N.Y. County Law § 217-a: Qualification for employment as a county correction officer

§ 217-a. Qualification for employment as a county correction officer.

A county may adopt the provisions contained in section twenty-two-a of

the correction law relating to qualifications of its officials who may

thereafter be appointed in a law enforcement capacity in any of its

penal correctional institutions. Any determination that would otherwise

be made by the commissioner or his or her designee of the department of

corrections and community supervision under the provisions of section

twenty-two-a of the correction law, shall, if such provisions are so

adopted, be made by the appointing authority for such officials.