New York Civil Service Law Title A - EXAMINATIONS AND ELIGIBLE LISTS

• 50 - Examinations Generally.
  1. Positions subject to competitive examinations. The merit and fitness of applicants for positions which are classified in the competitive class shall be ascertained by...
• 50-a - Test Validation Boards.
  Any person who has taken a civil service examination for a position in the competitive class within the jurisdiction of the department of personnel of...
• 50-c - Discrimination Based Upon History of Cancerous Condition Prohibited.
  1. Neither the state civil service department nor any municipal commission may refuse to examine an applicant or, after examination, to certify an individual who...
• 51 - Filling Vacancies by Open Competitive Examination.
  1. Upon the written request of the appointing officer stating his reasons therefor, or on its own initiative, the state civil service department or appropriate...
• 52 - Promotion Examinations.
  1. Filling vacancies by promotion. Except as provided in section fifty-one, vacancies in positions in the competitive class shall be filled, as far as practicable,...
• 53 - Alienage.
  Except as otherwise provided by law, no alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States shall be denied appointment to a position in...
• 54 - Age Requirements.
  Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, except as herein provided, neither the state civil service department nor the state civil service commission, nor...
• 55 - Examination of Blind or Physically Handicapped Applicants.
  1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, except as herein provided, neither the state civil service department nor the state civil service commission...
• 55-a - Employment of Persons With Disabilities by Municipalities.
  1. Municipal civil service commissions in the state may, by rule, determine a prescribed number of positions, not to exceed seven hundred positions, with duties...
• 55-b - Employment of Persons With Disabilities by the State.
  1. The commission may determine up to twelve hundred positions with duties such as can be performed by persons with a physical or mental disability...
• 55-c - Employment of Veterans With Disabilities by the State.
  * 1. The commission may determine up to five hundred positions with duties such as can be performed by disabled veterans and veterans with disabilities...
• 55-c*2 - Acceptability of Certain High School Diplomas.
  * 55-c. Acceptability of certain high school diplomas. Whenever a high school diploma is required by the state civil service department or a municipal commission...
• 56 - Establishment and Duration of Eligible Lists.
  1. The duration of an eligible list shall be fixed at not less than one nor more than four years; provided that, except for lists...
• 57 - Continuous Recruitment for Certain Positions.
  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter or any other law, the civil service department or a municipal commission may establish a continuing eligible list...
• 58 - Requirements for Provisional or Permanent Appointment of Certain Police Officers.
  1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this law or any general, special or local law to the contrary, no person shall be eligible for provisional...
• 58-a - Requirements for Provisional or Permanent Appointment of Certain Fire Fighters.
  1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this law or any general, special or local law to the contrary, no person shall be eligible for provisional...
• 59 - Placement of County Sheriffs' Personnel in Classified Service.
  1. The legislature hereby finds that the continued, uninterrupted, adequate and efficient operation of the sheriff's department in counties in New York state outside the...
• 59-a - Placement of Detectives and Investigators in Classified Service.
  1. The legislature hereby finds and declares that the continued, uninterrupted, adequate and efficient operation of detective and investigative units in local police, correction or...

Last modified: February 3, 2019