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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

Accounts of salaries, office and general expenses

Series Number

B0984

Summary

The State Tax Commission was responsible for formulation of tax policy. This series consists of entries for payments of salaries and expenses of members and employees of the State Tax Commission from its president to stenographers.

Creator

• New York (State). State Tax Commission

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Public Employment Relations Board Office of Counsel case files for Board decisions challenged in court

Series Number

11378

Summary

This series consists of case files documenting representation and improper practice cases in which the parties involved litigated Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) decisions through the courts. As such they concern board decisions that were challenged. Files also document cases in which PERB sought court enforcement of its decisions. Files contain original PERB case files plus non-record copies of court documents, such as records and briefs on appeal.

Creator

• New York (State). Public Employment Relations Board. Office of Counsel

Access Restrictions

Access to certain records in this series is restricted pursuant to New York State Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) Sections 87.2(a) and/or 87.2(g) due to the presence of attorney-client communications, attorney work-product, settlement drafts, and certain inter-agency correspondence. State Archives staff will review requests for specific documents and disclose in accordance with FOIL.

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

Department of Civil Service Personnel Council meeting minutes

Series Number

14078

Summary

This series consists of meeting minutes of the Personnel Council and its Executive Committee. Minutes include date, time, place, attendees' names, and description of business conducted. Subjects addressed include general personnel policies and problems, plans for monthly meetings, committee reports, studies, and individual employee problems and grievances.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Civil Service. Personnel Council

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Correspondence relating to appointment of various state officers

Series Number

B1188

Summary

This series consists primarily of correspondence to the State Comptroller notifying his office of appointments of various public officers and changes in salaries. Positions included are librarians and assistant librarians of the State Library, secretaries of the Board of Regents, director and assistants of the State Museum, and various employees of the office of the State Engineer and Surveyor. Also included are a few descriptions of unsold state lands compiled by the State Engineer and Surveyor.

Creator

• New York (State). Banking Department

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Files relating to the Temporary State Commission on Coordination of State Activities and Department Reorganization

Series Number

14088

Summary

This series consists of records created in response to the Mahoney Commission's recommendations for departmental reorganization. Records include correspondence, records outlining procedures and regulations; internal memoranda; the Temporary State Commission's published staff reports and list of recommendations to the Department; Department replies to the Temporary Commission's reports; and actual reorganization records, including organizational charts, reorganizational surveys, and drafts of reorganization plans.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Civil Service

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

Training reports and manuals and miscellaneous files

Series Number

14084

Summary

This series consists of publications, manuals, and other records relating to employee training and development produced by the Training Section of the Personnel Services Division and its predecessor, the Training Division. It includes course outlines, training presentations, annual and special reports, correspondence, and memorandums.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Civil Service. Personnel Services Division. Training Section

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Files relating to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Administration of the Civil Service System

Series Number

14090

Summary

The files include correspondence and internal memoranda discussing departmental reorganizations; information on departmental organization and operations, jurisdictional and occupational classification of State positions, State manpower needs and examination announcement and application procedures; and Committee's staff report containing a general appraisal of New York's civil service system, a description of the Department's structure and administration, an analysis and critique of civil service rules and laws, and recommendations for improving the State's civil service system.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Civil Service

Access Restrictions

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

Title

List of employees of the State Education Department

Series Number

A3308

Summary

This series contains a list of State Education Department employees in 1909.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department

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

Commission on Revision of the Civil Service working files

Series Number

14086

Summary

This series provides detailed information on the Commission's work, the operation of the civil service law and system in New York and also serves as a source of background data on civil service law reform. Records include memoranda; recommendations by government officials; research studies on topics such as appeals procedures, provisional employment, and civil service law in other states; speeches; publications; Commission annual reports and meeting minutes; hearing transcripts; proposed legislation; and correspondence with State officials.

Creator

• New York (State). Temporary State Commission on Revision of the Civil Service Law

Access Restrictions

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