N.Y. General Municipal Law § 208-g: Community activity by members of a police force

§ 208-g. Community activity by members of a police force. The

provisions of any general, special or local law or any rule or

regulation to the contrary notwithstanding, including any rule or

regulation of any police department or commissioner or head thereof, any

member of a police force of a municipal corporation, including, the

definition of municipal corporation in this chapter notwithstanding, the

city of New York, may accept any additional place or position in another

adjacent or nearby municipal corporation, including the city of New

York, provided that such additional place or position is limited to

volunteer work as a member or volunteer in, of, or for a community

board, not-for-profit corporation, volunteer fire department, or other

similar community-oriented entity, so long as any such activity shall

occur outside his or her regular hours of duty for not exceeding twenty

hours a week and provided that such extra work does not interfere or

conflict with his or her regular duties as a member of the force or his

or her availability for emergency duty nor affect his or her physical

condition to the extent that it impairs his or her ability to

efficiently perform such duties, and further provided that the type of

activity shall first be approved by the appropriate police department or

police commissioner.