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2012 New York Consolidated Laws
PBA - Public Authorities
Article 9 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Title 3 - (2850 - 2853) EMPLOYEES OF PUBLIC AUTHORITIES
2851 - Age not to be bar to employment by public authorities.
NY Pub Auth L § 2851 (2012) What's This?
§ 2851. Age not to be bar to employment by public authorities. No public authority shall hereafter prohibit, prevent, disqualify or discriminate against any person applying for employment by, such authority, who is physically and mentally qualified, or from competing, participating or registering for a position, or be penalized in a final rating for any position, by reason of his or her age. Any existing rule, regulation, penalty or requirement resolution preventing the hiring of persons because of age shall be void, except that nothing herein contained, shall prevent any public authority from adopting reasonable minimum or maximum age requirements for positions such as policeman, fireman, guard or other positions which require extraordinary physical effort except where age limits for such positions are already prescribed by law. Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary, no person who is physically or mentally qualified may be disqualified from, competing, participating or registering for a promotional examination or be penalized in a final rating or barred from promotion after having passed such promotion examination by reason of his or her age, by any public authority.
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