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This bill requires the president of the state civil service commission to annually publish reports on diversity within New York state government.
Why it matters
Creates a regular, transparent record of state workforce diversity. , making it easier for the public and policymakers to track whether New York’s government is becoming more inclusive over time.
Enables targeted accountability and reform efforts. by requiring data on diversity in appointments to all state entities (agencies, boards, commissions, etc.), which could highlight areas where representation is lacking.
Provides lawmakers with critical information for oversight. by mandating that annual reports be sent directly to key legislative committees responsible for government operations and civil service, potentially influencing future policy and hiring practices.
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Publish State Diversity Reports
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- Referred to civil service and pensions
- Referred to civil service and pensions
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Publish State Diversity Reports
In Assembly Committee · Governmental Employees · Sponsor Jeffrion Aubry
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STATE OF NEW YORK
4541
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 14, 2019
Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
AN ACT in relation to directing the president of the state civil service commission to publish reports relating to diversity within the state government
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The president of the state civil service commission within the department of civil service is hereby directed to study and publish annual reports recording data relating to diversity within the state and civil divisions thereof as well as appointments to all state agencies, authorities, boards, bureaus, commissions, departments and divisions.
The president of the state civil service commission shall annually publish such reports and findings. Such reports shall be sent to the chair of the senate standing committee on investigations and government operations and to the chair of the assembly standing committee on governmental employees no later than the first of February in each year.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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Title of bill
An act in relation to directing the president of the state civil service commission to publish reports relating to diversity within the state government
Summary of provisions
Section One. The president of the state civil service commission within the department of civil service is hereby directed to study and publish annual reports recording data relating to diversity within the state and civil divisions thereof as well as appointments to all state agencies, authorities, boards, bureaus, commissions, departments and divisions. The president of the state civil service commission shall annually publish such reports and findings. Such reports shall be sent to the chair of the senate standing committee on investigations and government operations and to the chair of the assembly standing committee on governmental employees no later than the first of February in each year.
Justification
In previous years the State Civil Service commission published data relating to diversity within the State Civil service system. For reasons left unexplained, the Commission has stopped publishing such reports, thereby leaving the State Legislature uninformed regarding the statis- tical makeup of the Civil service sector.
This legislation also requires publication of this data in addition to data previously unrecorded. This bill requires for the acquisition and publication of data from all sectors of the State Government, including appointments. It simply seeks solid data which can be used to measure minority and women hirings by the New York State Government.
A study by the Center for Women in Government, entitled 'Democracy unre- alized', has shown that Policy Level appointees within the State of New York are grossly devoid of both minorities and women. out of sixty-three (63) policy level appointees, only eighteen (18) are women and of that eighteen only three (3) are persons of African-American or Latino back- ground. Of the remaining forty-five (45) male appointees, only four (4) are men of African-American or Latino backgrounds. Conspicuously absent from these appointments are persons of Asian or Native American back- grounds. This leaves New York State, one of the most diverse states in the Nation, with one of the lowest races of diversity for Policy-Level appointees.
This legislation seeks not to remedy this gross lack of diversity, but to obtain data that can be used to study and mediate this problem in the future.
Legislative history
2017-18: S3402 REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS 2015-16:S.1540/A.3479 Referred to Civil Service and Pensions 2013-14:S.1841/A.2828 Referred to Civil Service and Pensions 2011-12:S.1484/A.488-Referred to Civil Service and Pensions 2009-10:S.2163/A.14 73- Referred to Civil Service and Pensions 2007-08:S.2475/A.705 -Referred to Civil Service and Pensions 2006: S.6969 - Referred to Civil Service and Pensions
Fiscal implications
To be determined.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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