NY Gen Mun L § 200-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 10 - Firefighters and Police Officers 200-B - Leaves of Absence for Volunteer Firefighters Entering the Armed Forces of the United States Prior to July First, Nineteen Hundred Sixty-Six.

§  200-b.  Leaves  of  absence for volunteer firefighters entering the   armed forces of the United States prior to July first, nineteen  hundred   sixty-six.  1.  When, prior to July first, nineteen hundred sixty-six, a   volunteer firefighter in good standing in the fire company or department   of which he is a member enters upon active duty in the armed  forces  of   the  United  States (1) during any war between the United States and any   other nation, or (2) during the period beginning with  the  commencement   of  the  military  and  naval  preparedness in the year nineteen hundred   forty and continuing on July first, nineteen hundred sixty-six,  and  by   reason of such active duty is prevented from actually performing duty as   a  volunteer  firefighter in his fire company or department, he shall be   given a leave of absence from said company or department  for  a  period   which,  when  added to his period of service as a volunteer firefighter,   shall not exceed five years. The fire company  or  department,  however,   may grant a volunteer firefighter on such active duty a leave of absence   for  a  period  longer  than  the  mandatory period above specified. Any   certificate issued to the volunteer firefighter as provided  in  section   two  hundred two of this article shall credit him with the period of any   such leave of absence in the same manner as if he had served during such   period as a member of his fire company or department  and  had  rendered   service  in  all  respects  as  specified in section two hundred of this   article. The period of any such leave of absence shall  be  included  in   determining  the period of service necessary to qualify him as an exempt   volunteer firefighter pursuant to section two hundred of  this  article.   During   the  period  of  any  such  leave  of  absence  such  volunteer   firefighter shall not perform any services  or  duties  as  a  volunteer   firefighter  except  for  services  and  duties  performed  pursuant  to   subdivision one-a of this section.1-a. A volunteer firefighter on leave of  absence,  pursuant  to  this   section,  may  perform  services  and  duties as a volunteer firefighter   during any period in which the armed forces of the United States  grants   the  volunteer  firefighter  a  temporary  leave  from military service,   provided that such services  and  duties  would  not  violate  any  law,   regulation, rule or order of the United States or of the armed forces of   the  United States. This subdivision shall not be construed to require a   volunteer firefighter on such temporary leave to  perform  services  and   duties  as  a  volunteer  firefighter  during  any  temporary leave from   military service.2. During the period of any such leave of absence the fire company  or   department  may  enroll  another person as a member to take the place of   the volunteer firefighter on such active duty. Any  person  so  enrolled   may  continue  as  a member of the company or department until he or she   shall have served the time necessary to qualify him or her as an  exempt   volunteer firefighter, even though the person whose place he or she took   may have resumed his or her duties as a volunteer firefighter.