2012 New York Consolidated Laws
GMU - General Municipal
Article 10 - (200 - 209-Z) FIREMEN AND POLICEMEN
208-G - Community activity by members of a police force.

 
    §  208-g.  Community  activity  by  members  of  a  police  force. The
  provisions of  any  general,  special  or  local  law  or  any  rule  or
  regulation  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding,  including  any  rule or
  regulation of any police department or commissioner or head thereof, any
  member of a police force of  a  municipal  corporation,  including,  the
  definition of municipal corporation in this chapter notwithstanding, the
  city of New York, may accept any additional place or position in another
  adjacent  or  nearby  municipal  corporation,  including the city of New
  York, provided that such additional place  or  position  is  limited  to
  volunteer  work  as  a  member  or  volunteer in, of, or for a community
  board, not-for-profit corporation, volunteer fire department,  or  other
  similar  community-oriented  entity,  so long as any such activity shall
  occur outside his or her regular hours of duty for not exceeding  twenty
  hours  a  week  and  provided that such extra work does not interfere or
  conflict with his or her regular duties as a member of the force or  his
  or  her  availability  for emergency duty nor affect his or her physical
  condition  to  the  extent  that  it  impairs  his  or  her  ability  to
  efficiently  perform  such duties, and further provided that the type of
  activity shall first be approved by the appropriate police department or
  police commissioner.