[Adopted 12-18-1984 by L.L. No. 4-1984 (Art. XXIII of Sub-Part C of Part I of the 1973 Code)]
[Amended 4-4-2024 by L.L. No. 2-2024]
All employees of the City of Troy, except those expressly exempt by the Public Officers Law of the State of New York, shall be residents of Rensselaer County or a county contiguous with Rensselaer County within the State of New York (namely, Washington County, Saratoga County, Albany County, Greene County, or Columbia County) at the time of their employment or shall become residents within 90 days after their employment and shall remain residents of Rensselaer County or a county contiguous with Rensselaer County within the State of New York as a condition of their continued employment. Except as hereinafter provided, any employee of the City who does not comply with the mandatory residency requirements of this article shall be subject to immediate termination by the Mayor.
The residency provisions of this article shall not apply to any City employee who is employed by the City on the date of the adoption of this article, but shall apply to persons whose employment with the City of Troy commences after the date of adoption of this article, except those persons expressly exempted by the Public Officers Law of the State of New York.
In the event the Mayor shall certify to the City Council that, after a reasonable recruitment period, he/she has been unable to fill a vacancy in any City position covered by this article by appointing a qualified resident of the City or a qualified nonresident who is prepared to become a resident within 90 days of his or her employment, then the Mayor may waive the residency requirements for said position on the grounds of "difficulty of recruitment." Such waiver shall apply to such specific appointment only as certified and waived by the Mayor.