Subscribe<\/a>\n<\/p>\nNew Yorkers can visit from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday without an appointment.<\/p>\n
The center will also host hiring halls, job fairs, interviews, workshops and training sessions with City agencies and other employers.<\/p>\n
The center’s launch also expands a Jobs NYC program created under former Mayor Eric Adams in 2024 to bring City hiring services into neighborhoods.<\/p>\n
As of Aug. 31, the City had 292,808 employees out of 307,199 authorized positions, leaving 14,391 vacancies, according to City Comptroller Mark Levine’s agency staffing dashboard. <\/p>\n
The vacancies represented 4.68 percent of authorized positions.<\/p>\n
The Administration for Children’s Services had 676 vacancies, or 9.62 percent of its authorized positions. <\/p>\n
The agency is scheduled to hold hiring information sessions at the new Jobs NYC Center on Oct. 5, 12 and 19.<\/p>\n
The Department of Small Business Services and the Department of Citywide Administrative Services will jointly operate the center.<\/p>\n
“This is the place where any New Yorker can walk into and get real help finding, applying for, and landing a job within their own city,” Kenny Minaya, Small Business Services commissioner, said.<\/p>\n
Minaya said he grew up in New York City and attended the City’s public schools before graduating from City University of New York schools. <\/p>\n
He recalled receiving advice from City employees in his family and support network to take civil service exams because future opportunities were uncertain.<\/p>\n
“I didn’t know it at the time, but I was lucky enough to have people in my life that worked in city government and could help me navigate what seemed like an opaque system,” Minaya said.<\/p>\n
The new center will offer that assistance directly to job seekers.<\/p>\n
The Department of Citywide Administrative Services, which administers the City’s civil service system, connects New Yorkers to about 80 percent of City jobs, according to Commissioner Yu Mei Kitase.<\/p>\n
The Lafayette Street location also sits near a City testing site, allowing applicants for jobs requiring exams to take the test nearby.<\/p>\n
The opening also marked the swearing-in of 17 new employees for NYC BEST, the City’s Business Express Service Team.<\/p>\n
The team helps small-business owners navigate permits, regulations, inspections and other City requirements.<\/p>\n
The new hires will join the existing NYC BEST team as the administration expands its services for small businesses.<\/p>\n
The City’s Jobs NYC program has worked with 47 City agencies and public institutions, according to the administration.<\/p>\n
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