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NY Post
New York Post
30 Jan 2024


NextImg:NY weighing rule change to hire thousands of migrants

The Empire State is considering relaxing qualifications for thousands of jobs to hire migrants who have legal work status in the US.

New York officials are looking to create “transitional titles” to allow migrants who have received federal work authorization to work in the state workforce, according to a memo being circulated by the state civil service commission and obtained by The Post.

State agencies have identified 4,000 state jobs that could be filled by migrants, according to the memo first reported by Bloomberg News.

Most are “hard-to-recruit, entry-level titles” — and the plan would allow the migrants to skirt requirements like English proficiency or proof of education and previous employment, according to the memo.

“Governor Hochul has prioritized modernizing our State workforce and eliminating red tape, and she has instituted a series of reforms to achieve that goal,” a spokesperson for Hochul wrote in a statement. “This initiative, which has not yet been implemented, would offer temporary employment opportunities that are available for anyone who can legally work in the United States.”

The fields of work for the proposed temporary transitional jobs include care for intellectually and developmentally disabled individuals, custodial work, food service, facilities repair and clerical positions.

In a memo being circulated by state civil service officials, some temporary state positions with loosened requirements would be opened. Getty Images

“The creation of these transitional titles is a win-win way for the State and its agencies to connect qualified and motivated individuals with meaningful jobs and opportunity; help solve the migrant crisis; and rebuild the State workforce,” the memo concludes.

Gov. Kathy Hochul has touted identifying over 40,000 open positions by employers in the state willing to hire migrants, though the federal process for approving work authorization has been slow. As of November, 2,850 of the nearly 47,000 migrants being sheltered statewide had been approved for work.

“It is a bottleneck but it is beginning to break,” state Labor Commissioner Roberta Reardon said last month.

The memo is coming to light as Reardon is set to be grilled by state lawmakers in a budget hearing Tuesday.