Bill > A10080

This bill expands the geographical boundaries for residency requirements for correction officers employed by local correction facilities, meaning that these officers will no longer be strictly required to live within the specific city, town, or county where they work. Instead, they can reside in a county within the state where their employing facility is located, or in a county that borders it, or even in a county in a neighboring state that is contiguous to their employing municipality, as long as their residence is less than forty-five miles from the facility's boundary. The bill also clarifies the definition of "uniformed member of a department of correction or sheriff's department" to include various ranks from correction recruit up to warden, and specifies that these expanded residency rules apply when the employing municipality is itself located next to another state.

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https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A10080