Prevents an agency, department, division, commission, bureau or any other entity under the authority of the executive department from contracting, subcontracting or hiring any third party during a hiring freeze.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A9003
SPONSOR: Eachus TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the civil service law, in relation to preventing
outsourcing during a hiring freeze
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To prevent outsourcing during a hiring freeze.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1. Establishes that no entity under the control of the executive
shall contract, subcontract, or hire any third party during a hiring
freeze.
Section 2. Establishes an effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
There are currently more than 5,000 vacant full-time equivalent state
positions, many of which are critical positions that would normally
provide middle-class incomes to hard working state residents. These
positions have remained unfilled because of a hiring freeze put in place
by the Governor. In order to ameliorate service deficiencies caused by
the filling of these positions, the Governor has started to outsource
services that would normally be carried out by the state's workforce.
This could result in the permanent displacement of state jobs that
provide state residents with a means of achieving a middle-class life.
This bill would preserve the economic opportunities these positions
provide by prohibiting the outsourcing of services that would otherwise
be performed by the state's unionized workforce.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2023: A382 (Joyner) / S4132 (Mannion)
2022: A7863 (Joyner) / S6561 (Reichlin-Melnick)
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
None.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
