New York S 5962: Relates to certain veterans and competitive civil service exam points

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S05962 Summary:

BILL NOS05962 

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SAME ASSAME AS A01623

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Relates to certain veterans; entitles them to 10 additional competitive civil service exam points if they are disabled; entitles them to 5 additional competitive civil service exam points if they are non-disabled and if they received certain medals or ribbons.

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BILL NOS05962 

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03/04/2025REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5962

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
 ty and Military Affairs

 AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to veterans and
 competitive civil service exam points

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 85 of the civil
 2 service law, as separately amended by section 37 of part PP of chapter
 3 56 and chapter 669 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (a) The terms "veteran" and "non-disabled veteran" mean: (1) a member
 5 of the armed forces of the United States who was honorably discharged or
 6 released under honorable circumstances from such service including (i)
 7 having a qualifying condition as defined in section one of the veterans'
 8 services law, and receiving a discharge other than bad conduct or
 9 dishonorable from such service, or (ii) being a discharged LGBT veteran,
 10 as defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and receiving a
 11 discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, who
 12 is a citizen of the United States or a noncitizen lawfully admitted for
 13 permanent residence in the United States and who is a resident of the
 14 state of New York at the time of application for appointment or
 15 promotion or at the time of retention, as the case may be; or
 16 (2) a member of the armed forces of the United States who was honor-
 17 ably discharged or released under honorable circumstances from such
 18 service, who is a citizen of the United States or a noncitizen lawfully
 19 admitted for permanent residence in the United States, who is a resident
 20 of the state of New York at the time of application for appointment or
 21 promotion or at the time of retention, as the case may be, and who was
 22 awarded either a: (i) Combat Action Ribbon, (ii) Combat Infantryman
 23 Badge, (iii) Combat Medical Badge, (iv) Combat Action Badge, (v) Combat
 24 Recognition Ribbon, or (vi) Air Force Combat Action medal.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02440-01-5

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 1 § 2. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 85
 2 of the civil service law, as added by chapter 790 of the laws of 1958,
 3 is amended to read as follows:
 4 (1) Disabled veterans shall be entitled to receive ten points addi-
 5 tional credit in a competitive examination for original appointment and
 6 five points additional credit in a competitive examination for
 7 promotion, and
 8 § 3. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 85 of the civil service
 9 law, as amended by chapter 608 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read
 10 as follows:
 11 (b) The term "disabled veteran" means a veteran who is certified by
 12 the United States veterans' administration or a military department as
 13 entitled to receive disability payments upon the certification of such
 14 veterans' administration or a military department for a disability
 15 incurred by [him or her] such veteran in the course of [his or her] such
 16 veteran's service and in existence at the time of application for
 17 appointment or promotion or at the time of retention, as the case may be
 18 and who was awarded either a: (i) C