Rory A. McMahon. Attorney General of New York — Opinion October 22, 2008. Public 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 […]