N.Y. Military Law Section 19
Employees of the division of military and naval affairs

1.

Within the amounts appropriated therefor, the adjutant general and the commanding general or commanding officer of each force of the organized militia may employ and discharge such personnel, including officers of the organized militia on permanent duty, as may be required in the offices, bureaus, camps and headquarters of their respective commands.

2.

Within the amounts appropriated therefor the adjutant general may employ and discharge such other personnel as may be authorized by this chapter.

3.

Personnel employed in the division of military and naval affairs, other than civilian employees performing the functions of the state civil defense commission, shall be considered as being in the military service and not in the civil service of the state.

4.

The adjutant general shall promulgate rules and regulations pertaining to the work schedules, number of hours of work per week and per day, duties, annual leave, sick leave, leaves of absence, holidays, employment, promotion, demotion, assignment, transfer, discipline, discharge and any other matters pertinent to the administration of all employees authorized by this chapter.

Source: Section 19 — Employees of the division of military and naval affairs, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/MIL/19 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Nov. 29, 2025).

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