N.Y. DEA Law § 26

§ 26. Conscription for civil defense forces. 1. When authorized by\nregulation of the council, a county or a city may conscript persons to\nperform the duties specified in sections twenty-three and twenty-four of\nthis chapter. Selection of such personnel shall be on a fair and\nimpartial basis and in accordance with the regulations of the council.\n 2. A regulation of the council authorizing such action shall be\neffective only under the following circumstances:\n a. If after the effective date of this act the United States declares\nwar, or\n b. If an attack occurs upon any part of the United States, or its\nbases, territories or possessions, or\n c. If the personnel necessary to make effective a plan of civil\ndefense of any county or city is not supplied by volunteers in\naccordance with the following schedule: within three months after the\napproval of such plan, twenty-five per cent; within six months after\nsuch approval, fifty per cent; within twelve months after such approval,\nseventy-five per cent.\n 3. Such regulation by the council shall provide for selection of\npersonnel on a fair and impartial basis by age, training, occupation,\nability or such other classification as the council finds appropriate\nand shall specify any exceptions to such classifications in connection\nwith physical condition, family needs, callings, vocations or\nprofessions which must be followed or performed during or after attack,\nunusual occupational demands, or similar matters.\n 4. Whenever practicable the appropriate selective service officers and\nother state and federal agencies having powers and duties with respect\nto manpower shall be informed of action taken pursuant to this section\nand such action shall be coordinated with the action of those agencies.\n 5. If the legislature is in regular session the council through the\ngovernor shall within five days transmit to the legislature for its\nconsideration a report of any action taken pursuant to this section. If\nthe legislature is not in session and consideration of such report has\nnot been included in the governor's call for an extraordinary session of\nthe legislature, the governor shall transmit such report to the\nlegislature at the opening of its next regular session.\n 6. Regular or duly ordained ministers of religion and members of\nrecognized religious orders shall be exempt from the application of the\npowers granted by this section.\n