New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 4 - DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL SERVICE
Chapter II - Attendance Rules for Employees in New York State Departments and Institutions
Article 1 - Attendance for Nonmanagerial/confidential Employees in New York State Departments and Institutions
Part 21 - ABSENCE WITH PAY
Section 21.4 - Extended sick leave

(a) The appointing authority may, in its discretion, advance sick leave credits to an employee absent due to personal illness who has exhausted his accumulated sick leave, vacation and overtime credits. Such advanced sick leave credits shall be repaid, as soon as practicable after the employee's return to duty, from subsequent accumulations of time credits. The outstanding unrepaid sick leave credits advanced to any employee under the provisions of this subdivision shall not at any time exceed a total of five days.

(b) The appointing authority may, in its discretion, upon written request from an employee certified by an examining physician as benefiting from the use of service animal in performing major life activities, or who is registered with the New York State Commission for the Blind and Visually Handicapped as legally blind, or certified by an examining physician or licensed optometrist as legally blind, as manifested by visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with best correction or a visual field of 20 degrees or less, or who has a hearing impairment manifested by a speech discrimination score of 40 percent or less in the better ear with appropriate correction as certified by an examining physician or by a licensed audiologist or otorhinolaryngologist, advance up to 26 days of sick leave to such employee who is absent for the purpose of obtaining a guide dog or service animal and required training related thereto, and who has exhausted accumulated leave credits, provided the cumulative total of sick leave credits charged and/or advanced for this purpose does not exceed 26 days in any one calendar year. Such advanced sick leave credits shall be repaid, as soon as practicable after the employee's return to duty, from subsequent accumulations of time credits. The outstanding unrepaid sick leave credits advanced to an employee under the provisions of this subdivision shall not at any time exceed a total of 26 days.

(c) Upon termination of an employee advanced sick leave pursuant to this Part, any such advanced sick leave not offset by subsequent accumulations of sick leave, vacation and overtime credits shall be deducted from salary or wages due the employee.