N.Y.C. Admin. Code § 12-123: § 12-123 Authorizing leaves of absence with pay, for employees of the city to attend conventions, encampments, or parades.

The mayor is hereby empowered to authorize the head of any agency, in the mayor's discretion, to grant to an employee in any such agency, including per diem employees, a leave of absence with pay for the purpose of attending a convention, encampment or parade of any organization composed of veterans of the wars in which the United States has participated, or a convention of any firefighter's association or other organization composed of active or exempt volunteer firefighter, if such employee is a member of such organization or association, and does actually attend such convention, encampment or parade.