A 6698: Declares Asian Lunar New Year a public holiday.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6698 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY March 7, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LEE, COLTON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the general construction law, in relation to declaring Asian Lunar New Year 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 first day of the second lunar month after the winter 7 solstice in the preceding calendar year, known as Asian Lunar New Year; 8 the twelfth day of February, known as Lincoln's birthday; the third 9 Monday in February, known as Washington's birthday; the last Monday in 10 May, known as Memorial day; the second Sunday in June, known as Flag 11 day; the nineteenth day of June, known as Juneteenth; the fourth day of 12 July, known as Independence day; the first Monday in September, known as 13 Labor day; the second Monday in October, known as Columbus day; the 14 eleventh day of November, known as Veterans' day; the fourth Thursday in 15 November, known as Thanksgiving day; and the twenty-fifth day of Decem- 16 ber, known as Christmas day, and if any of such days except Flag day is 17 Sunday, the next day thereafter; each general election day, and each day 18 appointed by the president of the United States or by the governor of 19 this state as a day of general thanksgiving, general fasting and prayer, 20 or other general religious observances. The term half-holiday includes 21 the period from noon to midnight of each Saturday which is not a public 22 holiday. 23 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10748-01-5