File #: Int 0671-2024    Version: Name: Civil service examination fee waivers for high school students and first time applicants.
Type: Introduction Status: Enacted (Mayor's Desk for Signature)
Committee: Committee on Civil Service and Labor
On agenda: 3/19/2024
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to civil service examination fee waivers for high school students and first time applicants
Sponsors: Carmen N. De La Rosa, Kevin C. Riley, Shahana K. Hanif, Jennifer Gutiérrez, Farah N. Louis, Gale A. Brewer, Sandra Ung, Tiffany Cabán, Diana I. Ayala, Chi A. Ossé, Amanda Farías, Lincoln Restler, Crystal Hudson, Mercedes Narcisse, Chris Banks, Nantasha M. Williams, Rita C. Joseph, Lynn C. Schulman, Justin L. Brannan, Althea V. Stevens, Francisco P. Moya, Carlina Rivera , Eric Dinowitz, Darlene Mealy
Council Member Sponsors: 24
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.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 671-A, 2. Summary of Int. No. 671, 3. Int. No. 671, 4. March 19, 2024 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 5. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 3-19-24, 6. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - March 19, 2024, 7. Committee Report 1/27/25, 8. Hearing Testimony 1/27/25, 9. Hearing Transcript 1/27/25, 10. Proposed Int. No. 671-A - 4/3/25, 11. Fiscal Impact Statement - OMB, 12. Fiscal Impact Statement - Council, 13. Committee Report 4/10/25, 14. Committee Report - Stated Meeting, 15. Int. No. 671-A - Fiscal Impact Statement - City Council, 16. Int. No. 671-A - Fiscal Impact Statement - OMB, 17. April 10, 2025 - Stated Meeting Agenda
Date Ver.Prime SponsorAction ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsMultimedia
4/10/2025ACarmen N. De La Rosa City Council Sent to Mayor by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/10/2025ACarmen N. De La Rosa City Council Approved by CouncilPass Action details Meeting details Not available
4/10/2025*Carmen N. De La Rosa Committee on Civil Service and Labor Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/10/2025*Carmen N. De La Rosa Committee on Civil Service and Labor Amendment Proposed by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/10/2025*Carmen N. De La Rosa Committee on Civil Service and Labor Amended by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/10/2025ACarmen N. De La Rosa Committee on Civil Service and Labor Approved by CommitteePass Action details Meeting details Not available
1/27/2025*Carmen N. De La Rosa Committee on Civil Service and Labor Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
1/27/2025*Carmen N. De La Rosa Committee on Civil Service and Labor Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
3/19/2024*Carmen N. De La Rosa City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
3/19/2024*Carmen N. De La Rosa City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available

Int. No. 671-A

 

By Council Members De La Rosa, Riley, Hanif, Gutiérrez, Louis, Brewer, Ung, Cabán, Ayala, Ossé, Farías, Restler, Hudson, Narcisse, Banks, Williams, Joseph, Schulman, Brannan, Stevens, Moya, Rivera, Dinowitz and Mealy

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to civil service examination fee waivers for high school students and first time applicants

 

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.

Session 13

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Session 12

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LS #13271/13865

10/2/2023 9:05 AM