N.Y. Civil Service Law § 25: Powers of state civil service commission with respect to local rules; appointments and eligible lists

§ 25. Powers of state civil service commission with respect to local

rules; appointments and eligible lists. 1. The state civil service

commission may, by unanimous vote of the three members

(a) amend or rescind any rule, regulation or jurisdictional

classification prescribed by a municipal commission, but shall not

exempt from competitive examination any office or position in any civil

division without the consent of the municipal commission having

jurisdiction;

(b) rescind any appointment in the classified service of a civil

division;

(c) remove from any eligible list established by a municipal

commission the name of any person thereon; and

(d) rescind any examination or eligible list or cancel an appointment

already made from a list so rescinded.

2. The state civil service commission, however, shall not take such

action upon any ground other than that the provisions of this chapter

are not properly or sufficiently carried out, nor without specifying in

writing the particulars in which such provisions are not carried out.

Before any such action is taken, the state civil service commission

shall state the reasons for such action in writing and file a certified

copy thereof in the office of the municipal commission concerned, which

shall be a public document therein, and shall give to such commission

and the person aggrieved thereby a reasonable opportunity to present

facts in opposition to such action.