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Displaying 34 Finding Aids
Title
- Classification and compensation appeals case files
Series Number
- B0547
Summary
- Files contain all or most of the following: appeals application form(s); appellant's written argument for reallocation or reclassification; Executive Office recommendations; Commission staff's and Classification and Compensation Division Director's memorandums; position descriptions; documentary evidence and briefs; and correspondence. Appeals not accepted are at the end of the series.
Creator
- New York (State). Civil Service Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Department of Civil Service Merit System Affirmative Action Office subject, correspondence and project files
Series Number
- B0546
Summary
- The Merit System Affirmative Action Office was established by the Department of Civil Service in 1977 to serve as a liaison among state and public agencies concerned with equal opportunity, to handle discrimination complaints and to monitor the affirmative action programs of all state agencies. The records in this series, created by the Office's director and her staff, include reports, policy and procedure documents, minutes, correspondence and memoranda and discrimination complaints. The records reveal the impact of State laws and public policy on ethnic minorities.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Civil Service. Merit System Affirmative Action Office
Access Restrictions
- Researchers shall not reveal names of individuals involved in complaints and grievances for 30 years after creation of records.
Title
- Bureau chief's public employee training program files
Series Number
- A4379
Summary
- This series primarily contains the correspondence, memoranda, program schedules, and syllabi of Albert H. Hall, chief of the Bureau of Public Service Training. The bureau provided instruction to state employees on subjects related to their vocations. Though it was part of the Education Department, it served all state agencies.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Bureau of Public Service Training
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Commission on Pensions minutes and memorandums
Series Number
- 14093
Summary
- This series documents the commission's work, retirement and pension legislation, issues concerning retirees and older workers, and the general development of public employee pensions and retirement systems in New York. The minutes document the commission's discussions and actions. Legislative memorandums list proposed or passed pension or retirement bills. General memorandums include routine announcements, correspondence, legal opinions, and detailed sub-committee and commission reports on various retirement and pension-related topics and issues (for example, extension of mandatory retirement age beyond seventy).
Creator
- New York (State). Commission on Pensions
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Municipal examination administration files
Series Number
- 14103
Summary
- This series was maintained by the Division of Examinations to monitor and aid municipal civil service commissions in the creation and administration of examinations. Records include examinations, announcements, and correspondence relating to the creation and administration of the examinations and sample examinations and announcements, which were loaned to municipalities. Municipalities that received sample examinations and announcements are noted.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Civil Service. Examination and Staffing Services Division
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Civil Service Commission meeting calendars
Series Number
- 14105
Summary
- This series consists of agendas or "calendars" and background memoranda of the Civil Service Commission. Calendars contain a listing of items to be discussed by the Commission. Typically a calendar contains over one hundred items on topics such as jurisdictional classification, temporary and provisional appointments, leaves of absence, eligible list extensions, selective certification, examination appeals, waiver of requirements, and review of municipal civil service commission rule changes. Memorandums containing background information, recommendations and/or supporting documentation may be included with items.
Creator
- New York (State). Civil Service Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Civil Service Commission correspondence
Series Number
- A0557
Creator
- New York (State). Civil Service Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Civil Service Commission transcripts of conferences on possible constitutional change in civil service
Series Number
- 14091
Summary
- These conferences were held prior to the 1967 State Constitutional Convention to solicit suggestions for changes in the State Constitution's civil service provisions. This series consists of audio tapes, stenographer's notes, and typed transcripts of conferences held by the Civil Service Commission with agency heads, consultants, and representatives of the Civil Service Employees Association, Personnel Council, and the American Society for Public Administration. All transcripts and most tapes and notes are identified as to date of conference and organization represented.
Creator
- New York (State). Civil Service Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Minutes and scrapbooks
Series Number
- 14085
Summary
- The State Legislature established experimentally in 1946 and permanently in 1948 a three-member State Employees' Merit Award Board to plan and administer awards programs for meritorious suggestions and accomplishments. This series consists of the Board's minutes, scrapbooks, and few miscellaneous files. The minutes contain each meeting's date and names of attendees, and a summary of Board actions. Most Board actions concern the disposition of suggestions and administrative matters.
Creator
- New York State Employees Merit Award Board
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York State Civil Service Commission meeting minutes
Series Number
- B0500
Summary
- This series contains the Civil Service Commission's official meeting minutes signed by its secretary. The Commission was set up "to regulate and improve the Civil Service of the State," and these minutes document their work toward that end. There are entries for all Commission meetings except those between 1944 and 1947, when only verbatim minutes were kept. Pre-1899 minutes are handwritten while all others are typewritten.
Creator
- New York (State). Civil Service Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Appeals case files
Series Number
- B0514
Summary
- This series consists of case files of appeals to the Classification and Compensation Appeals Board from the Classification and Compensation Division Director's determinations. Files include General Appeals Case Files: staff working files including the application for appeal with detailed narrative description of the appellant's case for reallocation or reclassification and the Board's determination; Agenda Case Files compiled by staff for the Board's use in making its determination and Hearing Transcripts for reclassification or reallocation of positions.
