N.Y. Military Law Section 80
Tenure of commissioned officers

No commissioned officer shall be involuntarily discharged or dismissed from the service, unless by the senate on the recommendation of the governor, stating the grounds for such recommendation; or by the sentence of a court-martial; or upon the findings of an examining board appointed pursuant to § 75 (Efficiency or fitness examining boards and medical examining boards)section seventy-five of this chapter; or, as provided by § 78 (Absence without leave)section seventy-eight of this chapter, for absence without leave for a period of three months; provided, however, that a commissioned officer may be transferred to the state reserve list or state retired list as provided by section twenty and section twenty-one of this chapter, respectively.

Source: Section 80 — Tenure of commissioned officers, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/MIL/80 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Jan. 24, 2026).

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