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Employee retention and civil service system improvements
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Commissioner Molina discusses DCAS's efforts to improve employee retention and modernize the civil service system. He emphasizes the agency's role in supporting recruitment, retention, and creating an accessible civil service system with minimal barriers to entry.
- High retention rate of 90%, with civil servants staying in municipal work more than three times longer than private sector counterparts
- Implementation of a minimum qualification review initiative to modernize civil service requirements and align them with real-world skills and competencies
- Streamlining of hiring processes and expansion of opportunities to make the civil service more accessible
- Focus on removing outdated requirements that limit access to civil service positions, opening doors for more New Yorkers
Louis Molina
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Beyond energy, as you know well, one of our biggest tasks is to maintain the city as an employer of choice for New Yorkers.
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In fact, we play a critical role in supporting agencies efforts to recruit and retain employees and foster an accessible civil service system with minimum barriers to entry.
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Our retention rate at 90% is similar to other large public sector employers.
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Data shows that our civil servants are staying in municipal work more than three times longer than their private sector counterparts.
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This is tremendous progress coming out of the pandemic and a true testament to the success of our work.
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To advance this effort, we've streamlined hiring processes, expanded opportunities, especially through our minimum qualification review.
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Our minimum qualification review initiative is a major effort to modernize civil service requirement and ensure that experience, skills, and talent matter most.
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By removing outdated requirements that limit access, we're opening doors for New Yorkers.
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We're actively reassessing qualifications to better align with the modern job market, ensuring that hiring standards reflect real world skills and competencies rather than unnecessary bureaucratic hurdles.
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Looking ahead, we're exploring and implementing strategies that build upon our success.
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Following the widely successful implementation of renewable diesel for heavy duty vehicle fleet this year, we will be working with other city vessel programs including NYC Ferry, NYPD Harbors Unit, the Department of Environment Protection sludge boats, and FDNY fire boats to explore the use of renewable diesel.
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By replacing conventional diesel and through our continuous work to transition from gas to electrical cars, of which we expect to have 6,000 by the year's end, we are eliminating harmful emissions from our air, paving the way for a cleaner, healthier New York City for all who call it home.
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This is just one step in our broader efforts to decarbonize the city's fleet and more towards a zero emissions future.
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While we are already ahead of schedule on this goal, it remains front and center as we look ahead this year.
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Similarly, we are working to build upon our sustainable infrastructure.
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We plan to install another seven megawatts of solar on city property over the next year with 50% located in environmentally justice communities.
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According to our latest report, city government has reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 26% since fiscal year twenty o six.
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This effort has outpaced the private sector, showing the city is leading by example as we work towards our mandate to reduce emissions in city government operations 50% by 2030.
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By continuing to scale up clean energy and other energy efficiency initiatives, we are making meaningful progress toward reducing emissions, cutting costs, and building a more sustainable future for all New Yorkers.