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One in Three Rule Under New York State Civil Service Law, this rule provides City agencies with the discretion when hiring to select one of the three eligibles scoring highest on the ranked eligible list of exam passers.

Probation and Leave Of Absence - Employees who transfer are usually required to serve a probationary period in the new title. For titles at or below Grade 13, the probationary term is 8 to 26 weeks. For titles at or above Grade 14, the probationary term is 12 to 52 weeks.

Positions in the non-competitive class include carpenters, plumbers, maintenance assistants, research scientists, artist designers and laboratory equipment designers. These positions are characterized by the determination that it is not practicable to conduct competitive examination to fill the positions.

A provisional appointment to any position shall be terminated within two months following the establishment of an appropriate eligible list for filling vacancies in such positions; provided, however, that where there are a large number of provisional appointees in any department or agency in the service of the state or ...

A lawyer shall not bring or defend a proceeding, or assert or controvert an issue therein, unless there is a basis in law and fact for doing so that is not frivolous, which includes a good faith argument for an extension, modification or reversal of existing law.

The “Rule of Three” refers to the Charter requirement that the department head must consider at a minimum, the three highest scores from a list of eligibles to fill a vacancy. To fill more than one vacancy, the Referral Unit considers the number of vacancies plus two (2) scores.

New York State Civil Service Law requires that an appointing authority must select from the top 3 candidates willing to accept an appointment. Some examples: Three scores of 100 (choice of 3 candidates)

The rule of three requires qualified candidates to be listed in rank order and managers to se- lect from among the top three available candi- dates. But often a number of candidates have identical ratings, and some method must be used to decide which candidates will be placed on the referral register and in what order.