New York S 7023: Increases the age of eligibility for provisional or permanent appointment of certain police officers from thirty-five to forty

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S07023 Summary:

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Increases the age of eligibility for provisional or permanent appointment of certain police officers from thirty-five to forty.

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BILL NOS07023 

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03/28/2025REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7023

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 28, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions

 AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to increasing the age
 of eligibility for provisional or permanent appointment of certain
 police officers from thirty-five to forty

 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 58 of the civil
 2 service law, as amended by chapter 244 of the laws of 2013, is amended
 3 to read as follows:
 4 (a) [he or she] such person is not less than twenty years of age as of
 5 the date of appointment nor more than [thirty-five] forty years of age
 6 as of the date when the applicant takes the written examination,
 7 provided that the maximum age requirement of [thirty-five] forty years
 8 of age as set forth in this paragraph shall not apply to eligible lists
 9 finalized pursuant to an examination administered prior to May thirty-
 10 first, nineteen hundred ninety-nine or a police officer in the depart-
 11 ment of environmental conservation, provided, however, that:
 12 (i) time spent on military duty or on terminal leave, not exceeding a
 13 total of six years, shall be subtracted from the age of any applicant
 14 who has passed [his or her] their [thirty-fifth] fortieth birthday as
 15 provided in subdivision ten-a of section two hundred forty-three of the
 16 military law;
 17 (ii) such maximum age requirement of [thirty-five] forty years shall
 18 not apply to any police officer as defined in subdivision thirty-four of
 19 section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law, who was continuously
 20 employed by the Buffalo municipal housing authority between January
 21 first, two thousand five and June thirtieth, two thousand five and who
 22 takes the next written exam offered after the effective date of this
 23 subparagraph by the city of Buffalo civil service commission for employ-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03547-02-5

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 1 ment as a police officer in the city of Buffalo police department, or
 2 June thirtieth, two thousand six, whichever is later; and
 3 (iii) such maximum age requirement of [thirty-five] forty years shall
 4 not apply to any police officer of any county, town, city or village
 5 police force not otherwise provided for in this section if the eligible
 6 list has been exhausted and there are no other eligible candidates;
 7 provided, however, the police officer themselves are on the eligible
 8 list of such county, town, city or village and meet all other require-
 9 ments of merit and fitness set forth by this chapter and do not exceed
 10 the maximum age of [thirty-nine] forty-four;
 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
 This bill would amend the Civil Service Law to increase the maximum
 age for appointment as a police officer of the department of environ-
 mental conservation or of any police force or police department of any
 county, city, town, village, housing authority or police district to
 forty years of age. Currently, the maximum age for appointment is thir-
 ty-five years.
 If this bill is enacted during the 2025 Legislative Session, it is
 anticipated that there would be a broader group of eligible police offi-
 cers to become members in the New York State and Local Police and Fire
 Retirement System (NYSLPFRS). These members would a