N.Y. GCT Law § 16
This is the official text of N.Y. GCT Law § 16, part of New York’s GCT Law — part of the compiled statutory law of New York, published by the state as "GCT Law." Browse the sections below, each linked to its official government source.
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Term of service; how reckoned
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§ 16. Term of service; how reckoned. When any such firefighter shall\nhave served as such for so long a time thereafter as shall make the\nwhole term of service the same as required by law of firefighters\nresiding in the city removed to, he shall be entitled to all the\nprivileges and exemptions secured by law to the firefighters of the\ncities of Albany and New York.\n
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