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A08643 Summary:

BILL NOA08643
 
SAME ASSAME AS S07991
 
SPONSORPaulin
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
 
Authorizes Nicole Longo to take the competitive civil service examination for the position of police sergeant and be placed on the eligible list for employment as a full-time police sergeant for the village of Bronxville.
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A08643 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A8643
 
SPONSOR: Paulin
  TITLE OF BILL: An act in relation to authorizing Nicole Longo to take the competitive civil service examination for the position of police sergeant and be placed on the eligible list for employment as a full-time police sergeant for the village of Bronxville   PURPOSE OF BILL: To allow Nicole Longo to sit for a promotional civil service examination for which she would otherwise be eligible but for an exclusion of her prior service with the New York City Police Department (NYPD) from the 48-month service requirement.   SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section one of the bill provides that, notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, Nicole Longo shall be deemed to have satis- fied any service requirement necessary to sit for the promotional civil service examination for the position of police sergeant. Section two subjects Nicole Longo to the applicable merit and fitness provisions of the applicable civil service law. Section three sets the effective date.   JUSTIFICATION: Nicole Longo served with distinction for more than six years in a quali- fying title with the New York City Police Department and will complete her third year of service with the Bronxville Police Department in December 2025. At which point, Police Officer Longo will have nine years of combined service. However, her prior years of service with the NYPD are not taken into account toward the 48-month requirement to sit for a civil service exam- ination for which she is otherwise qualified. Under current law, these years would be counted, but Police Officer Longo was hired in the year prior to the enactment of the law that allowed for this service credit and is therefore unable to qualify to sit for the examination. This outcome is inconsistent with the intent and spirit of the merit- based civil service system, which aims to reward professional experience and dedication to public service. Police Officer Longo's six years of service with the NYPD were in substantially similar functions and responsibilities to those required by the examination in question. Deny- ing her eligibility undermines the equitable treatment of civil servants with interagency experience. This bill is narrowly tailored to address the unique circumstances of this individual and does not alter the general requirements applicable to other candidates.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New bill.   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None.   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect immediately.
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A08643 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          8643
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      May 22, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Governmental Employees
 
        AN  ACT  in relation to authorizing Nicole Longo to take the competitive
          civil service examination for the position of police sergeant  and  be
          placed  on  the  eligible  list  for  employment as a full-time police
          sergeant for the village of Bronxville

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Notwithstanding  any  service  requirement  or  any other
     2  provision of law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, Nicole Longo, who
     3  is a resident of the village of Bronxville, in the County  of  Westches-
     4  ter, shall be eligible to take the competitive civil service examination
     5  for  the  position  of  police  sergeant, and shall, contingent upon her
     6  score on such examination, be eligible to be placed on the eligible list
     7  for appointment as a  full-time  police  sergeant  with  the  Bronxville
     8  police department in the village of Bronxville, County of Westchester.
     9    §  2. Nicole Longo shall otherwise be subject to the merit and fitness
    10  provisions of the civil  service  law  applicable  to  full-time  police
    11  sergeants.
    12    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13064-01-5
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