N.Y. Civil Service Law § 82-a: Authorized absence

§ 82-a. Authorized absence. 1. During the time that a state emergency

exists following a declaration of such emergency pursuant to section

twenty-eight of the executive law, every public officer or employee of

this state may request an authorized absence from his or her duties or

service as such public officer or employee while engaged in the actual

performance of his or her duties as, (a) a volunteer firefighter, or (b)

an enrolled member of a volunteer ambulance service pursuant to article

thirty of the public health law.

2. Requests for such authorized absence shall be approved by the

appropriate supervisor to the extent that such absence would not

interfere with proper conduct of governmental functions.

3. As used in this section, the term public officer or employee shall

not include officers or employees of municipalities or other political

subdivisions of the state.

4. The entire period of the authorized absence granted pursuant to

this section shall be excused leave and shall not be charged against any

other leave such public officer or employee is otherwise entitled to,

and such authorized absence shall include travel both to and from such

duties performed in his or her capacity as a volunteer.

5. As used in this section, the term agency shall mean any department,

board, bureau, commission, division, office, council, committee or

office of the state, a public benefit corporation or public authority at

least one of whose members is appointed by the governor.