N.Y.C. Admin. Code § 12-215: § 12-215 Civil service examinations for justice-involved individuals.

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Definitions. For purposes of this section, the term “justice-involved individual” means an individual who has been arrested, prosecuted, or incarcerated.

b. The commissioner, in collaboration with the commissioner of correction, shall make available information regarding the city’s administration of civil service examinations to individuals incarcerated for a period of 10 days or longer in any city correctional facility. Such information shall include basic or introductory civil service information sessions; information regarding the examination process, including how to apply for an examination; and any existing schedule of civil service examinations. The department shall conduct presentations with information regarding civil service examinations and the appointment process to such individuals quarterly.

c. The department may offer to waive the fee for a civil service examination for any individual who sits for such examination while incarcerated in a city correctional facility and for any individual who applies for such examination during the 12-month period after being released from the custody of the department of correction.

d. The department shall coordinate with the office of criminal justice and city-contracted programs that serve justice-involved individuals to conduct presentations and make written materials available for individuals enrolled in such services. Such presentations and materials shall contain information regarding civil service examinations and the civil service appointment process.

e. No later than January 31, 2025, and annually thereafter, the commissioner, in collaboration with the commissioner of correction and the coordinator of criminal justice, shall submit to the mayor and the speaker of the council and shall post conspicuously on the department’s website an annual report regarding any civil service examinations administered pursuant to subdivision a of section 9-164 and related programming administered pursuant to this section. Each such report shall include the following information for the previous fiscal year, when applicable and not otherwise prohibited by law:

1. The number of individuals who sat for a civil service examination while incarcerated in a city correctional facility, disaggregated by the corresponding civil service title;

2. The number of individuals who sat for a civil service examination within 12 months of release from the custody of the department of correction, disaggregated by the corresponding civil service title;

3. The number of individuals who participated in a civil service examination information session while incarcerated in a city correctional facility;

4. The number of individuals enrolled in a city-contracted program that serves justice-involved individuals who sat for a civil service examination, disaggregated by the corresponding civil service title; and

5. The number of individuals enrolled in a city-contracted program that serves justice-involved individuals who attended a civil service examination information session.

(L.L. 2023/113, 8/13/2023, eff. 8/13/2023)