S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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89
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 8, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. CRUZ, JACKSON, SIMON, ZINERMAN, EPSTEIN,
SEAWRIGHT, TAPIA, ANDERSON -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to residency
requirements for police officers in a city with a population of one
million or more
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 3 of the public officers law, as
amended by chapter 1004 of the laws of 1966, is amended to read as
follows:
2. [Neither] IN A CITY WITH A POPULATION LESS THAN ONE MILLION,
NEITHER the provisions of this section or of any general, special or
local law, charter, code, ordinance, resolution, rule or regulation,
requiring a person to be a resident of the political subdivision or
municipal corporation of the state for which [he] SUCH PERSON shall be
chosen or within which [his] THEIR official functions are required to be
exercised, shall apply to the appointment of a person as a member of the
police force of any political subdivision or municipal corporation of
the state if such person resides (a) in the county in which such poli-
tical subdivision or municipal corporation is located; or (b) in a coun-
ty within the state contiguous to the county in which such political
subdivision or municipal corporation is located; or (c) in a county
within the state contiguous to such political subdivision or municipal
corporation; or (d) in a county within the state contiguous to a county
described in item (c) hereof where the former is less than fifteen miles
from such political subdivision or municipal corporation, measured from
their respective nearest boundary lines; or (e) in a county within the
state contiguous to a county described in item (d) hereof where the
former is less than thirty miles from such political subdivision or
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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municipal corporation, measured from their respective nearest boundary
lines.
§ 2. Subdivision 19 of section 3 of the public officers law, as added
by chapter 509 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows:
19. Any person who resides in this state and who is currently employed
as [a member of the police force,] a paid member of the uniformed force
of a paid fire department or department of corrections in the correc-
tional service classification of the classified civil service, of a city
of over one million population, shall be exempt from the provisions of
subdivisions one, two and nine of this section upon compliance with the
procedure set forth in this subdivision. Any person seeking to benefit
from the exemption created by this subdivision shall notify [his] THEIR
respective employer in writing of said intention within thirty days from
the effective date of this subdivision and shall specify [his] THEIR
then current residence address. The exemption created by this subdivi-
sion shall be applicable only to said actual designated residence and
not to any residence that any subject currently employed member may
thereafter establish; provided, however, that any such currently
employed member who resides outside this state shall have one year from
the effective date of this subdivision within which to establish resi-
dence as required pursuant to subdivisions one, two and nine of this
section and comply with the notice requirements of this subdivision.
Said residence shall constitute a lawful residence for all purposes
notwithstanding any provision to the contrary of any general, special or
local law, charter, code, ordinance, resolution, rule or regulation.
§ 3. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 19-a to read as follows:
19-A. IN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, ANY PERSON
APPOINTED AS A PAID MEMBER OF THE POLICE FORCE OF SUCH CITY SHALL BECOME
A RESIDENT OF ANY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION WITHIN
SUCH CITY WITHIN ONE YEAR OF SUCH PERSON'S APPOINTMENT AND SHALL CONTIN-
UE TO RESIDE WITHIN ANY SUCH POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR MUNICIPAL CORPO-
RATION. NO PERSON APPOINTED AS A PAID MEMBER OF SUCH POLICE FORCE MAY
CONTINUE SUCH EMPLOYMENT UNLESS SUCH PERSON COMPLIES WITH THE PROVISIONS
OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
§ 4. Paragraph 1 of subdivision 4 of section 30 of the public officers
law, as amended by chapter 173 of the laws of 1962, is amended to read
as follows:
(1) If such person was appointed as a member of such police force
prior to [July first, nineteen hundred sixty-one] JANUARY FIRST, TWO
THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, shall reside in any such county on such date and
shall continue to reside in any such county after such date, or
§ 5. This act shall take effect immediately.