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County Youth Part in Buffalo, New York. In 2017, New York State raised the age of criminal responsibility to 18 years of age to ensure that young people in New York receive the intervention and evidence-based treatment they need. In 2018, Judge Carter was appointed as Presiding Judge of Erie County Youth Part, which has jurisdiction over felony charges and accompanying misdemeanors committed by adolescent and juvenile offenders. Judge Carter and the Eighth Judicial District urge you to consider taking the civil service exam and wish you the best in your endeavors. •
examinations online. In contrast, at the local level in Erie County, for example, you must mail your completed application form with the non-refundable application fee (no cash accepted) to the Erie County Department of Personnel, 95 Franklin St., Buffalo, NY 14202. 5. After you apply for an examination at the state or local level, you will receive official notice indicating whether you meet the minimum qualifications and whether you are approved to take the examination, along with further instructions. Judge Carter was appointed as Administrative Judge of the Eighth Judicial District on July 7, 2021. In this role, Judge Carter oversees the management and day-to-day operations of trial courts in the Eighth Judicial District, which comprises Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans, and Wyoming Counties. Prior to appointment as Administrative Judge, Judge Carter was the Eighth Judicial District’s Supervising Judge of Family Courts since 2019. He began his judicial career in Erie County Family Court by appointment in 2002; he was elected later that year and began his elected term in 2003. Judge Carter was designated an acting Supreme Court Justice in 2008 and presided over civil jury trials and post- divorce matters in State Supreme Court in Erie County. He was re-elected to the Erie County Family Court in 2013. Judge Carter co-chaired the Erie County Raise-the-Age Committee and authored the plan that established the Erie FOOTNOTES i See generally Working for New York State , N.Y. DEP’T CIVIL SERV., https://www.cs.ny.gov/ jobseeker/ (last visited Dec. 14, 2021); see also Jobs in Local Government, N.Y. DEP’T CIVIL SERV. https://www.cs.ny.gov/jobseeker/local/ (last visited Dec. 14, 2021). ii See generally Erie County Civil Service Opportunities , ERIE.GOV, https://www2.erie.gov/ employment/index.php?q=jobs-search (last visited Dec. 14, 2021). iii See id . Please visit Erie.gov civil service opportunities for a current list of available jobs. iv See generally Chinese Civil Service , ENCYC. BRITANNICA, https://www.britannica.com/topic/ Chinese-civil-service (last updated May 12, 2020); see generally Early and Mid-Victorian Britain, ENCYC. BRITANNICA, https://www.britannica.com/place/United-Kingdom/Early- and-mid-Victorian-Britain (last updated Dec. 12, 2021); See generally Union Public Service Commission: Functions, UNION PUB. SERV. COMM’N, https://upsc.gov.in/about-us/functions (last updated Sep. 02, 2016). v See STEPHEN ESTES, TOMPKINS CTY. PERS. DEP’T, CIVIL SERVICE IN NEW YORK STATE: HISTORY AND OVERVIEW 2 (revised May 19, 2020), https://www2.tompkinscountyny.gov/ files2/personnel/CIVIL%20SERVICE%20IN%20NEW%20YORK%20STATE%20HISTORY%20 AND%20OVERVIEW%20-%20revised%205.19.2020.pdf. vi See generally Spoils System , ENCYC. BRITANNICA, https://www.britannica.com/topic/ spoils-system (May 13, 2020). vii STEPHEN ESTES, TOMPKINS CTY. PERS. DEP’T, CIVIL SERVICE IN NEW YORK STATE: HISTORY AND OVERVIEW 1 (revised May 19, 2020), https://www2.tompkinscountyny.gov/ files2/personnel/CIVIL%20SERVICE%20IN%20NEW%20YORK%20STATE%20HISTORY%20 AND%20OVERVIEW%20-%20revised%205.19.2020.pdf. xiii STEPHEN ESTES, TOMPKINS CTY. PERS. DEP’T, CIVIL SERVICE IN NEW YORK STATE: HISTORY AND OVERVIEW 2 (revised May 19, 2020), https://www2.tompkinscountyny.gov/ files2/personnel/CIVIL%20SERVICE%20IN%20NEW%20YORK%20STATE%20HISTORY%20 AND%20OVERVIEW%20-%20revised%205.19.2020.pdf.; N.Y. Const., art. V, § 6, cl. 1. xiv See STEPHEN ESTES, TOMPKINS CTY. PERS. DEP’T, CIVIL SERVICE IN NEW YORK STATE: HISTORY AND OVERVIEW 2 (revised May 19, 2020), https://www2.tompkinscountyny.gov/ files2/personnel/CIVIL%20SERVICE%20IN%20NEW%20YORK%20STATE%20HISTORY%20 AND%20OVERVIEW%20-%20revised%205.19.2020.pdf. xv See generally Mark S. Brodin, Ricci v. Destefano: The New Haven Firefighters Case & the Triumph of White Privilege, 20 S. Cal. Rev. L. & Soc. Just. 161 (2011); see generally Nathalie Greenan et al., Do Competitive Examinations Promote Diversity in Civil Service?, 79 PUB. ADMIN. REV. 370, 370-82 (2019), https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/puar.13053. xvi Mark S. Brodin, Ricci v. Destefano: The New Haven Firefighters Case & the Triumph of White Privilege, 20 S. Cal. Rev. L. & Soc. Just. 161, 202 (2011) quoting Brief for Industrial- Organizational Psychologists as Amicus Curiae Supporting Respondents at 23, Ricci v. DeStefano, 129 S. Ct. 2658 (2009) (No. 07-1428). xvii See Working for New York State , supra note 1; See generally N.Y. Const., art. V, § 6, cl. 1. xviii Civil Service Exams [2021 Updated] , Test-Guide.com, https://www.test-guide.com/civil- service-exam.html (last updated Jan. 06, 2021). viii See id. ix See id. x See id. xi See id. at 1-2. xii See id. at 2.
