Bill Text: NY S03921 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the appointment and promotion of certain personnel of the sanitation department of the city of New York; authorizes the promotion of personnel to the positions of General Superintendent 2 and General Superintendent 3.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS [S03921 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S03921-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3921
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 21, 2019
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        Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- 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 the appointment
          and promotion of certain personnel of the sanitation department of the
          city of New York
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  The  civil service law is amended by adding a new section
     2  59-c to read as follows:
     3    § 59-c. Promotions of certain personnel of the  sanitation  department
     4  of  the  city of New York. 1.  The legislature hereby finds and declares
     5  that the continued, uninterrupted, adequate and efficient  operation  of
     6  the  sanitation  department of the city of New York is necessary for the
     7  general welfare of the people; that such adequate operation involves and
     8  requires personnel with highly specialized ability, skill, training  and
     9  knowledge, which necessitate that vacancies in the sanitation department
    10  of the city of New York in the positions of General Superintendent 2 and
    11  General  Superintendent  3,  shall  be  filled  as far as practicable by
    12  promotion from among persons holding competitive class  positions  in  a
    13  lower  grade  in  the  sanitation  department of the city of New York in
    14  which the vacancy exists, provided that such lower grade  positions  are
    15  in direct line of promotion, as determined by such sanitation department
    16  or the municipal commission.
    17    2.  Promotion  shall  be  based  on merit and fitness as determined by
    18  competitive examination, due weight being given to seniority. The previ-
    19  ous training and experience of the candidates, and  performance  ratings
    20  where  available,  may  be considered and given due weight as factors in
    21  determining the relative merit and fitness of candidates for promotion.
    22    3. Any employee holding a provisional or discretionary appointment  in
    23  the affected titles of the sanitation department of the city of New York
    24  described in subdivision one of this section shall be given the opportu-
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  nity  to  participate  in  a competitive promotional examination for the
     2  next higher level title.
     3    4.  Except  as  provided  above,  the provisions of this chapter shall
     4  apply to employees covered by this section.
     5    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.