What's happening
This bill adds the Iranian Hostage Crisis as a recognized "time of war" for civil service credit in New York.
Why it matters
Expands eligibility for veterans’ hiring preferences. by recognizing service during the Iranian Hostage Crisis as “time of war,” allowing more individuals who served during this period to receive additional points on New York civil service exams.
Acknowledges and validates the service of military personnel involved in the Iranian Hostage Crisis. , offering overdue recognition and benefits to a group that has often been overlooked in state policies.
Could impact hiring outcomes for public sector jobs in New York. , potentially increasing competition for civil service positions and providing a tangible advantage to veterans of this specific conflict era.
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Who cares
Veterans of Indian Ocean/Iran/Yemen hostilities
Those with a qualifying expeditionary medal for service from December 8, 1978, to June 6, 1979, would have that period recognized as “time of war” for civil service credit.
Veterans of Indian Ocean/Iran hostilities
Those with a qualifying expeditionary medal for service from November 21, 1979, to October 20, 1981, would have that period recognized as “time of war” for civil service credit.
Civil service agencies
Agencies administering veterans’ civil service credit would need to apply the two added periods and their requirements for an Armed Forces, Navy or Marine Corps expeditionary medal.
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Expand Veterans Civil Service Credit
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History
- Referred to veterans' affairs
- Referred to veterans' affairs
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Recognize Hostage Crisis Veterans
In Senate Committee · Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs · Sponsor Kathleen A. Marchione
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STATE OF NEW YORK
3282
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 27, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. FITZPATRICK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to making the Iranian Hostage Crisis "time of war" for civil service credit
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 85 of the civil service law is amended by adding two new subparagraphs 9 and 10 to read as follows:
(9) Hostilities participated in by military forces of the United States, known as the Iranian Hostage Crisis, in the Indian Ocean/Iran/Yemen, from the eighth day of December, nineteen hundred seventy-eight to the sixth day of June, nineteen hundred seventy-nine, as established by receipt of the armed forces expeditionary medal, the navy expeditionary medal, or the marine corps expeditionary medal.
(10) Hostilities participated in by military forces of the United States in the Indian Ocean/Iran, from the twenty-first day of November, nineteen hundred seventy-nine to the twentieth day of October, nineteen hundred eighty-one, as established by receipt of the armed forces expeditionary medal, the navy expeditionary medal, or the marine corps expeditionary medal.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04049-01-7
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