Provides that the maximum age requirement of 35 years for police officers to take a competitive examination shall not apply to any police officer of any county, city, town or village police force not otherwise provided for in this section if such officer is a part-time police officer in a non-competitive position and is vested in the New York state and local police and fire retirement system.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8564
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
May 20, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. LEVENBERG -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Governmental Employees
AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to the appointment of
certain police officers
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) of paragraph (a) of subdivi-
sion 1 of section 58 of the civil service law, as amended by section 4
of part C of chapter 55 of the laws of 2025, are amended and a new
subparagraph (iv) is added to read as follows:
(ii) such maximum age requirement of forty-three years shall not apply
to any police officer as defined in subdivision thirty-four of section
1.20 of the criminal procedure law, who was continuously employed by the
Buffalo municipal housing authority between January first, two thousand
five and June thirtieth, two thousand five and who takes the next writ-
ten exam offered after the effective date of this subparagraph by the
city of Buffalo civil service commission for employment as a police
officer in the city of Buffalo police department, or June thirtieth, two
thousand six, whichever is later; [and]
(iii) such maximum age requirement of forty-three years shall not
apply to any police officer of any county, town, city or village police
force not otherwise provided for in this section if the eligible list
has been exhausted and there are no other eligible candidates; provided,
however, the police officer themselves are on the eligible list of such
county, town, city or village and meet all other requirements of merit
and fitness set forth by this chapter and do not exceed the maximum age
of forty-three; AND
(IV) SUCH MAXIMUM AGE REQUIREMENT OF FORTY-THREE YEARS SHALL NOT APPLY
TO ANY POLICE OFFICER OF ANY COUNTY, CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE POLICE FORCE
NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR IN THIS SECTION IF SUCH OFFICER IS A PART-
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10805-02-5
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