Title GMU, General Municipal

§ 200-b. Leaves of absence for volunteer firefighters entering the\narmed forces of the United States prior to July first, nineteen hundred\nsixty-six. 1. When, prior to July first, nineteen hundred sixty-six, a\nvolunteer firefighter in good standing in the fire company or depa…

§ 200-c. Leaves of absence for volunteer firefighters entering the\narmed forces of the United States on or after July first, nineteen\nhundred sixty-six. 1. When, on or after July first, nineteen hundred\nsixty-six, a volunteer firefighter in good standing in the fire company\n…

§ 201. Rights and privileges of exempt volunteer firefighters. In case\nany city, town or village in this state shall organize a paid fire\ndepartment and thereby deprive any volunteer firefighter who has\nfaithfully actually performed service in the protection of life and\nprop…

§ 202. Certificate to be issued to exempt volunteer firefighter. Any\nperson described in sections two hundred or two hundred one of this\narticle shall be entitled to a certificate from the company in which he\nor she served or of which he or she was a member at the time of its…

§ 202-a. Recording certificates of exempt volunteer firefighter. A\ncertificate of honorable discharge of an exempt volunteer firefighter,\nor a certificate issued to an exempt volunteer firefighter under the\nprovisions of section two hundred two of this article, may be recorde…

§ 203. List of exempt volunteer firefighters to be filed. In case of a\ncompany disbanded by the organization of a paid department in lieu\nthereof, the officers of every volunteer fire, engine, hose and hook and\nladder company shall within ninety days after such company has be…

§ 204. Qualifications necessary to entitle to certain exemptions. No\nperson who became a member of a volunteer fire organization within the\nstate since the first day of January nineteen hundred and two, or who\nshall have thereafter become such member who shall not possess the…

§ 204-a. Raising of funds for fire company purposes. 1. Definitions.\nAs used in this section:\n a. "Fire company" means:\n (1) A volunteer fire company of a county, city, town, village or fire\ndistrict fire department, whether or not any such company has been\nincorporated und…

§ 204-b. Youth programs. 1. Volunteer fire departments and fire\ncompanies may establish, operate and maintain youth programs to provide\nparticipants with the opportunity to become familiar with the programs\nand operations of fire departments, to provide programs in community\…

§ 204-c. Plan for arson investigation. The governing body of each\ncounty except a county contained wholly within a city, and the governing\nbody of any city in which a county is wholly contained shall develop a\nplan for arson investigation within such county or city. Such plan…

§ 204-d. Duties of the fire chief. The fire chief of any fire\ndepartment or company shall, in addition to any other duties assigned to\nhim by law or contract, to the extent reasonably possible determine or\ncause to be determined the cause of each fire or explosion which the\n…

§ 204-dd. Qualifications of a fire chief. No person shall be eligible\nfor appointment or election as the fire chief, or any title or rank that\nincludes the duties of the chief, in any fire department or fire company\nwith six or more paid firefighters, unless he or she meets r…

§ 204-e. Unauthorized destruction of property. No individual or\ncorporation having a possessory or proprietary interest in a building or\nmotor vehicle within the meaning of section 150.05 of the penal law\nshall ignite a fire or cause an explosion in such building or motor\nve…

§ 204-f. Plan for hazardous materials incidents response. In\naccordance with rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to\nsubdivision eight of section two hundred nine-e of this chapter, the\ngoverning body of a county, except a county wholly contained within a\ncity, and the…

§ 204-g. Restrictions on the use of firefighting foam containing PFAS\nchemicals. 1. As used in this section:\n (a) "Class B firefighting foam" means foams designed to extinguish\nignitable liquid fires.\n (b) "Ignitable liquid fire" shall have the same meaning as defined in\npa…

§ 205. Payments to injured or representatives of deceased volunteer\nfirefighters. 1. If an active member of a volunteer fire company in any\ncity, incorporated village or in any fire district of a town outside of\nan incorporated village or in any part of a town protected by a\…

