New York Laws
Article 16 - Selection of Jurors
517 - Excuses and Postponements.

(2) An application for postponement of jury service shall be granted
hereunder provided: (i) such service has not already been postponed or
excused, (ii) the application is made at such time and in such manner as
the commissioner of jurors requires, and (iii) the postponement is to a
date certain when the court is in session not more than six months after
the date on which such service otherwise is to commence and such date is
selected by the prospective juror, provided that if the prospective
juror is a breastfeeding mother, the postponement date may be a date
certain up to two years after the date on which such service otherwise
is to commence.
(b) A person whose application has been denied by the commissioner, or
who has not applied to the commissioner for an excuse or postponement,
may apply to the trial court, or to the court having supervision of the
grand jury, as the case may be, which may, in its discretion, excuse
such person from a part or the whole of the time of jury service, or may
postpone the time of jury service to a later day during the same or any
subsequent term of the court. If the applicant cannot personally attend,
he or she shall send the summons and application by a person capable of
making the necessary proof in relation to the application.
(c) In determining whether an application for excusal should be
granted, the commissioner or the court shall consider whether the
applicant has a mental or physical condition that causes him or her to
be incapable of performing jury service or there is any other fact
indicates that attendance for jury service in accordance with the
summons would cause undue hardship or extreme inconvenience to the
applicant, a person under his or her care or supervision, or the public.
Except as provided in paragraph two of subdivision (a) of this section,
in determining whether an application for postponement should be
granted, the commissioner or the court shall be guided by standards
promulgated by the chief administrator of the courts.