Legal Holidays

Expect banks, post offices, libraries, businesses, museums, most schools and some stores and restaurants to be closed on the following legal holidays:

January 1—New Year’s Day

3rd Monday in January — Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

3rd Monday in February — Presidents’ Day

Last Monday in May — Memorial Day

July 4 — Independence Day

1st Monday in September — Labor Day

2nd Monday in October — Columbus Day

November 11 — Veterans Day

4th Thursday in November — Thanksgiving Day

December 25 — Christmas Day

Religious holidays such as Passover, Easter, Ramadan, Yom Kippur, Rosh Hashanah, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa are also observed by various communities in New York. The observance of one of your own religious holidays is always an acceptable excuse for absence from school or work but may require special communication with your professor or supervisor.