Creator
- New York (State). Classification and Compensation Appeals Board
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Appeals hearing transcripts
Series Number
- B0515
Summary
- Grievance Appeals Board hearing transcripts include hearing place, date, names of attendees (Board members, appellants and representatives, and agency representatives), the appellant's or his representative's presentation of the grievance, the agency representative's response, questions from Board members, and responses to these questions. Transcripts do not include information on the results of appeals.
Creator
- New York (State). Grievance Appeals Board
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Civil Service Commission disciplinary appeals case files
Series Number
- B0501
Summary
- Any State employee disciplined by a penalty of demotion, dismissal, suspension without pay, or fine can appeal the determination to the Civil Service Commission or the courts. This series consists of case files of reports to the Commission usually accompanied by a hearing transcript. Reports contain a history of the appeal, charges, appellant's written answer to the charges, analysis of the record of appeal, facts of the case and conclusions determined by the Civil Service hearing officer, and his recommendations.
Creator
- New York (State). Civil Service Commission
Access Restrictions
- This series is restricted in part by New York State Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) sections 87.2(b) and 87.2(g). State Archives staff will review requests for specific documents and disclose in accordance with FOIL.
Title
- Outgoing correspondence
Series Number
- 14092
Summary
- This series consists of bound copies of outgoing correspondence from the Civil Service Commission to State and local officials, individual applicants and eligibles, and private citizens. Records concern routine civil service matters such as examinations, temporary appointments, eligibility lists, position classification, municipal civil service rules and regulations, and State Commission finances.
Creator
- New York (State). Civil Service Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Minutes and report of investigation of New York City Municipal Civil Service Commission's practices
Series Number
- B0507
Summary
- This series contains information on New York City civil service practices, its violations of Civil Service law and rules; and the city's justification of irregular civil service practices. The hearing transcripts, reports and brief document the State Civil Service Commission's investigation of the New York City Civil Service Commission. Most information consists of "minutes" of testimony and exhibits taken by the State Commission during its investigation. Also included is the final report to the Legislature and the city's reply.
Creator
- New York (State). Civil Service Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Grievance policies, procedures, and decisions
Series Number
- 14094
Summary
- This series contains Personnel Relations Board Background and Administrative Files, Grievance Board Background and Chairman's Files, and Grievance Board and Grievance Appeals Board Decisions. Records include grievance procedures predating the Board; executive order establishing the Board; memorandums and correspondence; rules and regulations; grievance policies and procedures; minutes and reports; executive orders; proposed legislation; news clippings and articles on grievance policies in New York and other states; model agency procedures; and information on employee organization involvement in the grievance process.
Creator
- New York (State). Grievance Appeals Board
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Classification Division and Classification Board working files and minutes
Series Number
- 14080
Summary
- This series consists of Classification Board minutes documenting internal operations, staff activities, classification policy, final classification approvals, and classification appeals; Classification Division's Director's Files which concern special jurisdictional and job classification problems or projects; Classification Lists that included tentative job classifications and the 1938 classification scheme; and Unit Files that contains information on job and jurisdictional classification policies and procedures and individual reclassifications.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Civil Service. Classification and Compensation Division
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Files and hearing transcripts of investigations of the Buffalo and Niagara Falls Civil Service Commissions
Series Number
- 14101
Summary
- This series consists of files and hearing transcripts produced during various investigations of the Buffalo and Niagara Falls Civil Service Commissions' administration of examinations. Cases include: James Clancy against the Municipal Civil Service Commission of Niagara Falls, 1912 and Loretta B. Stanton against the Municipal Civil Service Commission of Buffalo, 1912; Investigation of the Administration of the Civil Service Law and Rules of Buffalo, 1914 and Investigation of Examinations Conducted by the Buffalo Civil Service Commission, 1938.
Creator
- New York (State). Civil Service Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Amendments to Municipal Civil Service Commission rules
Series Number
- B0508
Summary
- This series consists of State Civil Service Commission approvals of Municipal Civil Service rules and amendments including appointments, promotions, examinations, and position classifications. Each approval includes a transmittal letter; a copy of the amendment or set of rules and a certification of the State Commission's approval. Transmittal letters, correspondence and memoranda occasionally contain background information on a rule and explain why a rule was disapproved or approved.
Creator
- New York (State). Civil Service Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Manuals and publications
Series Number
- 14083
Summary
- This series consists of file copies of the Municipal Services Division's manuals and bulletins. Topics include municipal commission procedures, position classifications, disciplinary actions, eligibility lists, examination administration, public relations, and municipal civil service rules. The Division's Bulletin, published between 1942 and 1952, contains articles such as changes in civil service law and regulation, good personnel management practices, important legislation, and general civil service matters.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Civil Service. Municipal Services Division
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.