A 1594: Designates September 11th as a public holiday to be known as September 11th Memorial and Remembrance Day.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1594 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 10, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the general construction law, in relation to designating September eleventh 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 last 8 Monday in May, known as Memorial day; the second Sunday in June, known 9 as Flag day; the nineteenth day of June, known as Juneteenth; the fourth 10 day of July, known as Independence day; the first Monday in September, 11 known as Labor day; the eleventh day of September, known as September 12 11th Memorial and Remembrance day; the second Monday in October, known 13 as Columbus day; the eleventh day of November, known as Veterans' day; 14 the fourth Thursday in November, known as Thanksgiving day; and the 15 twenty-fifth day of December, known as Christmas day, and if any of such 16 days except Flag day is Sunday, the next day thereafter; each general 17 election day, and each day appointed by the president of the United 18 States or by the governor of this state as a day of general thanksgiv- 19 ing, general fasting and prayer, or other general religious observances. 20 The term half-holiday includes the period from noon to midnight of each 21 Saturday which is not a public holiday. 22 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04217-01-5