New York A 89: Relates to residency requirements for police officers in N.Y. city

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A00089 Summary:

BILL NOA00089 

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SAME ASSAME AS S06088

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SPONSORCruz

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COSPNSRJackson, Simon, Zinerman, Epstein, Seawright, Tapia, Anderson

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§3 & 30, Pub Off L

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Relates to residency requirements for police officers in a city with a population of one million or more; provides that 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 their appointment and shall continue to reside within any political subdivision or municipal corporation.

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BILL NOA00089 

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01/08/2025referred to governmental operations

01/07/2026referred to governmental operations

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 89

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 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:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 3 of the public officers law, as
 2 amended by chapter 1004 of the laws of 1966, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 2. [Neither] In a city with a population less than one million,
 5 neither the provisions of this section or of any general, special or
 6 local law, charter, code, ordinance, resolution, rule or regulation,
 7 requiring a person to be a resident of the political subdivision or
 8 municipal corporation of the state for which [he] such person shall be
 9 chosen or within which [his] their official functions are required to be
 10 exercised, shall apply to the appointment of a person as a member of the
 11 police force of any political subdivision or municipal corporation of
 12 the state if such person resides (a) in the county in which such poli-
 13 tical subdivision or municipal corporation is located; or (b) in a coun-
 14 ty within the state contiguous to the county in which such political
 15 subdivision or municipal corporation is located; or (c) in a county
 16 within the state contiguous to such political subdivision or municipal
 17 corporation; or (d) in a county within the state contiguous to a county
 18 described in item (c) hereof where the former is less than fifteen miles
 19 from such political subdivision or municipal corporation, measured from
 20 their respective nearest boundary lines; or (e) in a county within the
 21 state contiguous to a county described in item (d) hereof where the
 22 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.
 LBD00778-01-5

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 1 municipal corporation, measured from their respective nearest boundary
 2 lines.
 3 § 2. Subdivision 19 of section 3 of the public officers law, as added
 4 by chapter 509 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows:
 5 19. Any person who resides in this state and who is currently employed
 6 as [a member of the police force,] a paid member of the uniformed force
 7 of a paid fire department or department of corrections in the correc-
 8 tional service classification of the classified civil service, of a city
 9 of over one million population, shall be exempt from the provisions of
 10 subdivisions one, two and nine of this section upon compliance with the
 11 procedure set forth in this subdivision. Any person seeking to benefit
 12 from the exemption created by this subdivision shall notify [his] their
 13 respective employer in writing of said intention within thirty days from
 14 the effective date of this subdivision and shall specify [his] their
 15 then current residence address. The exemption created by this subdivi-
 16 sion shall be applicable only to said actual designate