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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8023--A
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
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:
Section 1. Section 59-d of the civil service law, as amended by chap-
ter 521 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
§ 59-d. Public posting of employment opportunities. 1. FOR THE
PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "MUNICIPALITY" SHALL MEAN A VILLAGE,
TOWN, CITY, OR COUNTY.
2. The department shall make publicly available on its website all
employment opportunities in the civil service of the state and informa-
tion on obtaining employment with the state, including, but not limited
to, vacancies in the competitive, non-competitive and labor jurisdic-
tional classes, announcements for upcoming open-competitive and promo-
tional examinations, test application instructions, and designations of
which employment opportunities are eligible to be filled by individuals
with disabilities and veterans with disabilities, including whether such
positions may be filled on a full-time or part-time basis, pursuant to
section fifty-five-b and section fifty-five-c, as amended by a chapter
of the laws of two thousand twenty-three, of this title.
3. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE MUNICIPALITIES IN THE STATE WITH THE
ABILITY TO POST MUNICIPAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ON THE SAME WEBSITE
OF THE DEPARTMENT UNDER WHICH STATE CIVIL SERVICE POSITIONS ARE POSTED
PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION, INCLUDING ALL OTHER RELE-
VANT INFORMATION AS DESCRIBED UNDER SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION.
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.
LBD10444-03-5
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WHERE JOB SEEKERS MAY SEARCH BY MUNICIPALITY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYMENT
POSITION TYPE.
4. The president shall work in conjunction with the New York state
department of labor [and], the governor's office of employee relations,
AND MUNICIPALITIES SEEKING TO POST MUNICIPAL EMPLOYMENT POSITIONS PURSU-
ANT TO SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION, in order to effectuate the
provisions of this section.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record.