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Subject Number 187-1 2026 Legal Holidays and Board Closures

Board Bulletins and Subject Numbers

Supersedes Subject Number 187-1 October 4, 2024

September 24, 2025

The following is a list of New York State's legal holidays for 2026.

Adjournment requests for religious holidays must be received at least 10 business days before the hearing so that cancellation notices can be issued. The list below includes dates that all Board locations will be closed, as well as a list of days on which the Board will be open but some or all of the hearings (as indicated) will not be held:

Board Closed
New Year's Day Thursday, January 1
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Monday, January 19
Washington's Birthday Monday, February 16
Memorial Day Monday, May 25
Juneteenth Friday, June 19
Labor Day Monday, September 7
Columbus Day Monday, October 12
Veteran's Day Wednesday, November 11
Thanksgiving Day Thursday, November 26
Christmas Day Friday, December 25
Board Open - No Hearings (Except as Indicated)
All Offices
Passover Thursday, April 2
Good Friday Friday, April 3
Rosh Hashanah Friday, September 11 (a.m. hearings will be held; no p.m. hearings)
Yom Kippur Monday, September 21
Day after Thanksgiving Friday, November 27
Christmas Eve Thursday, December 24
New Year's Eve Thursday, December 31
Floating Holiday (Board Open, Regular Hearing Schedule)
Lincoln's Birthday Thursday, February 12

Freida D. Foster
Chair