July 07, 2008
Shrinking the workforce (Round II)
More state agencies have outlined plans to reduce their workforces in response to Governor Paterson's order to reduce state operations spending by 3.35 percent.
A total of at least 900 jobs will be eliminated through attrition, according to plans that 75 agencies submitted to the Division of the Budget (DOB). The actual number should be higher, because some agencies, like the Office of General Services (which expects to save $1.5 million), do not offer specific job reduction numbers.
But two of the state's largest agencies, the Department of Correctional Services and State Police, did not finalize their plans by the June 30 deadline. A DOB spokesman said once those plans are completed, they will be posted on its web site.
In the first round of plans submitted to DOB, as reported here, 23 agencies detailed 599 job reductions through by attrition. Summaries of workforce impacts in 52 other agency plans are shown below. For details, check each agency PDF on DOB website.
Adirondack Park Agency: attrition.
Department of Agriculture and Markets:
eliminate 5 positions and leave vacancies in "non-critical functions, such as dairy statistics, market order audit, and farm products inspection."
Office of Alcoholism & Substance Abuse Services:
reduce 11 positions by attrition, cut overtime.
Council on the Arts: won't fill three vacant positions.
Department of Banking: attrition.
Office of Children and Family Services:
"managing staffing vacancies, redeploying staff through voluntary reassignments from closed facilities, reducing overtime, limiting temporary employment to critical facility medical personnel. Eighty positions will remain vacant..."
Department of Civil Service: eliminate three positions.
Consumer Protection Board: won't fill one vacancy.
Commission on Correction: keep one position vacant, reduce overtime, eliminate the use of contract clerical employees.
Crime Victims Board: keep one position vacant, reduce overtime.
Division of Criminal Justice Services: reduce workforce by 4.5 employees, cut overtime.
Department of Economic Development: reduce planned hiring.
Department of Education: eliminate 21 positions, reduce overtime.
State Board of Elections: hire two new employees to replace independent contractor. No change in overall workforce level.
Empire State Plaza Performing Arts Center Corporation:
minimize use of temporary staff and overtime.
Empire State Development Corporation: no specific personnel changes. However, existing workforce will need less space. Agency will give up one of six floors of leased space at its Manhattan headquarters, saving $1.5 million annually.
Governor's Office of Employee Relations:
eliminate one position, cut overtime and use of outside consultants.
NYS Energy Research and Development Authority:
eliminate two positions.
Department of Environmental Conservation:
eliminate five jobs.
Environmental Facilities Corporation: Eliminate three jobs by attrition; fourth vacancy to be filled by worker at lower salary.
Office of General Services: unspecifed staff reductions ($1.5 millions savings) and "eliminating overtime that is not health and safety related" ($750,000 savings)."
Hudson Valley Greenway and Greenway Heritage Conservacy: will fill some key positions now vacant, but will manage filling of other vacancies.
Office of Homeland Security: reduce overtime.
Division of Human Rights: won't fill two positions.
Office of the Inspector General: reduce two positions.
Commission of Investigation: delay hiring of one attorney.
Commission on Judicial Conduct: eliminate four positions.
Labor Management Committees: limit overtime and encourage employees to participate in the Voluntary Reduction in Work Schedule program.
Lake George Park Commission: attrition.
Division of the Lottery: no specific personnel changes.
Division of Military & Naval Affairs: eliminate of five positions over two years.
Department of Motor Vehicles: won't fill five jobs, reduce overtime.
NE Queens Nature Preserve Commission: no specific personnel changes.
Olympic Regional Development Authority: delay hiring.
Office of Parks, Recreation and Historical Preservation:
eliminate five positions.
Division of Parole: eliminate 68 budgeted positions.
Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence:
keep one position vacant.
Division of Probation and Correctional Alternatives:
leave two of the agency's 35 positions vacant.
Public Employment Relations Board: delay hiring of four mediators. Once they are hired, board will be able to eliminate the use of per diem mediators in the future.
Commission on Public Integrity: fill vacant positions at lower salary grades.
Department of Public Service: limit hiring to "critical functions."
Racing and Wagering Board: reduce the number of casino and racetrack inspectors by one.
Governor's Office of Regulatory Reform: attrition, reduce work schedules.
NYS Foundation for Science, Technology and Research:
reduce planned hires.
Division of Tax Appeals: won't fill one vacancy, delay hiring.
Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance: delay filling vacant positions.
NYS Theater Institute: leave one position open, reduce costs associated with two other positions.
Department of Transportation: attrition.
Tug Hill Commission: eliminate one internship.
Division of Veterans Affairs: attrition.
Workers Compensation Board: eliminate 40 positions, reduce overtime and close 11 customer service centers.
As legally independent entities, the state comptroller, attorney general, Legislature and Judiciary are not required to submit plans to DOB.
However, Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli volunteered a plan to cut his agency's spending by $4.8 million, including a $2.4 million reduction in unspecified personal service costs.
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