N.Y. General City Law § 16: Term of service; how reckoned

§ 16. Term of service; how reckoned. When any such firefighter shall

have served as such for so long a time thereafter as shall make the

whole term of service the same as required by law of firefighters

residing in the city removed to, he shall be entitled to all the

privileges and exemptions secured by law to the firefighters of the

cities of Albany and New York.