New York § 66 - 66Interchangeable use of gender neutral and gender specific titles of public offices
Full text of New York New York Consolidated Laws § 66 — 66Interchangeable use of gender neutral and gender specific titles of public offices, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 66. 66Interchangeable use of gender neutral and gender specific titles of public offices
§ 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.
Source: official New York text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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