N.Y. Const. art. V, § 6: Civil service appointments and promotions; veterans' preferences and credits

§ 6. Appointments and promotions in the civil service of the state and

all of the civil divisions thereof, including cities and villages, shall

be made according to merit and fitness to be ascertained, as far as

practicable, by examination which, as far as practicable, shall be

competitive; provided, however, that any member of the armed forces of

the United States who served therein in time of war, and who, at the

time of such member's appointment or promotion, is a citizen or an alien

lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States and a

resident of this state and is honorably discharged or released under

honorable circumstances from such service, shall be entitled to receive

five points additional credit in a competitive examination for original

appointment and two and one-half points additional credit in an

examination for promotion or, if such member was disabled in the actual

performance of duty in any war and his or her disability is certified by

the United States department of veterans affairs to be in existence at

the time of application for appointment or promotion, he or she shall be

entitled to receive ten points additional credit in a competitive

examination for original appointment and five points additional credit

in an examination for promotion. Such additional credit shall be added

to the final earned rating of such member after he or she has qualified

in an examination and shall be granted only at the time of establishment

of an eligible list. No such member shall receive the additional credit

granted by this section after he or she has received one appointment,

either original entrance or promotion, from an eligible list on which he

or she was allowed the additional credit granted by this section, except

where a member has been appointed or promoted from an eligible list on

which he or she was allowed additional credit for military service and

subsequent to such appointment he or she is disabled as provided in this

section, such member shall be entitled to ten points additional credit

less the number of points of additional credit allowed for the prior

appointment.