S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5610
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
May 19, 2015
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Introduced by Sen. GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
relation to promotions of captains
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Subdivision c of section 14-114 of the administrative code
2 of the city of New York is amended to read as follows:
3 c. The commissioner shall, in the exercise of his or her discretion,
4 from time to time, detail nineteen captains and so many others as the
5 mayor may authorize upon the recommendation of the commissioner to act
6 as inspectors, with the title, while so acting, of inspectors of police
7 and at his or her pleasure may revoke any or all such details. While so
8 detailed, such officers shall receive a salary to be fixed by the mayor,
9 in addition to the amount of salary which regularly attaches to the
10 office of captain. When a captain shall have acted under regular detail
11 in any capacity above the rank of captain, during a period or periods
12 aggregating two years, such officer, upon becoming eligible therefor,
13 shall be entitled to a pension of not less than one-half of the salary
14 received by him or her per year. When the commissioner, however, desig-
15 nates a captain to act in the place of a captain under regular detail as
16 inspector, during the temporary absence or disability of the latter the
17 officer so designated shall not be entitled to any additional salary,
18 and the period of such designation shall not be counted in his or her
19 favor in computing such two-year period. When a CAPTAIN SHALL HAVE
20 SERVED IN THE RANK OF CAPTAIN FOR A PERIOD OF FIFTEEN YEARS, HE OR SHE
21 SHALL HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS IN RESPECT TO THE POLICE PENSION FUND AS A
22 CAPTAIN DETAILED TO ACT AS DEPUTY CHIEF WHO SHALL HAVE SERVED AS SUCH
23 FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AGGREGATING TWO YEARS. A captain WHO shall have
24 served [in the rank of captain for a period of] AS SUCH LESS THAN
25 FIFTEEN YEARS AND MORE THAN ten years[, he or she] shall have the same
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 rights in respect to the police pension fund as a captain detailed to
2 act as inspector who shall have served as such for a period of time
3 aggregating two years. A captain who shall have served as such less than
4 ten years and more than five years shall have the same rights in respect
5 to such police pension fund as a captain detailed to act as a deputy
6 inspector who shall have served as such for a period of time aggregating
7 two years. A period beginning March thirtieth, nineteen hundred sixty-
8 five, and ending November thirtieth, nineteen hundred sixty-six, during
9 which a captain shall have served as a provisional captain immediately
10 prior to a permanent promotion to such rank shall be deemed to have been
11 service as a permanent captain for the purposes of this section. A
12 captain, while detailed to act as inspector, shall be chargeable with
13 and responsible for the discipline and efficiency of the force under his
14 or her command.
15 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.