New York S 4210: Authorizes the local enactment of residency requirements for certain employees of police departments

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S04210 Summary:

BILL NOS04210 

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COSPNSRBAILEY

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Amd §3, Pub Off L; add §207-r, Gen Muni L; amd §58, Civ Serv L; amd §§1310 & 606, add §1330-a, Tax L; add
§466-m, RPT L; add §677-b, Ed L

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Authorizes the enactment of local laws requiring residency in cities with a population of one million or more for members of the police force appointed to such positions; provides increased salaries for certain police officers who are residents of certain cities; provides additional credits on competitive exams for original appointment of police officers, tax credits, real property tax credits and student loan forgiveness based upon residency in certain cities.

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02/03/2025REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4210

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 3, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. PARKER, BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations
 and Government Operations

 AN ACT to amend the public officers law, the general municipal law and
 the civil service law, in relation to residency requirements, salary,
 and civil service exam credits for police officers in certain cities;
 to amend the tax law and the real property tax law, in relation to
 establishing certain tax credits for resident police officers; and to
 amend the education law, in relation to the police officer loan
 forgiveness program

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding a
 2 new subdivision 76 to read as follows:
 3 76. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision two of this section,
 4 a city with a population of one million or more shall have the authority
 5 to enact a local law subsequent to the effective date of this subdivi-
 6 sion requiring any person who is appointed as a member of the police
 7 force of such city to be a resident of such a city during their employ-
 8 ment as a police officer; provided however, that nothing in this subdi-
 9 vision shall authorize such local law to affect any person who entered
 10 such city service as a police officer prior to thirty days subsequent to
 11 the date of enactment of the local law.
 12 § 2. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new section
 13 207-r to read as follows:
 14 § 207-r. Salaries of police officers who are residents of certain
 15 cities. A city with a population of one hundred thousand or more is
 16 hereby authorized to adopt a local law to provide that the salary of a
 17 police officer of such city who is a resident thereof shall be increased
 18 by an amount of five percent or more of such officer's base salary.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07811-01-5

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 1 § 3. Section 58 of the civil service law is amended by adding a new
 2 subdivision 7 to read as follows:
 3 7. (a) A city with a population of one hundred thousand or more is
 4 authorized to adopt a local law which would grant residents of such city
 5 additional credits in competitive examinations for original appointment
 6 as a police officer pursuant to this section.
 7 (b) In the event of the enactment of a local law pursuant to paragraph
 8 (a) of this subdivision, on an eligible list resulting from a compet-
 9 itive examination for original appointment as a police officer, the
 10 names of eligibles shall be entered in the order of their respective
 11 final earned ratings on examination, with the name of the eligible with
 12 the highest final earned rating at the head of such list, provided
 13 however, that for the purposes of determining final earned ratings, a
 14 person who is a resident of such city shall be entitled to receive five
 15 points additional