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          Respondent, a Corrections Officer was found guilty of bringing a Nook Wi-Fi Reader into a prohibited area of the inmate facility at the Rose M. Singer Canter.  Respondent admitted to her wrong doing immediately when Petitioner found the item that was not permitted in the facilities.  Respondent alleged that she had grabbed …

As reported by Lisa Colangelo of the NY Daily News, New York City released a list of city exams that it plans to give over the next 12 months. These exams are for jobs ranging from a police officer and school safety to case workers, statistician and plasterers.

Civil service is great opportunity for job…

Since 2006, more than 1,000 New York City teachers have lost their permanent assignments yet remain on the Department of Education payroll. These teachers are referred to as the Absent Teacher Reserve pool (ATRs). They have not lost their jobs due to any wrongdoing but due to school closings or budget cuts. ATRs are assigned…

Lisa Colangelo of the New York Daily News recently wrote about the issue of provisional workers in New York City. Over two years ago, the city was ordered to reduce the number of provisional employees in the workforce. The Department of Citywide Administrative Services has developed a five-year plan to reorganize civil service titles and…

The Village of Montgomery and Town of Mount Hope must stop using in-house police ranks and start hiring police supervisors from a competitive list. Orange County has decided not to certify its payroll if they do not comply with Civil Service Law. After a local paper identified village officers as chiefs and sergeants, the Personnel…

A new Civil Service Bill, S4562, was passed that will change the probationary period for employees of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation appointed to a title on the non-competitive class to one year. The current five-year probationary period is considered unfair and unnecessary by many health workers. This new bill shortens the…