A1899 • 2025

Authorizes Kevin Donohue to take the civil service examination for the position of police officer for the town of Goshen

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Sponsor: Brian Maher
Last action: 2026-05-14
Official status: Stricken
Effective date: Not listed

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Authorizes Kevin Donohue to take the civil service examination for the position of police officer for the town of Goshen

Authorizes Kevin Donohue to take the civil service examination for the position of police officer for the town of Goshen Authorizes Kevin Donohue to take the competitive civil service examination for the position of full-time police officer for the town of Goshen.

What This Bill Does

Authorizes Kevin Donohue to take the civil service examination for the position of police officer for the town of Goshen Authorizes Kevin Donohue to take the competitive civil service examination for the position of full-time police officer for the town of Goshen.

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Bill History

2026-05-14 Assembly
ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN
2026-01-07 Assembly
REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES
2025-01-14 Assembly
REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES

Official Summary Text

Authorizes Kevin Donohue to take the civil service examination for the position of police officer for the town of Goshen
Authorizes Kevin Donohue to take the competitive civil service examination for the position of full-time police officer for the town of Goshen.

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          1899

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                  I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                    January 14, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M. of A. MAHER, E. BROWN, DeSTEFANO, BRABENEC, McDONOUGH
          -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees

        AN ACT in relation to authorizing Kevin Donohue to take the  competitive
          civil  service  examination  for the position of police officer and be
          placed on the eligible list for employment as a full-time police offi-
          cer for the town of Goshen

          THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section  1.  Notwithstanding the provisions of section 58 of the civil
     2  service law, including the  age  requirements  under  paragraph  (a)  of
     3  subdivision  1  of  such  section,  or any other provision of law to the
     4  contrary, Kevin Donohue, who has been continuously employed by the  town
     5  of Goshen, in the county of Orange, as a part-time police officer, shall
     6  be  eligible  to  take the competitive civil service examination for the
     7  position of police officer and shall, contingent upon his score on  such
     8  examination,  be eligible to be placed on the eligible list for appoint-
     9  ment as a full-time police  officer  with  the  town  of  Goshen  police
    10  department.
    11    § 2. Kevin Donohue shall otherwise be subject to the merit and fitness
    12  provisions of the civil service law applicable to full-time police offi-
    13  cers.
    14    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04963-01-5