N.Y. Civil Service Law Section 62
Constitutional oath upon appointment

Every person employed by the state or any of its civil divisions, except an employee in the labor class, before he shall be entitled to enter upon the discharge of any of his duties, shall take and file an oath or affirmation in the form and language prescribed by the constitution for executive, legislative and judicial officers, which may be administered by any officer authorized to take the acknowledgment of the execution of a deed of real property, or by an officer in whose office the oath is required to be filed. In lieu of such oath administered by an officer, an employee may comply with the requirements of this section by subscribing and filing the following statement: “I do hereby pledge and declare that I will support the constitution of the United States, and the constitution of the state of New York, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the position of ............, according to the best of my ability. ” Such oath or statement shall be required only upon original appointment or upon a new appointment following an interruption of continuous service, and shall not be required upon promotion, demotion, transfer, or other change of title during the continued service of the employee, or upon the reinstatement pursuant to law or rules of an employee whose services have been terminated and whose last executed oath or statement is on file. The oath of office heretofore taken by any employee as previously required by law, and the oath of office hereafter taken or statement hereafter subscribed by any employee pursuant to this section, shall extend to and encompass any position or title in which such person may serve as an employee during the period of his continuous service following the taking of such oath or subscribing of such statement, and his acceptance of such new title shall constitute a reaffirmance of such oath or statement. The oath or statement of every state employee shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state, of every employee of a municipal corporation with the clerk thereof, and of every other employee, including the employees of a public library and the employees of boards of cooperative educational services, if no place be otherwise provided by law, in the office of the clerk of the county in which he shall reside. The refusal or wilful failure of such employee to take and file such oath or subscribe and file such statement shall terminate his employment until such oath shall be taken and filed or statement subscribed and filed as herein provided. An enrolled member of an Indian nation or an Indian individual having an affiliation with an Indian nation recognized by the United States or the state of New York may elect to comply with the requirements of this section by instead subscribing and filing the following statement: “I do solemnly affirm that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the position of according to the best of my ability, and perform my duties in a manner consistent with the constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of New York.”

Source: Section 62 — Constitutional oath upon appointment, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/CVS/62 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed May 24, 2025).

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§ 62’s source at nysenate​.gov

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