§ 205-a. Additional right of action to certain injured or\nrepresentatives of certain deceased firefighters. 1. In addition to any\nother right of action or recovery under any other provision of law, in\nthe event any accident, causing injury, death or a disease which results\ni…

§ 205-b. Relief of volunteer firefighters engaged in the performance\nof duty as such firefighters from civil liability and liability of fire\ndistricts for the acts of volunteer firefighters. Members of duly\norganized volunteer fire companies in this state shall not be liable\…

§ 205-c. Payments pending controversies where volunteer firefighters\nare killed or injured. In order to provide for the prompt payment of\nbenefits under sections two hundred five and two hundred nine-a of this\narticle, and under the workers' compensation law, where such benef…

§ 205-cc. Volunteer firefighter enhanced cancer disability benefits. A\nlegally organized fire district, department or company shall provide and\nmaintain for each eligible volunteer firefighter, an enhanced cancer\ndisability benefit insurance program.\n 1. Definitions. As used…

§ 205-d. Relief from civil liability for acts or omissions by fire\nwardens in the city of New York. After being trained by a certified fire\nsafety director, any person designated to serve as a fire warden or\ndeputy fire warden in any structure classified as an office building…

§ 205-e. Right of action to certain injured or representatives of\ncertain deceased police officers. 1. In addition to any other right of\naction or recovery under any other provision of law, in the event any\naccident, causing injury, death or a disease which results in death,\…

§ 205-f. Removal of civil liability barriers. 1. (a) Liability\nprotection. (1) A fire company or political subdivision as defined in\nsection three of the volunteer firefighters' benefit law, including a\nperson acting as an agent thereof, that acts reasonably in donating\nqual…

§ 205-g. Defense and indemnification of volunteer firefighters. 1. As\nused in this section:\n a. "Volunteer firefighter" means an active member of a fire company.\n b. "Fire company" means: (i) A fire company of a city, town, village\nor fire district fire department, whether o…

§ 206. Certificate to police officers and firefighters; free\ntransportation; use of telegraph lines and telephones. The mayor of each\ncity of this state and the mayor of each incorporated village may issue,\nunder the seal of his or her office, to each police officer and\nfire…

§ 206-a. Penalty for improper use of certificates. Every police\nofficer and firefighter who shall permit any other person to use the\ncertificate issued to him or her as provided by the last section, or\nshall present or make use of the same, except while acting in the course\n…

§ 206-b. Exemption of benefits payable under blanket accident\ninsurance covering volunteer firefighters. Not only shall the benefits\npayable or allowable under any blanket accident insurance policy or\ncontract purchased (1) by a fire department pursuant to section four\nthous…

§ 207. Hospitalization of members of fire departments in certain\ncities. Paid members of the fire department of any city of this state\nhaving a population of one million or more who shall be injured while\nactually employed in the discharge of duty or who, as a result of\nilln…

§ 207-a. Payment of salary, medical and hospital expenses of\nfirefighters with injuries or illness incurred in performance of duties.\n1. Any paid firefighter which term as used in this section shall mean\nany paid officer or member of an organized fire company or fire\ndepartm…

§ 207-aa. Disabilities of members of the uniformed force of sanitation\ndepartments in certain cities. Notwithstanding the provisions of any\ngeneral, special or local law or administrative code to the contrary,\nbut except for the purposes of the workers' compensation law and t…

§ 207-b. Additional retirement benefits for certain firefighters in\ncities. 1. As used in this section:\n a. "Final compensation" means the average annual salary or wages for\nservices as a firefighter earned from the date of his or her minimum\nperiod to the date of his or her…

§ 207-c. Payment of salary, wages, medical and hospital expenses of\npolice officers with injuries or illness incurred in the performance of\nduties. * 1. Any sheriff, undersheriff, deputy sheriff or corrections\nofficer of the sheriff's department of any county or any member of…

§ 207-d. Additional retirement benefits for certain police officers in\ncities and certain villages. 1. As used in this section:\n a. "Final compensation" means the average annual salary or wages for\nservices as a police officer earned from the date of his or her minimum\nperio…

