On August 17 2007 The Chief — Civil-Service Leader  reported that the New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) has begun to prepare for more Civil Service tests to avoid what happened to Long Beach when that city was directed to fire their provisional employees. 

In an earlier entry the New York State Court of Appeals held that Long Beach despite a provision in their Collective Bargaining Agreement protecting their long-term provisional employees the City would not be able to retain those employed over nine months in violation of Civil Service Law. In the Long Beach case the Court of Appeals held that  negotiated agreements could not supersede Civil Service law provisions.

The Bloomberg administration understanding that the Court of Appeals decision directing that provisionals be employed for no longer than a nine-month timeframe. The Chief reported that the state legislature has passed a bill to amend the civil-service law to require systematic methods of replacing provisionals with permanent employees.