What's happening
This bill allows public employees in New York City to deduct up to seven years of military service when calculating maximum age limits for appointments or promotions.
Why it matters
Expands eligibility for public sector jobs and promotions for veterans in NYC. by allowing them to deduct up to seven years of military service from their age when meeting maximum age limits, potentially opening up opportunities that would otherwise be closed due to age restrictions.
Recognizes and values extended military service. by giving veterans in the largest city in the state additional consideration compared to those elsewhere in New York, signaling a tailored effort to address the unique demographics and needs of NYC’s workforce.
Could increase the pool of experienced candidates. for critical public service roles (such as police, fire, and civil positions), as more veterans may now qualify for exams and appointments they previously aged out of, potentially enhancing public sector expertise and diversity.
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Who cares
Military service members seeking New York City public-service jobs
The bill would raise the maximum military-service age deduction from six years to seven for examinations and appointments subject to maximum age limits.
New York City public employees with military service
Those seeking promotions subject to maximum age limits could deduct up to seven years of qualifying service and terminal leave when calculating their age.
New York City civil service administrators
They would need to apply the higher deduction cap when determining age eligibility for covered examinations, appointments and promotions.
Headline styles
Extend Age Limit for Veterans
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Sponsors
No co-sponsors yet.
History
- Substituted by A8282
- Ordered to third reading cal.1837
- Referred to rules
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.
Extend Age Limit for Vets
Signed by Governor · Sponsor Peter Abbate
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
6474
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
June 12, 2019
Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- (at request of the Citywide Administrative Services) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the military law, in relation to age requirements applicable to appointments or promotions of public employees in cities with a population of one million or more who have been absent on military duty
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 10-a of section 243 of the military law, as amended by chapter 278 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
10-a. Age requirements. If maximum age requirements are established by law, or rule or by action of a civil commission for examination for, or for appointment or promotion to, any position in the public service, the period of military duty as hereinbefore defined, the period of service after June twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred fifty, voluntarily entered upon between January first, nineteen hundred forty-seven, and June twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred fifty, if such service otherwise falls within the definition of military duty, and the period of terminal leave granted by the military authorities of a candidate or eligible shall not be included in computing the age of such candidate or eligible for the purposes of such examination or appointment or promotion; provided, however, that neither shall the total time deducted hereunder in computing the age of a candidate or eligible exceed six years, except that in cities with a population of one million or more, the total time deducted shall not exceed seven years.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to amend the military law, in relation to age requirements applicable to appointments or promotions of public employ- ees in cities with a population of one million or more who have been absent on military duty
Summary of provisions
This bill would amend subdivision 10-a of § 243 of the Military Law to increase by one year the number of years of military service than can be deducted from the age of an applicant for appointments or promotions to positions in public service in a city of one million or more where maxi- mum age requirements are established by law, rule or action of the municipal civil service commission.
Section 243(10-a) of the Military Law currently provides that for public service positions that have a maximum age requirement established by law, the period of an applicant's military service shall not be included in computing the age of the applicant for the purpose of appointment or promotion, provided that the total time deducted from the applicant's age shall not exceed six years.
Section 1 of the bill would amend subdivision 10-a to provide that in a city with a population of one million or more the total time deducted from an applicant's age will be increased from six years to seven years.
Section 2 of the bill provides that the act will take effect immediately upon enactment.
Reasons for support
Section 243 of the Military Law provides comprehensive accommodations to military veterans who wish to follow their service to the country with public service to New York. For example, it provides veterans who have missed an opportunity to take a civil service examination because of service the right to take a make-up examination. Similarly, it provides to a veteran who passed an examination but missed an opportunity to be appointed because of military service to be reinstated to a civil service eligible list and appointed or promoted to a title with retroac- tive seniority.
Subdivision 10-a ensures that when the law sets a maximum age limitation for appointment or promotion to a public service position, a veteran's years in military service do not deprive the veteran of the opportunity to qualify for service. By excluding from consideration his or her years of military service from the computation of the veteran's age, it allows a veteran whose actual age exceeds the maximum to be considered for appointment or promotion.
Two maximum age limitations have significance for veterans who seek tofollow their military careers with service to the City of New York. Section 15-103 of the Administrative Code provides that proqualification to be a member of the New York City Fire Department a candidate shall not have reached its twenty-ninth birthday at the time he or she applies for a civil service examination. The City of New York has found that military veterans are especially well-prepared by experience, training, physical fitness and discipline to perform the duties of members of paramilitary organizations such as the FDNY. Enactment of this bill to increase the age limitation for military veterans by one year will expand the pool of highly-prepared individuals while ensuring that candidates who have honorably served our country will be able to contin- ue to provide public service.
Accordingly, the Mayor urges the earliest possible favorable consider- ation of this proposal by the Legislature.
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