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Senate Bill S9836

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes the commissioner of the department of civil service to reinstate John Raftery on the eligible civil service list for employment as a police officer in the town of Shawangunk

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2025-S9836 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:
Civil Service

2025-S9836 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes John Raftery to take the competitive civil service exam for the position of police officer and be placed on the eligible civil service list for employment as a full-time police officer for the town of Shawangunk.

2025-S9836 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S9836 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9836
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 7, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. OBERACKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
 
 AN  ACT  in relation to authorizing John Raftery to take the competitive
   civil service examination for the position of police  officer  and  be
   placed on the eligible list for employment as a full-time police offi-
   cer for the town of Shawangunk

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Notwithstanding the provisions of section 58 of the  civil
 service  law,  including  the  age  requirements  under paragraph (a) of
 subdivision 1 of such section, or any other  provision  of  law  to  the
 contrary,  John  Raftery, who has been continuously employed by the town
 of Shawangunk, in the county of Ulster, as a part-time  police  officer,
 shall  be eligible to take the competitive civil service examination for
 the position of police officer and shall, contingent upon his  score  on
 such  examination,  be  eligible  to  be placed on the eligible list for
 appointment as a full-time police officer with the  town  of  Shawangunk
 police department.
   § 2.  John Raftery shall otherwise be subject to the merit and fitness
 provisions of the civil service law applicable to full-time police offi-
 cers.
   § 3.  This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15290-01-6

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