Legislation
SECTION 59-D
Public posting of employment opportunities
Civil Service (CVS) CHAPTER 7, ARTICLE 4, TITLE A
*§ 59-d. Public posting of employment opportunities. The department
shall make publicly available on its website all employment
opportunities 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
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. The president
shall work in conjunction with the New York state department of labor
and the governor's office of employee relations in order to effectuate
the provisions of this section.
* NB Effective until December 31, 2027 OR thirty days after the
commissioner of civil service certifies that the department's website is
able to accommodate the amendments to section 59-d of the civil service
law made by chapter 664 of 2025, whichever occurs earlier
* § 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
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 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
relevant information as described under subdivision two 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.
4. The president shall work in conjunction with the New York state
department of labor, the governor's office of employee relations, and
municipalities seeking to post municipal employment positions pursuant
to subdivision three of this section, in order to effectuate the
provisions of this section.
* NB Effective December 31, 2027 OR thirty days after the commissioner
of civil service certifies that the department's website is able to
accommodate the amendments to section 59-d of the civil service law made
by chapter 664 of 2025, whichever occurs earlier
shall make publicly available on its website all employment
opportunities 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
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. The president
shall work in conjunction with the New York state department of labor
and the governor's office of employee relations in order to effectuate
the provisions of this section.
* NB Effective until December 31, 2027 OR thirty days after the
commissioner of civil service certifies that the department's website is
able to accommodate the amendments to section 59-d of the civil service
law made by chapter 664 of 2025, whichever occurs earlier
* § 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
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 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
relevant information as described under subdivision two 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.
4. The president shall work in conjunction with the New York state
department of labor, the governor's office of employee relations, and
municipalities seeking to post municipal employment positions pursuant
to subdivision three of this section, in order to effectuate the
provisions of this section.
* NB Effective December 31, 2027 OR thirty days after the commissioner
of civil service certifies that the department's website is able to
accommodate the amendments to section 59-d of the civil service law made
by chapter 664 of 2025, whichever occurs earlier