(Editor's note: This is part of a periodic series on civil service.) More than 15,000 Staten Islanders are civil servants and thousands more are hoping to become one. The Department of Citywide ...

PROVIDENCE – Key public-employee unions do not support the elimination – or suspension – of civil service exams as a way to address the persistent staffing crises in two state agencies that deal with ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul recently announced that the application fees for all state civil service exams are waived through December 2025. “As our state continues to grapple with an ...

Boston firefighters in search of promotions will not sit for a test on Saturday after a judge ruled against their attempt to force the state to administer the exam as originally planned. Suffolk ...