* § 207-e. Minimum retirement benefits for police officers in cities\nand who are members of police pension or retirement systems maintained\nby such cities. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general,\nspecial or local law, charter or administrative code to the contrary,\…

* § 207-e. Minimum retirement benefits for firefighters in cities and\nwho are members of fire department pension or retirement systems\nmaintained by such cities. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any\ngeneral, special or local law, charter or administrative code to the\ncon…

§ 207-f. Ordinary death benefits of members of fire department systems\nof cities. 1. As used in this section:\n (a) "Member" means a contributor to the pension system of any city\nmaintaining a fire department pension fund based upon the accumulation\nof deductions from the com…

§ 207-g. Ordinary death benefits of members of police retirement\nsystems. 1. As used in this section:\n (a) "Member" means a contributor to the pension system of any city\nmaintaining a police pension fund based upon the accumulation of\ndeductions from the compensation or the …

* § 207-h. Death benefits of members of certain fire department\npension or retirement systems of cities. 1. As used in this section:\n (a) "Member" means any person included in the membership of a pension\nor retirement system maintained by a city for, or to include, the\nunifo…

* § 207-h. Death benefits of members of certain police pension\nsystems. 1. As used in this section:\n (a) "Member" means a contributor to a non-actuarial pension system of\nany city maintaining a police pension fund.\n (b) "Accumulated deductions" means the sum of all the amoun…

* § 207-i. Temporary supplemental retirement allowances for certain\npolice officers. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special\nor local law, charter or administrative code to the contrary, a\nsupplemental retirement allowance shall be paid pursuant to the\nprovisi…

* § 207-i. Supplemental retirement allowances of retired firefighters\nof cities. Nothing in any general, special or local law, administrative\ncode, ordinance, rule or regulation or pension contract to the contrary\nnotwithstanding a supplemental retirement allowance shall be p…

§ 207-ii. Payment of supplemental retirement allowances of retired\npolice officers and firefighters of certain cities. 1. Notwithstanding\nany other provision of law to the contrary, payment of all supplemental\nretirement allowances which, for the month of July, nineteen hundr…

§ 207-j. Supplemental pension allowances of certain retired teachers\nof cities. Nothing in any general, special or local law, administrative\ncode, ordinance, rule or regulation or pension contract to the contrary\nnotwithstanding a supplemental pension allowance shall be paid …

* § 207-k. Disabilities of policemen and firemen in certain cities.\nNotwithstanding the provisions of any general, special or local law or\nadministrative code to the contrary, but except for the purposes of\nsections two hundred seven-a and two hundred seven-c of this chapter,…

* § 207-k. Disabilities of policemen and firemen in certain cities. a.\nNotwithstanding the provisions of any general, special or local law or\nadministrative code to the contrary, but except for the purposes of\nsections two hundred seven-a and two hundred seven-c of this artic…

* § 207-kk. Disabilities of firefighters in certain cities caused by\ncancer. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter to the\ncontrary, any condition of impairment of health caused by (i) any\ncondition of cancer affecting the lymphatic, digestive, hematological,\nu…

§ 207-kkk. Disabilities of firefighters in certain cities caused by\nParkinson's Disease. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this\nchapter to the contrary, any condition of impairment of health caused by\nParkinson's Disease resulting in total or partial disability or death…

§ 207-l. Temporary supplemental retirement allowances for certain\npolice officers in towns and villages. Notwithstanding the provisions of\nany general, special or local law, charter or administrative code to the\ncontrary, a supplemental retirement allowance may be paid to pen…

§ 207-n. Performance of duty disability retirement. Notwithstanding\nthe provisions of any general, special or local law or administrative\ncode to the contrary, but except for the purposes of the workers'\ncompensation law and the labor law, a paid member of the uniformed force…

* § 207-o. Performance of duty disability retirement. Notwithstanding\nthe provisions of any general, special or local law or administrative\ncode to the contrary, but except for the purposes of the workers'\ncompensation law and the labor law, a paid employee who performs the\n…