2012 New York Consolidated Laws
PBO - Public Officers
Article 4 - (60 - 79) POWERS AND DUTIES OF PUBLIC OFFICERS
66 - Interchangeable use of gender neutral and gender specific titles of public offices.


NY Pub Off L § 66 (2012) What's This?
 
    § 66. Interchangeable use of gender neutral and gender specific titles
  of  public  offices.   Notwithstanding any other provision of law, local
  law, charter, code or ordinance,  a  public  officer  may,  in  official
  documents or otherwise, refer to the name of her or his public office:
    (a)  by  its  official  title  as specified in the statute, local law,
  charter, code or ordinance creating such public office, or,
    (b) by  any  other  gender  neutral  or  gender  indicative  suffixes,
  prefixes  or  words which reconstruct the official name or title of such
  public office, provided that the form of reconstruction readily  permits
  the  unmistakable identification of the particular public office held by
  such public officer.

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