In view of the State's commitment to Affirmative Action, and based on recent legal opinion, and in consultation with the NYS Division of the Budget, the Department of Civil Service is announcing a new policy relating to the reimbursement of moving expenses for candidates receiving an original appointment (pursuant to State Fnance Law §204).

POLICY

In addition to the traditional requests in which we determine that there is a shortage of qualified candidates, we will now also consider agency requests for reimbursement for the moving expenses of protected class candidates where either of the following criteria are met:

• There is a shortage of qualified protected class candidates, or
• There is a shortage of protected class incumbents in the title and agency

PROCEDURES

Requests must be submitted in writing to your Staffing Services Section. Requests must contain information about the number of protected class candidates available, and/or the number of protected class incumbents in the title as compared to the number of white males in the title.