Section 168-A. Designation of days of commemoration

1.  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.
    2.  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.
    * 3. The following days shall be days of commemoration in  each  year:
  January sixth, to be known as "Haym Salomon Day", February fourth, to be
  known  as "Rosa Parks Day", February fifteenth, to be known as "Susan B.
  Anthony  Day",  February  sixteenth,  to   be   known   as   "Lithuanian
  Independence  Day",  February  twenty-eighth,  to  be known as "Gulf War
  Veterans' Day", March fourth, to be known as "Pulaski Day", March tenth,
  to be known as "Harriet Tubman Day", March twenty-ninth, to be known  as
  "Vietnam  Veterans'  Day",  April ninth, to be known as "POW Recognition
  Day", April twenty-seventh, to be known as  "Coretta  Scott  King  Day",
  April  twenty-eighth,  to be known as "Workers' Memorial Day", the first
  Tuesday in May to be known as "New York State Teacher  Day",  the  first
  Sunday  in  June,  to  be known as "Children's Day", June twelfth, to be
  known as "Women Veterans Recognition Day", June nineteenth, to be  known
  as  "Juneteenth  Freedom Day", June twenty-fifth, to be known as "Korean
  War Veterans' Day", August twenty-fourth,  to  be  known  as  "Ukrainian
  Independence  Day",  September  eleventh,  to  be  known  as  "Battle of
  Plattsburgh Day" and also to be known  as  "September  11th  Remembrance
  Day",  September thirteenth, to be known as "John Barry Day" and also to
  be known as "Uncle  Sam  Day  in  the  State  of  New  York",  September
  seventeenth,  to  be  known  as  "Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben Memorial
  Day", the third Friday in September to  be  known  as  "New  York  State
  POW/MIA  Recognition Day" except if such date of commemoration cannot be
  observed due to a religious holiday,  such  observances  shall  then  be
  conducted  on  the  second  Friday  of  September,  the last Saturday in
  September, to be known as "War of 1812  Day",  the  fourth  Saturday  of
  September, known as "Native-American Day", the last Sunday in September,
  to  be  known as "Gold Star Mothers' Day", October fifth, to be known as
  "Raoul Wallenberg Day", October eleventh, to be known as "New Netherland
  Day in the State of New York", October twenty-seventh, to  be  known  as
  "Theodore  Roosevelt  Day",  November ninth, to be known as "Witness for
  Tolerance Day", November twelfth, to be known as "Elizabeth Cady Stanton
  Day", the third Tuesday in November to  be  known  as  "New  York  State
  School-Related Professionals Recognition Day", November thirtieth, to be
  known as "Shirley Chisholm Day", December seventh, to be known as "Pearl
  Harbor  Day", December sixteenth, to be known as "Bastogne Day" and that
  day of the Asian lunar calendar designated as new year to  be  known  as
  "Asian New Year".
    * NB Effective until September 26, 2009
    * 3.  The  following days shall be days of commemoration in each year:
  January  sixth,  to  be   known   as   "Haym   Salomon   Day",   January
  twenty-seventh,  to  be  known  as "Holocaust Remembrance Day", February
  fourth, to be known as "Rosa Parks Day", February fifteenth, to be known
  as  "Susan  B.  Anthony  Day",  February  sixteenth,  to  be  known   as
  "Lithuanian  Independence  Day",  February twenty-eighth, to be known as
  "Gulf War Veterans' Day", March fourth, to be known  as  "Pulaski  Day",
  March tenth, to be known as "Harriet Tubman Day", March twenty-ninth, to
  be  known  as  "Vietnam Veterans' Day", April ninth, to be known as "POW
  Recognition Day", April twenty-seventh, to be known  as  "Coretta  Scott
  King  Day", April twenty-eighth, to be known as "Workers' Memorial Day",
  the first Tuesday in May to be known as "New York  State  Teacher  Day",
  the first Sunday in June, to be known as "Children's Day", June twelfth,

  to  be known as "Women Veterans Recognition Day", June nineteenth, to be
  known as "Juneteenth Freedom Day", June twenty-fifth,  to  be  known  as
  "Korean  War  Veterans'  Day",  August  twenty-fourth,  to  be  known as
  "Ukrainian Independence Day", September eleventh, to be known as "Battle
  of  Plattsburgh Day" and also to be known as "September 11th Remembrance
  Day", September thirteenth, to be known as "John Barry Day" and also  to
  be  known  as  "Uncle  Sam  Day  in  the  State  of New York", September
  seventeenth, to be known as  "Friedrich  Wilhelm  von  Steuben  Memorial
  Day",  the  third  Friday  in  September  to be known as "New York State
  POW/MIA Recognition Day" except if such date of commemoration cannot  be
  observed  due  to  a  religious  holiday, such observances shall then be
  conducted on the second  Friday  of  September,  the  last  Saturday  in
  September,  to  be  known  as  "War of 1812 Day", the fourth Saturday of
  September, known as "Native-American Day", the last Sunday in September,
  to be known as "Gold Star Mothers' Day", October fifth, to be  known  as
  "Raoul Wallenberg Day", October eleventh, to be known as "New Netherland
  Day  in  the  State of New York", October twenty-seventh, to be known as
  "Theodore Roosevelt Day", November ninth, to be known  as  "Witness  for
  Tolerance Day", November twelfth, to be known as "Elizabeth Cady Stanton
  Day",  the  third  Tuesday  in  November  to be known as "New York State
  School-Related Professionals Recognition Day", November thirtieth, to be
  known as "Shirley Chisholm Day", December seventh, to be known as "Pearl
  Harbor Day", December sixteenth, to be known as "Bastogne Day" and  that
  day  of  the  Asian lunar calendar designated as new year to be known as
  "Asian New Year".
    * NB Effective September 26, 2009