S 9248: Expands the residency requirement for the village clerk, deputy village clerk, village treasurer, and deputy village treasurer of the village of Washingtonville such that such person need not be a resident of such village, but must be a resident in the county in which such village is located or an adjoining county within the state of New York.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9248  IN SENATE February 18, 2026 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government AN ACT to amend the village law and public officers law, in relation to the residency of certain officers of the village of Washingtonville, Orange county The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 3-300 of the village law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 37 to read as follows: 3 37. Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter or any other chap- 4 ter, general law, local law, ordinance, or special act, the village 5 board of trustees of the village of Washingtonville, Orange county, may, 6 by resolution, provide that the village clerk, deputy village clerk, 7 village treasurer, and deputy village treasurer of the village of Wash- 8 ingtonville need not be a resident of such village, but must be a resi- 9 dent in the county in which such village is located or an adjoining 10 county within the state of New York. Provided, however, the person 11 performing the functions of village clerk, deputy village clerk, village 12 treasurer, and deputy village treasurer in any other village shall be a 13 resident of such village, unless otherwise provided by an act of the 14 state legislature. 15 § 2. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding a new 16 subdivision 77 to read as follows: 17 77. In the village of Washingtonville, in the county of Orange, the 18 provisions of this section requiring a person to be a resident of the 19 political subdivision or municipal corporation of the state for which 20 such person shall be chosen or within which such person's official func- 21 tions are required to be exercised, shall not prevent such person from 22 holding the office of village clerk, deputy village clerk, village trea- 23 surer, or deputy village treasurer of the village of Washingtonville, 24 provided that such person resides in Orange county or an adjoining coun- 25 ty within the state of New York. Provided, however, the person perform- 26 ing the functions of village clerk, deputy village clerk, village treas- 27 urer, and deputy village treasurer in any other village shall be a 28 resident of such village unless otherwise provided by law. 29 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14870-01-6