Holidays
2026 Holiday Schedule
January 1 New Year’s Day
January 19 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
February 12 Lincoln’s Birthday (a)
February 16 Washington’s Birthday (Observed)
May 25 Memorial Day
June 19 Juneteenth
July 4 Independence Day (b)
September 7 Labor Day
October 12 Columbus Day
November 3 Election Day
November 11 Veterans’ Day
November 26 Thanksgiving Day
December 25 Christmas Day
(a) The State has designated Lincoln’s Birthday as a floating holiday in 2025 for State employees in certain bargaining units.
(b) All eligible full-time employees with Attendance Rules coverage are entitled to 13 holidays a year. For classified service employees in the Executive branch of State service who work Monday through Friday with Saturday and Sunday off, Saturday, July 4, 2026, will be observed as a pass day holiday, and those eligible employees will earn 7.5 or 8 hours of holiday leave to be used at another time, subject to supervisory approval.
*See NYS DCS Attendance and Leave Manual for further information regarding floating holidays for calendar year 2026.
2025 Holiday Schedule
January 1 New Year’s Day
January 20 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
February 12 Lincoln’s Birthday (a)
February 17 Washington’s Birthday (Observed)
May 26 Memorial Day
June 19 Juneteenth
July 4 Independence Day
September 1 Labor Day
October 13 Columbus Day
November 4 Election Day
November 11 Veterans’ Day
November 27 Thanksgiving Day
December 25 Christmas Day
(a) The State has designated Lincoln’s Birthday as a floating holiday in 2025 for State employees in certain bargaining units.*
*See Advisory Memoranda 2024-03 for further information regarding floating holidays for calendar year 2024-2025.
Note: Accrued holidays not used one (1) year after the date it is earned will expire.