S9387 • 2025

Relates to removing residency requirements for Ulster county assistant district attorneys

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Sponsor: Michelle Hinchey
Last action: 2026-05-28
Official status: Senate Floor Calendar
Effective date: Not listed

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Relates to removing residency requirements for Ulster county assistant district attorneys

Relates to removing residency requirements for Ulster county assistant district attorneys Removes residency requirements for persons holding the office of assistant district attorney for the county of Ulster; provides that a person holding such office may reside in Ulster county or an adjoining county within the state.

What This Bill Does

Relates to removing residency requirements for Ulster county assistant district attorneys Removes residency requirements for persons holding the office of assistant district attorney for the county of Ulster; provides that a person holding such office may reside in Ulster county or an adjoining county within the state.

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Bill History

2026-05-28 Senate
SUBSTITUTED BY A10405
2026-04-22 Senate
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
2026-04-21 Senate
2ND REPORT CAL.
2026-04-20 Senate
1ST REPORT CAL.720
2026-03-06 Senate
REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Official Summary Text

Relates to removing residency requirements for Ulster county assistant district attorneys
Removes residency requirements for persons holding the office of assistant district attorney for the county of Ulster; provides that a person holding such office may reside in Ulster county or an adjoining county within the state.

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          9387

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                      March 6, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
          ment Operations

        AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to  removing  resi-
          dency requirements for Ulster county assistant district attorneys

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

     1    Section 1. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 77 to read as follows:
     3    77. IN THE COUNTY OF ULSTER, THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION  REQUIRING
     4  A  PERSON  TO  BE  A  RESIDENT OF THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR MUNICIPAL
     5  CORPORATION OF THE STATE FOR WHICH SUCH PERSON SHALL BE CHOSEN OR WITHIN
     6  WHICH SUCH PERSON'S OFFICIAL FUNCTIONS ARE  REQUIRED  TO  BE  EXERCISED,
     7  SHALL NOT PREVENT A PERSON FROM HOLDING THE OFFICE OF ASSISTANT DISTRICT
     8  ATTORNEY  FOR THE COUNTY OF ULSTER, PROVIDED THAT SUCH PERSON RESIDES IN
     9  ULSTER COUNTY OR AN ADJOINING COUNTY  WITHIN  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK;
    10  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER, THAT ANY PERSON PERFORMING SUCH FUNCTIONS OR HOLDING
    11  THE OFFICE OF ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY IN ANY OTHER COUNTY SHALL BE A
    12  RESIDENT OF SUCH COUNTY UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW. THE PROVISIONS
    13  OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY PERSON HOLDING THE OFFICE  OF
    14  FIRST  ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY OR CHIEF ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
    15  THE HOLDER OF WHICH WOULD ASSUME THE DUTIES  OF  THE  DISTRICT  ATTORNEY
    16  UPON  THE  DISTRICT  ATTORNEY'S  ABSENCE  FROM  THE  COUNTY  OR UPON THE
    17  DISTRICT  ATTORNEY'S  INABILITY  TO  PERFORM  SUCH  DISTRICT  ATTORNEY'S
    18  DUTIES.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14649-01-6