NEW YORK — The New York State Department of Civil Service (DCS) recently announced in a press release that 40 county civil service agencies are offering an online civil service examination for ...

NEW YORK (NEWS10) — A new state program is attempting to combat staffing shortages at county jails across New York. The program is allowing 12 counties to hire custody officers without the requirement ...

The town of Brookline is moving to drop the state’s civil service exam process for its police department — changing 130 years of practice — to speed up hiring and fill open positions. As first ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – Local Fire Departments have responded to multiple fires throughout the Capital Region this winter. Making the job even more of a challenge, staffing issues. Schenectady is ...

The state has canceled the upcoming fire civil-service promotional exam and “will not score” the recent statewide exam for police in light of a recent Boston-based court case. “Our members had the rug ...

Editors’ note: The original version of this article had an incorrect registration phone number for Town of Poughkeepsie police. The correct number is 845-486-7845. Dutchess County’s civil service ...

TAUNTON — The Attorney General's office has sued former Taunton Fire Chief Leman Padelford, accusing him of dodging subpoenas as the state investigates his firefighter test prep company. The state ...

A section of toppers of the civil service exams feels that a bachelor’s degree in humanities always has an advantage because of the range of subjects offered. It is common knowledge that there is no ...

The Suffolk County Civil Service exam will be held Oct. 15 after the test originally scheduled for Oct. 1 was postponed because of a cyberattack on county government, officials said. Notifications for ...