What's happening
This bill sets age limits for New York City correctional officers, requiring them to be between 21 and 35 at appointment.
Why it matters
Narrows the applicant pool for correctional officers. By setting a maximum age limit of 35, this bill could reduce the number of eligible candidates, potentially impacting diversity in experience and backgrounds among new hires.
Aligns correctional officer requirements with other uniformed services. The age cap brings the Department of Correction in line with similar standards often found in police and fire departments, possibly affecting the physical fitness and career trajectory of the workforce.
May shift workforce demographics and long-term staffing. The age restriction could lead to a younger, potentially less experienced workforce, with implications for institutional knowledge, mentorship, and retention rates over time.
Preserves flexibility for non-uniformed leadership appointments. The bill explicitly leaves the mayor and commissioner’s authority to appoint non-uniformed security staff untouched, allowing for broader age and experience ranges in higher-level or specialized positions.
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Who cares
Prospective NYC correction officers
The bill would require applicants to be at least 21 at appointment and no older than 35 when appointed or eligible to compete in the specified promotion examination.
NYC Department of Correction
The commissioner would have to apply the age requirements to uniformed correction officer appointments made on or after the bill’s effective date, 30 days after becoming law.
NYC mayor and non-uniformed correction officials
The bill would preserve the mayor’s and commissioner’s existing authority to appoint non-uniformed people with overall departmental security duties to positions of authority.
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Set Age Limit for Correctional Officers
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History
- Referred to governmental employees
- Referred to governmental employees
Companion bill
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Cap Correction Officer Age
In Senate Committee · Cities · Sponsor Andrew Gounardes
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STATE OF NEW YORK
5814
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 19, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees
AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to establishing maximum age requirements for New York city correctional officers
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 9-117.2 to read as follows:
§ 9-117.2 Requirements for appointments of uniformed force of the department of correction. a. The commissioner of correction shall not appoint any person as a uniformed correction officer of the department of correction unless such person is not less than twenty-one years of age as of the date of appointment nor more than thirty-five years of age as of the date when the applicant is appointed or eligible to compete in a promotion examination pursuant to paragraph one of subdivision b of section 9-117 of this chapter.
b. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or affect the existing authority of the mayor and commissioner to appoint non-uniformed persons, whose duties include overall security of the department of correction, to positions of authority.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law and shall apply to appointments established on or after such date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09919-01-9
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