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NY S 4499

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Authorizes Justin Finkle to take the competitive civil service examination for the position of police officer and be placed on the eligible list for employment as a police officer for the town of Bethlehem

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

Authorizes Justin Finkle 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 officer for the town of Bethlehem; requires that Justin Finkle be otherwise subject to the merit and fitness provisions of the civil service law applicable to full-time police officers.

Introduced
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Status date
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Latest action
2026-01-16 — RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Patricia Fahyprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-06

    REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-05-27

    REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

    referral-committee

  4. 2026-01-16

    RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Civil Service And Pensions Vote

    2025-05-27 · pass · 6-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Jeremy Cooney: yes
    • Kristen Gonzalez: yes
    • Robert Jackson: yes
    • Mario Mattera: yes
    • Jessica Scarcella-Spanton: yes
    • Alexis Weik: yes
    • Kevin S. Parker: excused

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S4499?summary=&detail=

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