New York A 1899: Authorizes Kevin Donohue to take the civil service examination for the position of police officer for the town of Goshen

Status: ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN (as of 2026-05-14)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 1899

Sponsors: Brian Maher, David McDonough, Eric Brown, Joe DeStefano, Karl Brabenec

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A01899 Summary:

BILL NOA01899 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORMaher

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COSPNSRBrown E, DeStefano, Brabenec, McDonough

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Authorizes Kevin Donohue to take the competitive civil service examination for the position of full-time police officer for the town of Goshen.

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01/14/2025referred to governmental employees

01/07/2026referred to governmental employees

05/14/2026enacting clause stricken

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1899

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. MAHER, E. BROWN, DeSTEFANO, BRABENEC, McDONOUGH
 -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees

 AN ACT in relation to authorizing Kevin Donohue 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 Goshen

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

 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 58 of the civil
 2 service law, including the age requirements under paragraph (a) of
 3 subdivision 1 of such section, or any other provision of law to the
 4 contrary, Kevin Donohue, who has been continuously employed by the town
 5 of Goshen, in the county of Orange, as a part-time police officer, shall
 6 be eligible to take the competitive civil service examination for the
 7 position of police officer and shall, contingent upon his score on such
 8 examination, be eligible to be placed on the eligible list for appoint-
 9 ment as a full-time police officer with the town of Goshen police
 10 department.
 11 § 2. Kevin Donohue shall otherwise be subject to the merit and fitness
 12 provisions of the civil service law applicable to full-time police offi-
 13 cers.
 14 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04963-01-5

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