§ 20. Day, computation. A number of days specified as a period from a\ncertain day within which or after or before which an act is authorized\nor required to be done means such number of calendar days exclusive of\nthe calendar day from which the reckoning is made. If such period is a\nperiod of two days, Saturday, Sunday or a public holiday must be\nexcluded from the reckoning if it is an intervening day between the day\nfrom which the reckoning is made and the last day of the period. In\ncomputing any specified period of time from a specified event, the day\nupon which the event happens is deemed the day from which the reckoning\nis made. The day from which any specified period of time is reckoned\nshall be excluded in making the reckoning.\n
N.Y. Gen. Constr. Law § 20
Day, computation
Applied in 12 court decisions — leading case 75 Misc. 3d 11 - People v. Pagan (Felix) (2022)
Most recently applied in Ross v. State of New York (June 2023)
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