New York Holidays 2022

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.

New York Holiday Calendar 2022

New York Holiday Calendar 2022
New York Holidays 2022