Int 0671-2024
Civil service examination fee waivers for high school students and first time applicants.
IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Civil Service and Laborintroduced 2024-03-19Local Law 2025/057
Enacted as Local Law 2025/057.
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Agenda: 2024-03-19Passed: 2025-05-10Enacted: 2025-05-10
Summary
This bill would authorize the Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) to waive the civil service examination fee for individuals who are enrolled at any public, private, or charter high school in New York City or who are first time applicants.
Committee on Civil Service and Labor — Municipal Officers and Employees, Office of Labor Relations, Office of Collective Bargaining, Office of Labor Services, and Municipal Pension and Retirement Systems.
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This bill: 386 days in committee
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Sponsors (24)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2024-03-19 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2024-03-19 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2025-01-27 · Committee on Civil Service and Labor
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2025-01-27 · Committee on Civil Service and Labor
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2025-04-10 · Committee on Civil Service and Labor
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2025-04-10 · Committee on Civil Service and Labor
ActionAmended by Committee
2025-04-10 · Committee on Civil Service and Labor
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2025-04-10 · Committee on Civil Service and Labor
AdvancedApproved by Council
2025-04-10 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2025-04-10 · City Council
AdvancedCity Charter Rule Adopted
2025-05-10 · Administration
ActionReturned Unsigned by Mayor
2025-05-12 · City Council
Votes (9)
Aye (8)
Tiffany L. CabánOswald J. FelizJulie MeninEric DinowitzCarmen N. De La RosaErik D. BottcherFrancisco P. MoyaYusef Salaam
Absent (1)
Kamillah Hanks
Heard at (4)
City Council · 2025-04-10 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Civil Service and Labor · 2025-04-10 · 11:30 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Civil Service and Labor · 2025-01-27 · 1:00 PM · 250 Broadway - Committee Room, 16th Floor
City Council · 2024-03-19 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (22)
- Summary of Int. No. 671-A
- Summary of Int. No. 671
- Int. No. 671
- March 19, 2024 - Stated Meeting Agenda
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 3-19-24
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - March 19, 2024
- Committee Report 1/27/25
- Hearing Testimony 1/27/25
- Hearing Transcript 1/27/25
- Proposed Int. No. 671-A - 4/3/25
- Fiscal Impact Statement - OMB
- Fiscal Impact Statement - Council
- Committee Report 4/10/25
- Hearing Transcript 4/10/25
- Committee Report - Stated Meeting
- April 10, 2025 - Stated Meeting Agenda
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 4-10-25
- Int. No. 671-A (FINAL)
- Int. No. 671-A - Fiscal Impact Statement - City Council
- Int. No. 671-A - Fiscal Impact Statement - OMB
- Local Law 57
- Legislative Documents - Letter to the Mayor
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 2 of title 12 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 12-219 to read as follows:
� 12-219 Civil service examination waivers. a. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
Civil service examination. The term "civil service examination" means a competitive examination administered in accordance with the civil service law to determine the merit and fitness of applicants for the civil service.
Department. The term "department" means the department of citywide administrative services.
High school. The term "high school" means any school located in the city of New York that contains any combination of grades from and including grade 9 through grade 12.
OSIS identification number. The term "OSIS identification number" means the unique nine-digit identification number assigned to all students attending a school of the city school district of the city of New York.
Student. The term "student" means any pupil who does not have a high school diploma and who is enrolled in a high school.
Verifiable form of identification. The term "verifiable form of identification" means an OSIS identification number or other documentation identifying an individual as a high school student.
b. The department may waive the fee for a civil service examination for any individual who meets one of the following conditions at the time of filing for the examination:
1. The individual is a high school student who provides a verifiable form of identification; or
2. The individual has not previously filed for a civil service examination administered by the department.
� 2. This local law takes effect July 1, 2026.
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