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N.Y. Public Officers Law § 66: Interchangeable use of gender neutral and gender specific titles of public offices

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  1. Public Officers Law
  2. Article 4. Powers and Duties of Public Officers

§ 66. Interchangeable use of gender neutral and gender specific titles

of public offices. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, local

law, charter, code or ordinance, a public officer may, in official

documents or otherwise, refer to the name of her or his public office:

(a) by its official title as specified in the statute, local law,

charter, code or ordinance creating such public office, or,

(b) by any other gender neutral or gender indicative suffixes,

prefixes or words which reconstruct the official name or title of such

public office, provided that the form of reconstruction readily permits

the unmistakable identification of the particular public office held by

such public officer.

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