2023 New York Laws › PBO - Public Officers › Article 4 - Powers and Duties of Public Officers › 63 - Leave of Absence for Veterans on Memorial Day and Veterans' Day.

§ 63. Leave of absence for veterans on Memorial day and Veterans' day.
  It shall be the duty of the head of every public department and of every
  court  of  the  state of New York, of every superintendent or foreman on
  the public works of said state, of the county officers  of  the  several
  counties  of  said  state,  of the town officers of the various towns in
  this state, of the fire district officers of the various fire  districts
  in this state, and of the head of every department, bureau and office in
  the government of the various cities and villages in this state, and the
  officers  of  any  public benefit corporation or any public authority of
  this state, or of any public benefit corporation or public authority  of
  any  county  or subdivision of this state, to give leave of absence with
  pay for twenty-four hours on the day  prescribed  by  law  as  a  public
  holiday  for  the  observance of Memorial day and on the eleventh day of
  November, known as Veterans' day, to every person in the service of  the
  state, the county, the town, the fire district, the city or village, the
  public  benefit  corporation  or  public authority of this state, or any
  public  benefit  corporation  or  public  authority  of  any  county  or
  subdivision  of this state, as the case may be, (i) who served on active
  duty in the armed forces of the United States  during  world  war  I  or
  world  war II, or who was employed by the War Shipping Administration or
  Office of Defense Transportation or their agents as  a  merchant  seaman
  documented  by  the United States Coast Guard or Department of Commerce,
  or as a civil servant employed  by  the  United  States  Army  Transport
  Service  (later  redesignated  as  the United States Army Transportation
  Corps, Water Division) or the  Naval  Transportation  Service;  and  who
  served  satisfactorily  as  a  crew  member  during  the period of armed
  conflict,  December  seventh,  nineteen  hundred  forty-one,  to  August
  fifteenth,  nineteen  hundred  forty-five,  aboard  merchant  vessels in
  oceangoing, i.e., foreign, intercoastal, or coastwise  service  as  such
  terms  are defined under federal law (46 USCA 10301 & 10501) and further
  to include "near foreign" voyages between the United States and  Canada,
  Mexico,  or  the  West  Indies  via  ocean  routes, or public vessels in
  oceangoing service or foreign waters and who has received a  Certificate
  of Release or Discharge from Active Duty and a discharge certificate, or
  an Honorable Service Certificate/Report of Casualty, from the Department
  of  Defense,  or  who served as a United States civilian employed by the
  American Field Service and served overseas under  United  States  Armies
  and United States Army Groups in world war II during the period of armed
  conflict,  December  seventh,  nineteen  hundred  forty-one  through May
  eighth, nineteen hundred forty-five,  and  who  (a)  was  discharged  or
  released  therefrom  under honorable conditions, or (b) has a qualifying
  condition, as defined in section one of the veterans' services law,  and
  has  received  a  discharge  other than bad conduct or dishonorable from
  such service, or (c) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section
  one of the veterans' services law, and has received  a  discharge  other
  than  bad  conduct  or dishonorable from such service or who served as a
  United States civilian Flight Crew and Aviation Ground Support  Employee
  of  Pan  American  World  Airways  or  one  of  its  subsidiaries or its
  affiliates and served overseas as a result of  Pan  American's  contract
  with  Air  Transport  Command  or Naval Air Transport Service during the
  period  of  armed  conflict,  December  fourteenth,   nineteen   hundred
  forty-one  through  August  fourteenth, nineteen hundred forty-five, and
  who (d) was discharged or released therefrom under honorable conditions,
  or (e) has a qualifying condition, as defined  in  section  one  of  the
  veterans'  services  law,  and  has  received a discharge other than bad
  conduct or dishonorable from such service, or (f) is a  discharged  LGBT
  veteran,  as  defined  in section one of the veterans' services law, and
  has received a discharge other than bad  conduct  or  dishonorable  from

  such  service  or  during  the period of the Korean conflict at any time
  between the dates of June twenty-seventh,  nineteen  hundred  fifty  and
  January  thirty-first, nineteen hundred fifty-five, or during the period
  of the Vietnam conflict from the first day of November, nineteen hundred
  fifty-five  to the seventh day of May, nineteen hundred seventy-five, or
  (ii) who served on active duty in the armed forces of the United  States
  and  who  was  a recipient of the armed forces expeditionary medal, navy
  expeditionary  medal   or   marine   corps   expeditionary   medal   for
  participation in operations in Lebanon from June first, nineteen hundred
  eighty-three  to  December  first,  nineteen  hundred  eighty-seven,  in
  Grenada from October  twenty-third,  nineteen  hundred  eighty-three  to
  November  twenty-first, nineteen hundred eighty-three, or in Panama from
  December   twentieth,   nineteen   hundred   eighty-nine   to    January
  thirty-first,  nineteen hundred ninety, or (iii) who served in the armed
  forces of a foreign country allied with the United States  during  world
  war  I  or  world war II, or during the period of the Korean conflict at
  any time between June twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred fifty and January
  thirty-first, nineteen hundred fifty-five, or during the period  of  the
  Vietnam  conflict  from  the  first  day  of  November, nineteen hundred
  fifty-five to the seventh day of May, nineteen hundred seventy-five,  or
  during  the  period  of the Persian Gulf conflict from the second day of
  August, nineteen hundred ninety to the end  of  such  conflict,  or  who
  served  on  active duty in the army or navy or marine corps or air force
  or coast  guard  of  the  United  States,  and  who  (a)  was  honorably
  discharged or separated from such service under honorable conditions, or
  (b)  has  a  qualifying  condition,  as  defined  in  section one of the
  veterans' services law, and has received  a  discharge  other  than  bad
  conduct  or  dishonorable from such service, or (c) is a discharged LGBT
  veteran, as defined in section one of the veterans'  services  law,  and
  has  received  a  discharge  other than bad conduct or dishonorable from
  such service except where such action would endanger the  public  safety
  or  the  safety  or  health  of persons cared for by the state, in which
  event such persons shall be entitled to leave of  absence  with  pay  on
  another  day  in lieu thereof. All such persons who are compensated on a
  per diem,  hourly,  semi-monthly  or  monthly  basis,  with  or  without
  maintenance,  shall  also be entitled to leave of absence with pay under
  the provisions of this section and no deduction in vacation allowance or
  budgetary allowable number  of  working  days  shall  be  made  in  lieu
  thereof. A refusal to give such leave of absence to one entitled thereto
  shall be neglect of duty.