The NYPD may soon allow new recruits as old as 48-years-old to join the force under a new City Council bill pushed through on Thursday.
The proposed legislation, which will now go to Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s desk, raises the maximum age for civil service exam from 35 to 43 years old.
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“We are desperate here,” said Councilwoman Joann Ariola (R-Queens), one of the bills co-sponsors…