N.Y. COR Law § 74
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Discharge on holidays, Saturdays and Sundays
Official statutory text
§ 74. Discharge on holidays, Saturdays and Sundays. Where the date of\nrelease on parole or conditional release, or where the date of discharge\nfrom the care or custody of the department, falls on Saturday or Sunday,\nit shall be deemed to fall on the preceding Friday. Where the date of\nsuch release or discharge falls on a legal holiday it shall be deemed to\nfall on the preceding day, except that when such legal holiday falls on\na Monday the date of release shall be deemed to fall on the preceding\nFriday. Notwithstanding the foregoing, or any other provision of the law\nto the contrary, the commissioner, in his or her discretion, may advance\nthe release date of an incarcerated individual, who is scheduled to be\nreleased on a Friday, to a Thursday in any case where the incarcerated\nindividual will serve a period of community supervision upon release and\nthe commissioner determines that public safety will be enhanced by a\nnext day reporting requirement.\n
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