New York City Charter § 813, Chapter 35: Department of Citywide Administrative Services

 

 According to the NYC Charter § 813, the city civil service commission should consist of five members appointed by the mayor from a list of nominations provided by the screening committee. They will serve for overlapping terms of six years and be reimbursed on a per diem basis.

 

 The screening committee that provides the mayor with the mentioned list of nominees consists of six members with knowledge or experience of the civil service system, or personnel management, or compensation practices. Four of these members should be appointed by the mayor and the remaining two appointed by the municipal labor committee.

 

 The commission will appoint a counsel and may appoint a secretary or any other subordinates deemed necessary.

 

 The civil service commission has the power to hear and determine appeals by individuals aggrieved by any action or determination of the commissioner. They may affirm, modify, or reverse the action or determination in dispute. The appeals must be in writing to the commission within thirty days from the date of the action or determination.

 

 The commission has the power and duty to conduct reviews, studies, or analyses of city administrative personnel including the classification of titles by the commissioner.

 

The commission will prepare and transmit departmental estimates directly to the mayor.

 

 

 

Below is the full NYC Charter § 813:

 

LEXSTAT N.Y. CITY CHARTER 813

NEW YORK CITY CODE, CHARTER AND RULES

NEW YORK CITY CHARTER

CHAPTER 35: DEPARTMENT OF CITYWIDE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES*

NYC Charter § 813

§ 813 City civil service commission.

a. There shall be a city civil service commission, consisting of five members,
not more than three of whom shall be members of the same political party.
Members shall be appointed by the mayor, from a list of nominations provided by
the screening committee established pursuant to subdivision b of this section,
for overlapping terms of six years. Of the members first appointed, two shall
serve for two years and two for four years and one for six years. The members
shall be removable in the manner provided for members of a municipal civil
service commission in the civil service law. A vacancy in such commission shall
be filled in the same manner as regular appointments for the balance of the
unexpired term. The mayor shall designate a member as chair and vice chair,
respectively, for one-year terms. Within appropriations for such purposes, the
members of the commission shall be reimbursed on a per diem basis for attendance
at regularly scheduled meetings and hearings of the commission.

   b. There shall be a screening committee which shall submit to the mayor a
list of nominees, which shall include persons with knowledge or experience of
the civil service system, or personnel management, or compensation practices,
from which the mayor shall make appointments to the city civil service
commission. Such screening committee shall consist of six members, of whom four
shall be appointed by the mayor and two shall be appointed by the municipal
labor committee. The screening committee shall submit the list of nominees upon
the occurrence of any vacancy on the commission or at least three months prior
to the expiration of the term of any incumbent member.

   c. The commission shall appoint a counsel, who shall not be employed or
retained by any other city agency, and may appoint a secretary and such other
subordinates as may be necessary within the appropriation therefor.

   d. The civil service commission shall have the power to hear and determine
appeals by any person aggrieved by any action or determination of the
commissioner made pursuant to paragraphs three, four, five, six, seven and eight
of subdivision a or paragraph five of subdivision b of section eight hundred
fourteen of this chapter and may affirm, modify, or reverse such action or
determination. Any such appeal shall be taken by application in writing to the
commission within thirty days after the action or determination appealed from.
The commission shall also have the powers and responsibilities of a municipal
civil service commission under section seventy-six of the state civil service
law. In accordance with the requirements of chapter forty-five, the commission
shall promulgate rules of procedure, including rules establishing time
schedules, for the hearings and determinations authorized by this section.

   e. The commission, on its own initiative, or upon request of the mayor,
council, or commissioner, shall have the power and duty to conduct reviews,
studies, or analyses of the administration of personnel in the city, including
the classification of titles by the commissioner.

   f. The commission shall prepare and transmit directly to the mayor
departmental estimates as required by section two hundred thirty-one. The mayor
shall include such proposed appropriations for the commission as a separate
agency in the preliminary and executive budgets as are sufficient for the
commission to fulfill the obligations assigned to it by this charter or other
law.

HISTORICAL NOTES:

   Section renumbered and amended L.L. 59/1996 § 1, eff. Aug. 8, 1996, formerly
§ 812.

   Section amended L.L. 8/1963.

   Section amended at General Election, November 4, 1975.

   Section amended at General Election, November 7, 1989.

   Subds. a, c amended at General Election November 8, 1988.