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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

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

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

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

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

Eligibility lists and reports of examinations

Series Number

14097

Summary

Before the establishment of the Department of Civil Service in 1925, the Civil Service Commission was responsible for administering examinations and establishing eligibility lists. This series consists of four subseries, surviving fragments of larger series, which once existed from this period. Records include Report of Examinations, Registers of Eligibles (Eligibility Lists), and Register of Non-Competitive Examinations.

Creator

• New York (State). Civil Service Commission

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Files of the investigation of the Lackawanna Civil Service Commission

Series Number

B0509

Summary

This series consists of files and reports from a State Civil Service Commission investigation of the practices of the Lackawanna City Civil Service Commission in response to veterans groups' legal actions against the municipal commission and petitions over a fire fighter examination. Records include correspondence; legal documents, petitions from veterans' groups, testimony transcripts, and the final report. Also included are interviews and statements of applicants for city positions and civil service concerns of veterans' groups after World War II.

Creator

• New York (State). Civil Service Commission

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Security risk program files

Series Number

B0506

Summary

This series consists of files for the Civil Service Commission's security risk program which determined if private organizations or groups were subversive and designated state agencies and individual positions as "security agencies" or "positions." The background and administrative files, subject files and correspondence contain detailed information on the development and operation of the program, on groups designated as subversive, on organizations opposing the program, and on individuals and groups who appealed security risk determinations. Some records may be restricted.

Creator

• New York (State). Civil Service Commission

Access Restrictions

Restriction on disclosure of names or other personal identifying information on dismissed individuals who are still living for 40 years after records produced.

Title

Amendments to State Civil Service rules and regulations: approved and disapproved

Series Number

14106

Summary

The Civil Service Commission, subject to the governor's approval, establishes or amends civil service rules and regulations. This series consists of approved and disapproved resolutions amending these rules and regulations. Resolutions contain proposed amendments, date passed, and if approved, date signed. Amendments relate to jurisdictional classification of positions, civil service policy issues, and personnel policies.

Creator

• New York (State). Civil Service Commission

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Memoranda of letters received

Series Number

14102

Summary

This series consists of a bound register of letters received by the Civil Service Commission. Each entry contains the following information: date received; correspondent's name, title, position, residence; and a synopsis of the correspondence's content. Most letters are from public officials or institutions concerning appointments, certification of lists, transmittal of papers or reports, examinations, classification and other routine civil service matters.

Creator

• New York (State). Civil Service Commission

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Report and supporting documents of investigation of Public Service Commission with respect to the policies and practices of Milo Maltbie

Series Number

B0539

Summary

This series consists of the report and supporting documentation of a Civil Service Commission investigation of the personnel practices and policies of Public Service Commission Chairman Milo R. Maltbie. The report contains a summary of the conduct of the investigation and a description of the allegations and evidence against Maltbie. Other records include those relating to cases involving specific employees; general matters, including sick leave, travel allowance, examinations, and employee morale; public relation materials and summaries of interviews held during the investigation.

Creator

• New York (State). Civil Service Commission

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.