Bill Text: NY A01369 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Waives the 60 credits required for New York City Auxiliary Police Officers to become members of the regular NYC police force for up to a period of 5 years, provided they are enrolled in college, otherwise meet the eligibility requirements and pass the entrance examination.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to cities [A01369 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A01369-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1369 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 15, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PERRY, COOK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Cities AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to qualifications to become a member of the police force of the city of New York The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 14-109 of the administrative code of the city of 2 New York is amended by adding a new subdivision c to read as follows: 3 c. Any applicant seeking to become a police officer with the regular 4 New York city police force who, at the time of his or her application, 5 is a member of the New York city auxiliary police force having at least 6 four years of continuous service as an auxiliary police officer shall be 7 granted a waiver of the sixty-credit requirement for a job applicant for 8 such position, if such auxiliary police officer applicant has (i) 9 fulfilled all other entrance requirements to become a member of the 10 regular police force (including, but not limited to passing the depart- 11 ment entrance examination), and (ii) is enrolled in a two or four year 12 college or university course of study leading to an associate's or bach- 13 elor's degree. The commissioner shall establish a process for accepting 14 such applications and making determination as to eligibility for grant- 15 ing such waivers. The commissioner may deny grants of waiver for cause. 16 An applicant for whom the sixty-credit requirement is waived as provided 17 in this subdivision, if hired, shall be appointed pursuant to this waiv- 18 er for a period not exceeding five years. Upon the filing of papers 19 evidencing the satisfaction of the sixty-credit requirement within such 20 five-year period and provided that such person otherwise qualifies for 21 regular appointment, such hiree shall become a permanent appointee of 22 the regular police force in the same manner and with the same rights and 23 entitlements as a hiree who fulfilled the sixty-credit requirement prior 24 to being hired. If at the conclusion of the five-year period provided EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06672-01-9A. 1369 2 1 for in this subdivision the sixty-credit requirement remains unful- 2 filled, such appointment as a police officer shall terminate unless, at 3 the discretion of the commissioner: (1) such person is granted an exten- 4 sion of such appointment for a period set by the commissioner requiring 5 compliance with the sixty-credit requirement by the end date of such 6 extension; or (2) such five-year appointment is converted by the commis- 7 sioner to a permanent appointment. All provisions of law, of the city 8 charter, of local law, of this code and of rules and regulations that 9 are applicable to the employment and discipline of civil service employ- 10 ees and police officers, except as provided in this subdivision, shall 11 continue to apply to any persons hired in accordance with the provisions 12 of this subdivision. The commissioner of citywide administrative 13 services and the police commissioner may adopt rules and/or regulations 14 consistent with this subdivision to further effectuate its provisions. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.