Thursday, July 16, 2026, 10:30 a.m. (New York City time), 250 Broadway - 8th Floor - Hearing Room 1
Committee: Committee on Public Safety
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0:51 ! Good morning and welcome t
0:54 othis near to the council vote
0:56 on public safety at this time
0:58 we're asking everyone pieces
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1:00 and at no time anyone should
1:02 approach this, you begin
1:07 . Good morning. I am council
1:07 member Oswald felice of the
1:09 committee on public safety. I
1:11 am joined by committee members
1:13 Thomas Henry, Justin Sanchez
1:15 tie Hankerson hank's Banks for
1:18 areas one also online areola
1:21 council members and Nurse
1:25 .today, the committee will vote
1:25 on proposals introduction
1:26 number 9 13, a sponsored by
1:29 Council Member corey us. This
1:30 bill would demand the
1:31 administrative code of the
1:32 City of New York to raise the
1:34 maximum age for individuals
1:35 taking a civil service
1:37 examination to become a police
1:40 officer from under 35 years of
1:41 age two under 43 years of age
1:45 .the bill would also allow
1:45 individuals who have served
1:46 them on military duty or
1:47 terminal leave to sub strapped
1:50 to subtract up to six years of
1:51 service time from the age for
1:53 purposes of eligibility this
1:57 like this legislation would
1:58 allow New York city's age
2:00 requirements with recent
2:01 changes madeo th se New York
2:02 state civil service law and
2:04 expand the pool of candidates
2:07 eligible to take the police,
2:08 the police civil service
2:12 examination as the nypd
2:12 continuous efforts to recruit,
2:14 and it retain qualified
2:17 officers expanding pathways
2:18 into public service help
2:20 provide additional
2:21 opportunities for individuals
2:22 with valuable life and
2:24 professional experience to
2:25 pursue a career in law
2:28 enforcement.
2:29 The bill also recognizes the
2:30 contributions of individuals
2:31 who have served in the
2:32 military by accounting for
2:34 time spent on active duty when
2:36 determining the age related
2:37 requirements. I'll pass it on
2:39 to a Council Member areas for
2:41 her opening.
2:41 Statement. Thank you. Chair
2:42 for lease for the opportunity
2:44 to speak before the committee
2:45 on public safety about my bill
2:46 introduction 9 13 a. The
2:49 impetus for intro 9 13 8 cam
2:50 efrom conversations with my
2:52 local precinct council about
2:53 the barriers that be
2:55 discouraging qualified New
2:55 yorkers from pursuing a career
2:57 with the nypd almost over a
2:59 year ago, we took a closer
3:01 look at where candidates were
3:02 being lost in the hiring
3:04 process over the last several
3:05 years. Hundreds were unable to
3:07 complete that process because
3:07 they were exceeded the maximum
3:10 age of 35 before their
3:12 appointments were finalized
3:13 and that figure doesn't even
3:14 account for the New yorkers
3:16 who never applied because they
3:17 believe the opportunity was
3:18 already closed to them. Intro
3:21 9 13, I would raise the
3:22 maximum age to take the New
3:23 York City police officers,
3:25 civil service examination from
3:27 35 to under 43, it would also
3:30 preserve the existing
3:30 consideration for eligible
3:32 military service by allowing
3:33 candidates to deduct up to six
3:34 years of active duty service
3:36 or terminal leave when
3:38 determining their eligibility
3:39 as we developed the bill I
3:40 worked closely with our bill
3:41 drafters to ensure the
3:43 language fit within the City'
3:44 sexisting hiring and retirement
3:46 framework candidates we still
3:47 need to pass the civil service
3:49 examination complete the
3:50 background investigation, meet
3:52 all applicable physical,
3:54 medical, psychological,
3:55 educational and character
3:56 requirements and successfully
3:57 complete police academy
4:00 training
4:00 . We also intentionally
4:01 established the New
4:02 eligibility age at under 43 in
4:04 order to remain consistent
4:05 with the city's existing
4:07 retirement framework and allow
4:08 successful candidates the
4:09 opportunity to complete a full
4:11 career in the department while
4:13 remaining compatible with
4:15 current position eligibility
4:16 requirements. The legislation
4:17 also makes clear that
4:19 candidates must supply before
4:20 the 43 birthday unless they
4:22 qualify for the existing
4:23 military service age deduction
4:27 . Working people spend years
4:27 building careers supporting
4:28 their families serving in the
4:30 military pursuing an education
4:31 and caring for loved ones,
4:33 those responsibilities kind
4:34 affect when someone is
4:35 positioned to pursue a New
4:38 profession,
4:38 also developing the maturit
4:39 y, discipline, judgment and
4:40 experience they can bring t
4:41 opublic service by raising the
4:43 examination age. We can expand
4:46 access to stable public
4:47 service careers support the
4:49 nypd's brought a recruitment
4:50 efforts and allow the City to
4:52 consider a wider, more diverse
4:53 pool of qualified candidates
4:55 while continuing to hold every
4:56 applicant to the same
4:57 standards. I'm proud of be
5:00 advancing introduction 9 1
5:00 3aid today. Thank you to the
5:01 members of the committee for
5:03 considering this bill and I
5:04 respectfully urge all of my
5:05 colleagues to vote yesterday.
5:06 Thank you, chair.
5:10 Thank you, councilmember and
5:11 I'll pass it on to the clerk
5:15 for the vote. Thank you. Good
5:16 morning, william martin
5:17 committee clark roll call vote
5:18 committee on public safety
5:19 proposed introduction 9 1 3 a
5:21 chair. Police I Gutiérrez, I
5:33 thank you, Hanks Nurse about I
5:43 thank you, Banks. I am.
5:44 Congratulations to you, Amanda
5:52 Hankerson, I Sanchez I, wang,
5:59 are you alone
6:01 , but I thank you with the
6:02 vote of nine in the
6:04 affirmative in the negative
6:04 and no abstentions item has
6:06 been approved by the committee
6:07 chair that is a full committee
6:11 . Thank you. Thank you so much
6:12 . Thank you, everyone the bill
6:12 passes this hearing is