Requires the department of civil service to allow municipalities to post municipal employment positions on the department of civil service's state jobs website; requires such municipal employment opportunities to be posted in a format searchable by municipality and employment position type.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A8023A
SPONSOR: Kassay TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the civil service law, in relation to requiring the
department of civil service to allow municipalities to post municipal
employment positions on the department of civil service's state jobs
website
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
The purpose of this bill is to make it easier for municipal governments
to expand their applicant pool, finding quality candidates for job
openings through promoting such openings on the State Jobs Website.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1. Section 59-d of the civil service law, as amended by chapter
521 of the laws of 2023, is amended to require that the department
provides municipalities with the ability to post municipal employment
opportunities on the same website that it posts state civil service
positions.
Section 2. Establishes the enacting clause.
JUSTIFICATION:
In recent years, finding public servants to fill job openings has been a
challenge for local and state governments. At the state level, the
Department of Civil Service has an existing State Jobs Website that
allows job applicants to search for opportunities based on chosen field,
region, and various other criteria. Meanwhile, local governments strug-
gle to find suitable applicants, particularly for specialized roles, and
those seeking employment must go through the cumbersome process of
searching county, city, and/or town government websites individually. By
allowing municipalities to opt in to promoting their job postings on the
State Jobs Website, it provides local governments with a larger platform
to find candidates and potential employees with a consolidated list of
relevant openings. From a job seeker's point of view, this bill would
consolidate opportunities in their chosen field or geographic area in
one easy-to-navigate portal. During a time of mass federal layoffs, New
York State is making a push to recruit people into state jobs. Munici-
pal governments across the state would greatly benefit as more individ-
uals look to continue their public service careers.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
No new appropriations needed for implementation.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8023--A
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
April 22, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. KASSAY -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Governmental Employees -- committee discharged, bill amended,
ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to requiring the
department of civil service to allow municipalities to post municipal
employment positions on the department of civil service's state jobs
website
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 59-d of the civil service law, as amended by chap-
2 ter 521 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
3 § 59-d. Public posting of employment opportunities. 1. For the
4 purposes of this section, the term "municipality" shall mean a village,
5 town, city, or county.
6 2. The department shall make publicly available on its website all
7 employment opportunities in the civil service of the state and informa-
8 tion on obtaining employment with the state, including, but not limited
9 to, vacancies in the competitive, non-competitive and labor jurisdic-
10 tional classes, announcements for upcoming open-competitive and promo-
11 tional examinations, test application instructions, and designations of
12 which employment opportunities are eligible to be filled by individuals
13 with disabilities and veterans with disabilities, including whether such
14 positions may be filled on a full-time or part-time basis, pursuant to
15 section fifty-five-b and section fifty-five-c, as amended by a chapter
16 of the laws of two thousand twenty-three, of this title.
17 3. The department shall provide municipalities in the state with the
18 ability to post municipal employment opportunities on the same website
19 of the department under which state civil service positions are posted
20 pursuant to subdivision two of this section, including all other rele-
21 vant information as described under subdivision two of this section.
22 Such municipal employment opportunities shall be posted in a format
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 where job seekers may search by municipality and municipal employment
2 position type.
3 4. The president shall work in conjunction with the New York state
4 department of labor [and], the governor's office of employee relations,
5 and municipalities seeking to post municipal employment positions pursu-
6 ant to subdivision three of this section, in order to effectuate the
7 provisions of this section.
8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
