Bill > A06609

This bill creates a special exception to standard civil service hiring rules to allow Karol Hughes, a current part-time police officer with the East Rochester police department in Monroe County, New York, to take the competitive civil service examination for a full-time police officer position. Normally, civil service laws include specific age and other requirements that might prevent someone like Hughes from taking the exam, but this bill specifically waives those restrictions. If Hughes passes the examination, she will be eligible to be placed on the list of potential full-time police officer candidates for the East Rochester police department. The bill stipulates that while Hughes is being given this special opportunity, she will still be subject to the same merit and fitness standards that apply to other full-time police officer candidates under civil service law. The legislation is intended to provide Hughes with an opportunity to potentially transition from her current part-time role to a full-time position, and it will take effect immediately upon passage.

Labor and Employment

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A6609