veterans Day
November 24
Thursday
Thanksgiving Day
December 26
Monday
Christmas (Observed)
The State has designated Lincoln's Birthday as a floating holiday in 2022 for State employees in certain bargaining units.
Under the Attendance Rules when a holiday falls on a Sunday it is observed on the following Monday.
With the exception of Flag Day (2nd Sunday in June), all legal holidays are observed as holidays by eligible State employees.
Designated Days in New York:
A day of commemoration shall not constitute a holiday or half-holiday but shall be a day set aside in recognition and special honor of a person, persons, group ideal or goal. Check the dates of Designated Days in New York in the year 2022.
Designated Days
Date
Day
Holiday
January 6
Thursday
Haym Salomon Day
January 27
Thursday
Holocaust Remembrance Day
February 4
Friday
Rosa Parks Day
February 15
Tuesday
Susan B. Anthony Day
February 16
Wednesday
Lithuanian Independence Day
February 28
Monday
Gulf War Veterans' Day
March 4
Friday
Pulaski Day
March 10
Thursday
Harriet Tubman Day
March 29
Tuesday
Vietnam Veterans' Day
April 9
Saturday
POW Recognition Day
April 27
Wednesday
Coretta Scott King Day
April 28
Thursday
Worker's Memorial Day
May 3
Tuesday
New York State Teacher Day
May 17
Tuesday
Thurgood Marshall Day
June 2
Thursday
Italian Independence Day
June 5
Sunday
Children's Day
June 12
Sunday
Women Veterans Recognition Day
June 19
Sunday
Juneteenth Freedom Day
June 25
Saturday
Korean War Veterans' Day
August 24
Wednesday
Ukrainian Independence Day
August 26
Friday
Women's Equality Day
September 11
Sunday
Battle of Plattsburgh Day
September 11
Sunday
September 11th Remembrance Day
September 13
Tuesday
John Barry Day
September 13
Tuesday
Uncle Sam Day in the State of New York
September 16
Friday
New York State POW/MIA Recognition Day
September 17
Saturday
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben Memorial Day
September 24
Saturday
Native-American Day
September 24
Saturday
War of 1812 Day
September 25
Sunday
Gold Star Mothers' Day
October 5
Wednesday
Raoul Wallenberg Day
October 11
Tuesday
New Netherland Day in the State of New York
October 18
Tuesday
Disabilities History Day
October 27
Thursday
Theodore Roosevelt Day
November 9
Wednesday
Witness for Tolerance Day
November 12
Saturday
Elizabeth Cady Stanton Day”
November 13
Sunday
Shirley Chisholm Day
November 15
Tuesday
New York State School-Related Professionals Recognition Day
December 3
Saturday
International Day of Persons with Disabilities
December 7
Wednesday
Pearl Harbor Day
December 16
Friday
Bastogne Day
Designation of days of commemoration in New York-
A day of commemoration is a calendar day so designated by this section or a calendar day in any one year so designated by a proclamation of the governor or resolution of the Senate and Assembly jointly adopted.