HON. KEVIN M. CARTER Administrative Judge Unified Court System of New York, 8th Judicicial District
JENNIFER I. LOPEZ Legal Fellow, Franklin H. Williams Judicial Commission
xix JOHN E. SANCHEZ & ROBERT D. KLAUSNER, STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT LIABILITY § 1:13. EXAMINATIONS (updated Oct. 2021), https://1. next.westlaw.com/Document/Id6121345530d11daa080890b56900433/View/FullText. Context=documenttoc&transitionType=CategoryPageItem&contextData=%28sc. Category%29. xx See Civil Service Exams [2021 Updated] , supra note xix. xxi See Jobs in Local Government , N.Y. DEP’T CIVIL SERV., https://www.cs.ny.gov/jobseeker/ local/ (last visited Dec. 14, 2021). xxii See Working for New York State, supra note i. xxiii Submit Your Application Onlin e, N.Y. DEP’T CIVIL SERV., https://www.cs.ny.gov/jobseeker/ onlineapp/ocappinfo.cfm (last accessed Dec. 15, 2021); see generally Working for New York State, N.Y. DEP’T CIVIL SERV., https://www.cs.ny.gov/jobseeker#3 (last visited Dec. 14, 2021). xxiv See Jobs in Local Government , N.Y. DEP’T CIVIL SERV., https://www.cs.ny.gov/jobseeker/ local/ (last visited Dec. 14, 2021). xxv See id . xxvi Id . xxvii Erie County Civil Service Opportunities , ERIE.GOV, https://www2.erie.gov/employment/ index.php?q=jobs-search (last visited Dec. 14, 2021); see also Civil Service Study Guides, ERIE.GOV, https://www2.erie.gov/employment/index.php?q=civil-service-study-guides (last visited Dec. 15, 2021). xxviii Erie County Civil Service Opportunities , ERIE.GOV, https://www2.erie.gov/employment/ index.php?q=jobs-search (last visited Dec. 14, 2021). xxix See Working for New York State, supra note xxiv. See also Jobs in Local Government, supra note i. xxx Test Guides and Resource Booklets , N.Y. DEP’T CIVIL SERV., https://www.cs.ny.gov/testing/ testguides.cfm (last accessed Dec.15, 2021). xxxi See Workers with Disabilities (55-a) , N.Y. DEP’T CIVIL SERV., https://www.cs.ny.gov/ dpm/55a.cfm (last accessed Dec. 15, 2021). xxxii See Governor’s Programs to Hire Individuals and Veterans with Disabilities , N.Y. DEP’T CIVIL SERV., https://www.cs.ny.gov/rp55/ (last accessed Dec. 15, 2021). xxxiii Id . Please see the New York State Department of Civil Service website for more details on how to apply for a Civil Service 55-b/c program: https://www.cs.ny.gov/rp55/. xxxiv Examinations Open to the Public , N.Y. DEP’T CIVIL SERV., https://www.cs.ny.gov/ examannouncements/types/oc/ (last accessed Dec. 15 2021). xxxv State Jobs NY , N.Y. DEP’T CIVIL SERV., https://statejobs.ny.gov/public/howItWorks.cfm. (last accessed Dec. 15, 2021). xxxvi Municipal Civil Service Agencies , N.Y. DEP’T CIVIL SERV., https://www.cs.ny.gov/jobseeker/ local.cfm (last accessed Dec. 15, 2021). xxxvii Submit Your Application Online: Application Fee Waiver , N.Y. DEP’T CIVIL SERV., https:// www.cs.ny.gov/jobseeker/onlineapp/ocappinfo.cfm#3 (last accessed Dec. 15, 2021).
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