S10254 • 2025

Authorizes Jonathan Myers to take the civil service examination for the position of police officer and be placed on the eligible list for employment as a civil service police officer for the village of Chatham

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Sponsor: Michelle Hinchey
Last action: 2026-05-08
Official status: In Senate Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Authorizes Jonathan Myers to take the civil service examination for the position of police officer and be placed on the eligible list for employment as a civil service police officer for the village of Chatham

Authorizes Jonathan Myers to take the civil service examination for the position of police officer and be placed on the eligible list for employment as a civil service police officer for the village of Chatham Authorizes Jonathan Myers to take the competitive civil service examination for the position of police officer and be placed on the eligible list for employment as a civil service police officer for the village of Chatham, notwithstanding certain age restrictions under law.

What This Bill Does

Authorizes Jonathan Myers to take the civil service examination for the position of police officer and be placed on the eligible list for employment as a civil service police officer for the village of Chatham Authorizes Jonathan Myers to take the competitive civil service examination for the position of police officer and be placed on the eligible list for employment as a civil service police officer for the village of Chatham, notwithstanding certain age restrictions under law.

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Bill History

2026-05-08 Senate
REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

Official Summary Text

Authorizes Jonathan Myers to take the civil service examination for the position of police officer and be placed on the eligible list for employment as a civil service police officer for the village of Chatham
Authorizes Jonathan Myers to take the competitive civil service examination for the position of police officer and be placed on the eligible list for employment as a civil service police officer for the village of Chatham, notwithstanding certain age restrictions under law.

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          10254

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                       May 8, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions

        AN ACT in relation to authorizing Jonathan Myers to take the competitive
          civil service examination for the position of police  officer  and  be
          placed  on  the eligible list for employment as a civil service police
          officer for the village of Chatham

          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, Jonathan Myers, who has  been  continuously  employed  by  the
     5  village  of  Chatham,  in  the county of Columbia, as a part-time police
     6  officer, shall be eligible to take the competitive civil  service  exam-
     7  ination  for  the  position of police officer and shall, contingent upon
     8  his score on such examination, be eligible to be placed on the  eligible
     9  list  for appointment as a civil service police officer with the village
    10  of Chatham police department.
    11    § 2. Jonathan Myers shall  otherwise  be  subject  to  the  merit  and
    12  fitness  provisions of the civil service law applicable to civil service
    13  police officers.
    14    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15518-02-6