New York Civil Service Attorney Law Blog : New York Civil Service Lawyer & Attorney : Kevin P. Sheerin : Article 78 : Serving New York City, Long Island, Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island

Andrea McNulty, a North Tonawanda Democrat decided to step down from her position following accusations that McNulty had violated a section of the public officer’s law which requires candidates to live in the districts that they represent. County Democrats first accused McNulty of violating this residency requirement back in May when they discovered through documents obtained under state Freedom of Information Law that McNulty’s husband owned a home in Pendleton. Though McNulty claimed to still reside at the North Tonawanda home, she announced that she would not seek re-election due to “many personal factors”. Democratic Party Chairman speculated that the resignation was more likely due to the fact that the committee was planning on filing an Article 78 proceeding to have McNulty’s legislative post vacated if she did not step down.

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This week, Lisa Colangelo, writes about the ongoing controversy concerning residency requirements for city employees. Many city workers are no longer required to live within the five boroughs of New York City. All uniformed workers – police officers, firefighters, correction officers and sanitation officers – are allowed to live in the surrounding counties and north in New York State. The city’s largest union, District Council 37, recently won the right to live outside of city limits. Now several other unions, including Teamsters Local 237 and Communication Workers of America Local 1180, are pushing to get residency requirements lifted by ways of a bill, Intro. 992. Some individuals feel that residency requirements should be eliminated all together for the sake of fairness but this suggestion does not sit well with the city.

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To read about Article 78 cases go to http://www.sheerinlaw.com/?id=78.

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Recently, Lisa Colangelo of the Daily News wrote about a bill that would lift residency requirements for all city workers. At this point more city workers are exempt from residency requirements than are covered by them. Police officers, fire fighters, and other uniformed city workers are allowed to live in surrounding counties such as Nassau and Suffolk and city teachers can live almost anywhere. The purpose of this bill, introduced at last week’s City Council meeting, is to promote fairness among all the city workers since it doesn’t seem fair to allow some employees to live outside the city while not others.

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