- 12/3/08 N.Y. St. Reg. No. 2008-10NEW YORK STATE REGISTERVOLUME XXX, ISSUE 49December 03, 2008OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL2008-10Public Officers Law §§ 3, 3(1), 3(2), 3(2)(c), 3(2)(d), 3(2)(e)“Contiguous” as used in Public Officers Law § 3(2) means “sharing a border” or “touching”; police officers for the City of Syracuse may not live in Oneida County because that county is not contiguous to Onondaga County.