NYPD cop facing discipline for living in New Jersey points up quirks of NYC residency rules

Wilkenson’s place in New Jersey is 35 miles from Times Square, substantially closer than cops who might live on the East end of Long Island or the northern reaches of Orange County. Wilkeson’s problem is he’s beyond the borders of the Empire State – an in-state residency requirement police sources say is designed, at least in part, to make sure tax dollars spent on goods and services stay in New York.