NY State Senate Bill S1766

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Jan 08, 2020	referred to civil service and pensions
Jan 16, 2019	referred to civil service and pensions

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S1766 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A6810
Current Committee:: Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:: Civil Service
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: A8041
2017-2018: S8679, A4101
2021-2022: S3070, A2004

S1766 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the president of the state civil service commission to conduct a study on the current civil service examination process to identify, and provide recommendations to improve current methodologies used regarding the examination process to ensure diversity in recruitment and hiring in the public sector.

S1766 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S1766

SPONSOR: SEPULVEDA
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to direct the president of the state civil service commission to
conduct a study on the current civil service examination process to
identify and provide recommendations to improve current methodologies
used regarding the examination process to ensure diversity in recruit-
ment and hiring in the public sector

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

Directs the president of the state civil service commission to conduct a
study on the current civil service examination process.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1. The President of the state Civil Service Commission shall
conduct a study on the current civil service examination process to
identify existing resources and provide recommendations on how to

improve current methodologies used regarding the examination process to
ensure diversity in the recruitment and hiring in the public sector.

Section 2. On or before 270 days after effective date of this act, the
President of the State Civil Service Commission shall complete the study
conducted pursuant to section one of this act. The results should be
reported with recommendations to the Governor, the temporary President
of the Senate and the Speaker of the Assembly.

Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND AMENDED VERSION:

N/A

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This legislation intends to improve employment opportunities for quali-
fied minorities in the New York State civil service system. This system
oversees the employment of over 630,000 government (public) sector
employees. Based on the appalling hiring of minorities documented below,
it is necessary to examine other paths to employment that can help
diversify the state and municipal government workforces so that they
better reflect the great diversity of our State. Having the Department
of Civil Service examine and report on how a portfolio application
system would help improve diversity is a good start and this legislation
aims to initiate that process.

A 2005 report by the New York State Assembly Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task
Force, a subsequent public hearing and other meetings with minority
workers has yielded valuable suggestion that need legislative action to
remedy what the 2005 report called, an appalling under-representation of
minorities in civil service and policy making positions in the Pataki
Administration. This is one of 7 proposals put forward by task force to
address the problems.

*In 2005, Hispanics made up over 16% of the entire state population but
accounted for only 3.8 percent or 6.515 of the 169.571 jobs in the state
government workforce. In real terms, this is a decline in close to 1,000
jobs since 1991 or a 12.2% reduction in the number of Hispanic state
workers. This reduction came during a period when the Hispanic popu-
lation in New York grew by 33%.

*In 2015 Hispanics make up almost 19% of the entire state population but
account for 400 less jobs than they had in State government or 6,142
jobs out of 131,800.

*Since 1991, the African-American civil service workforce has seen a
dramatic decline. The more than 11,000 jobs lost by this group represent
an almost 30% decline in the African-American state workforce. This
reduction came during a period when the African-American population in
New York grew by 16.1%.

*For African-Americans, the loss of the 11,000 jobs at the average state
salary of $53,000 translates into a loss of over $550 million dollars in
annual salaries. For Hispanics their under-representation translates
into a loss of over $860 million in annual salaries never realized by
this community.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S.8679 of 2018, referred to civil service and pensions
A.8041 of 2016, referred to governmental employees

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S1766 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1766

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 16, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions

AN  ACT to direct the president of the state civil service commission to
  conduct a study on the current civil service  examination  process  to
  identify  and provide recommendations to improve current methodologies
  used regarding the examination process to ensure diversity in recruit-
  ment and hiring in the public sector

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.    The  president of the state civil service commission is
hereby directed to conduct a study on the current civil service examina-
tion process to identify existing resources and provide  recommendations
on  how  to improve current methodologies used regarding the examination
process to ensure diversity in the recruitment and hiring in the  public
sector.    Such study shall review the various needs of applicants based
on age, race, creed, color, national  origin,  native  language,  sexual
orientation,  gender  identity or expression, sex, disability or marital
status. The study must also review available resources  to  ensure  that
each of the needs of the above applicants are sufficiently met to ensure
that  there  are  no  undue  barriers that could limit opportunities and
prevent a diverse public sector workforce. Such resources shall include,
but not be limited  to,  transportation,  accessibility  to  examination
location  and  times of examinations, technology, preparation courses on
general  exams,  translators,  tests  available  in  applicant's  native
language,  preparation  materials  or  other study materials provided to
applicants before examinations are scheduled, mentors  or  a  mentorship
program,  or  any  other  testing  accommodations deemed necessary for a
documented disability. If resources are not  available,  the  commission
shall make recommendations regarding how such resources can be provided.
Such  commission  shall  also  make  other recommendations regarding the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07270-02-9

S. 1766                             2

examination process to ensure diversity in recruitment and hiring in the
public sector.
  § 2. On or before two hundred seventy days after the effective date of
this  act,  the  president  of  the state civil service commission shall
complete the study pursuant to section one of this act and shall  there-
after deliver a copy of the findings and any legislative recommendations
he or she deems to be necessary to the governor, the temporary president
of the senate and the speaker of the assembly.
  § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Luis R. Sepúlveda

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