NY State Senate Bill 2025-S7237A

Senate Bill S7237A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires the department of civil service to allow municipalities to post municipal employment positions on the department of civil service's state jobs website

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Civil Service And Pensions Committee

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May 08, 2025	print number 7237a
May 08, 2025	amend and recommit to civil service and pensions
Apr 04, 2025	referred to civil service and pensions

Bill Amendments

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2025-S7237 - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:: Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §59-d, Civ Serv L

2025-S7237 - Summary

Requires the department of civil service to allow municipalities to post municipal employment positions on the department of civil service's state jobs website; requires such municipal employment opportunities to be posted in a format searchable by municipality and employment position type.

2025-S7237 - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S7237

SPONSOR: MAY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

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

 
PURPOSE:

The purpose of this bill is to make it easier for municipal governments
to expand their applicant pool, finding quality candidates for job
openings through promoting such openings on the State Jobs Website.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

The bill amends section 59-d of the civil service law to require that
the department provides municipalities with the ability to post munici-
pal employment opportunities on the same website that it posts state
civil service positions.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

In recent years, finding public servants to fill job openings has been a
challenge for local and state governments. At the state level, the
Department of Civil Service has an existing State Jobs Website that
allows job applicants to search for opportunities based on chosen field,
region, and various other criteria. Meanwhile, local governments strug-
gle to find suitable applicants, particularly for specialized roles, and
those seeking employment must go through the cumbersome process of
searching county, city, and/or town government websites individually. By
allowing municipalities to opt in to promoting their job postings on the
State Jobs Website, it provides local governments with a larger platform
to find candidates and potential employees with a consolidated list of
relevant openings.  From a job seeker's point of view, this bill would
consolidate opportunities in their chosen field or geographic area in
one easy-to-navigate portal. During a time of mass federal layoffs, New
York State is making a push to recruit people into state jobs; municipal
governments, especially those in rural areas, would greatly benefit as
more and more people look to relocate to continue public service.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

No new appropriations needed for implementation.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately

2025-S7237 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7237
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 4, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAY  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
 
 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. The department
 shall make publicly available on its  website  all  employment  opportu-
 nities  in  the  civil service of the state and information on obtaining
 employment with the state, including, but not limited to,  vacancies  in
 the  competitive,  non-competitive  and  labor  jurisdictional  classes,
 announcements for upcoming  open-competitive  and  promotional  examina-
 tions,  test application instructions, and designations of which employ-
 ment opportunities are eligible to be filled by individuals  with  disa-
 bilities   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.
   2. 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 ONE OF THIS SECTION, INCLUDING ALL OTHER RELE-
 VANT INFORMATION AS DESCRIBED UNDER SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  THIS  SECTION.
 SUCH  MUNICIPAL  EMPLOYMENT  OPPORTUNITIES  SHALL  BE POSTED IN A FORMAT
 WHERE JOB SEEKERS MAY SEARCH BY MUNICIPALITY  AND  MUNICIPAL  EMPLOYMENT
 POSITION TYPE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10444-01-5
 S. 7237                             2

 
   3.  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  TWO  OF  THIS  SECTION, in order to effectuate the
 provisions of this section.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

co-Sponsors

2025-S7237A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:: Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §59-d, Civ Serv L

2025-S7237A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2025-S7237A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S7237A

SPONSOR: MAY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

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

 
PURPOSE:

The purpose of this bill is to make it easier for municipal governments
to expand their applicant pool, finding quality candidates for job
openings through promoting such openings on the State Jobs Website.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

The bill amends section 59-d of the civil service law to require that
the department provides municipalities (including villages, towns,
cities, and counties) with the ability to post municipal employment
opportunities on the same website that it posts state civil service

positions.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

In recent years, finding public servants to fill job openings has been a
challenge for local and state governments. At the state level, the
Department of Civil Service has an existing State Jobs Website that
allows job applicants to search for opportunities based on chosen field,
region, and various other criteria. Meanwhile, local governments strug-
gle to find suitable applicants, particularly for specialized roles, and
those seeking employment must go through the cumbersome process of
searching county, city, and/or town government websites individually. By
allowing municipalities to opt in to promoting their job postings on the
State Jobs Website, it provides local governments with a larger platform
to find candidates and potential employees with a consolidated list of
relevant openings.  From a job seeker's point of view, this bill would
consolidate opportunities in their chosen field or geographic area in
one easy-to-navigate portal.

During a time of mass federal layoffs, New York State is making a push
to recruit people into state jobs; municipal governments, especially
those in rural areas, would greatly benefit as more and more people look
to relocate to continue public service.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

No new appropriations needed for implementation.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately

2025-S7237A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7237--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 4, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. MAY, JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Civil  Service  and
   Pensions  --  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.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10444-02-5

 S. 7237--A                          2
 
 SUCH  MUNICIPAL  EMPLOYMENT  OPPORTUNITIES  SHALL  BE POSTED IN A FORMAT
 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.

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Sponsored By

Rachel May

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Civil Service And Pensions Committee

Bill Amendments

co-Sponsors

Robert Jackson

2025-S7237 - Details

2025-S7237 - Summary

2025-S7237 - Sponsor Memo

2025-S7237 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

Robert Jackson

2025-S7237A (ACTIVE) - Details

2025-S7237A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2025-S7237A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S7237A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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