N.Y. MIL Law § 249

§ 249. State and municipal officers and employees granted leaves of\nabsence on July fourth in certain cases. Each officer and employee of\nthe state or of a municipal corporation or of any other political\nsubdivision thereof who was a member of the national guard or naval\nmilitia or a member of the reserve corps at a time when the United\nStates was not at war and who (i) has been honorably discharged\ntherefrom, or (ii) has a qualifying condition, as defined in section one\nof the veterans' services law, and has received a discharge other than\nbad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or (iii) is a discharged\nLGBT veteran, as defined in section one of the veterans' services law,\nand has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from\nsuch service, shall, in so far as practicable, be entitled to absent\nhimself or herself from duties or service, with pay, on July fourth of\neach year. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special or\nlocal law or the provisions of any city charter, no such officer or\nemployee shall be subjected by any person whatever directly or\nindirectly by reason of such absence to any loss or diminution of\nvacation or holiday privilege or be prejudiced by reason of such absence\nwith reference to promotion or continuance in office or employment or to\nreappointment to office or to re-employment.\n