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A 1899: Authorizes Kevin Donohue to take the competitive civil service examination for the position of full-time police officer for the town of Goshen.

New York · Assembly · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified May 15, 2026

What A 1899 does, verified May 15, 2026

The bill aims to allow Kevin Donohue to take the competitive civil service examination for the position of police officer in the town of Goshen, New York. Despite being a part-time police officer, Donohue is eligible to take the exam and, if successful, be placed on the eligible list for full-time police officer appointments. He will be subject to the merit and fitness provisions of the civil service law for full-time police officers. The bill takes effect immediately.

Bill journey
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2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: enacting clause stricken (2026-05-14)Alert me
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Ari BrownJoe DeStefanoKarl BrabenecDavid McDonough
Recent actions3 total · showing 3
May. 14, 2026enacting clause stricken
Jan. 07, 2026referred to governmental employees
Jan. 14, 2025referred to governmental employees
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 14, 2025 · 274 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1899 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY 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 
Text of A 1899 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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