New York Holidays 2025

Check New York Public Holidays and Local Holidays for the year 2025.

Legal Holidays:

The New York State General Construction Law establishes the days or dates on which legal holidays are observed in New York State. Under this law, holidays other than Flag Day which fall on a Sunday are observed on the following Monday.
Legal Holidays
Date Holiday
January 1, Wednesday New Year’s Day
January 20, Monday Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
February 12, Wednesday Lincoln’s Birthday *
February 17, Monday Washington’s Birthday  (Observed)
May 26, Monday Memorial Day
June 19, Thursday Juneteenth
July 4, Friday Independence Day
September 1, Monday Labor Day
October 13, Monday Columbus Day
November 4, Tuesday Election Day
November 11, Tuesday Veterans’ Day
November 27, Thursday Thanksgiving Day
December 25, Thursday Christmas Day
*
Lincoln’s Birthday is designated as a Floating Holiday.


Days Of Religious Significance
Date Holiday
January 1, Wednesday Feast of the Circumcision (EO)
(Solemnity of the Mother of God (RC*))
January 1, Wednesday Chanukah (OJ, CJ, RJ)
January 2, Thursday Chanukah (OJ, CJ, RJ)
January 5, Sunday Feast of the Epiphany (RC)
January 6, Monday Feast of the Epiphany (EO) (P)
February 2, Sunday The Presentation of Christ (EO)
February 13, Thursday Tu Bi Shevat (OJ, CJ, RJ)
March 1, Saturday First Day of Ramadan (M)
March 5, Wednesday Ash Wednesday (P) (RC)
March 7, Friday World Day of Prayer (P)
March 9, Sunday First Sunday of Lent (P)
March 13, Thursday Fast of Esther (OJ, CJ, RJ)
March 14, Friday Purim (OJ, CJ, RJ)
March 25, Tuesday The Annunciation (EO)
March 30, Sunday Eid-ul-Fitr (M*)
(Festival of Fast breaking)
April 13, Sunday Palm Sunday (EO) (P) (RC)
April 17, Thursday Holy Thursday (EO) (RC)
(Maundy Thursday (P))
April 18, Friday Good Friday (EO) (P) (RC)
April 19, Saturday Holy Saturday (EO)
April 20, Sunday Easter Sunday (EO) (P) (RC)
April 23, Wednesday The Feast of St. George (EO)
April 24, Thursday Yom HaShoah
(Holocaust Memorial Day)
April 25, Friday The Feast of the Life-Giving Fountain (EO)
April 30, Wednesday Yom HaZikaron
(Israeli Day of Remembrance)
May 1, Thursday Yom HaAtzmaut
(Israeli Independence Day)
May 15, Thursday May Friendship Day (P)
May 16, Friday Lag Ba Omer (OJ, CJ, RJ)
May 21, Wednesday The Feast of Sts. Constantine and Helen (EO)
May 26, Monday Yom Yerushalayim
(Jerusalem Day)
May 29, Thursday Ascension Thursday (P) (RC*)
( Feast of the Ascension of our Lord (EO))
June 6, Friday Eid-ul-Adha (M*)
(Festival of Sacrifice)
June 8, Sunday Pentecost (EO) (P) (RC)
June 9, Monday The Feast of the Holy Spirit (EO)
June 15, Sunday Feast of All Saints (EO)
June 22, Sunday Corpus Christi (RC)
(observed in NY Dioceses)
August 15, Friday The Assumption (RC*)
September 1, Monday Ecclesiastical New Year (EO)
September 8, Monday Feast of the Nativity of the Mother of God (EO)
September 14, Sunday The Elevation of the Holy Cross (EO)
September 23, Tuesday Rosh Hashanah (OJ*, CJ*, RJ*)
September 24, Wednesday Rosh Hashanah (OJ*, CJ*, RJ*)
September 25, Thursday Fast of the Gedalia (OJ, CJ, RJ)
October 1, Wednesday Kol Nidrei (OJ*, CJ*, RJ*)
October 2, Thursday Yom Kippur (OJ*, CJ*, RJ*)
November 1, Saturday All Saints Day (P) (RC)
November 2, Sunday All Souls Day (RC)
November 20, Thursday Sigd (Ethiopian Jewish)
November 21, Friday Presentation of the Virgin Mary (EO)
December 6, Saturday First Sunday of Advent (P)
December 6, Saturday Feast of St. Nicholas (EO)
December 8, Monday Feast of the Immaculate Conception (RC*)
December 25, Thursday Feast of the Nativity (EO) (RC*)
December 27, Saturday Feast of St. Stephen (EO)
An asterisk (*) indicates a day of required religious observance. The letters before an asterisk indicate the faiths for which the day is a day of required religious observance. The abbreviations used correspond to the following denominations or subdenominations:
  • EO - Eastern Orthodox
  • P - Protestant
  • RC - Roman Catholic
  • OJ - Orthodox Jew
  • CJ - Conservative Jew
  • RJ - Reform Jew
  • M - Muslim


New York Holiday Calendar 2025

New York Holiday Calendar 2025
New York Holidays 2025



Federal Holidays 2025

  • January 1, Wednesday : New Year's Day
  • January 20, Monday : Martin Luther King Jr. Day
  • February 17, Monday : Washington's Birthday
  • May 26, Monday : Memorial Day
  • June 19, Thursday : Juneteenth National Independence Day
  • July 4, Friday : Independence Day
  • September 1, Monday : Labor Day
  • October 13, Monday : Columbus Day
  • November 11, Tuesday : Veterans Day
  • November 27, Thursday : Thanksgiving Day
  • December 25, Thursday : Christmas