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                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 6, 2025
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 Introduced  by M. of A. CHANG -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Employees
 
 AN ACT directing the department of civil service to conduct a  study  on
   Asian  American  and  Pacific Islander (AAPI) employment in the public
   sector workforce; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon
   expiration thereof

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  1.  The department of civil service, in consultation with
 the department of state and the New York state office for new  Americans
 in  conjunction  with  any  other  department,  division, board, bureau,
 commission, agency, or public authority of the state  or  any  political
 subdivision  thereof  deemed  necessary by the governor, shall conduct a
 comprehensive study and prepare a report on Asian American  and  Pacific
 Islander (AAPI) employment in the public sector workforce.
   2. The study shall:
   (a)  determine  the  current number of AAPI employees in the state and
 local public sector workforce, any increases in such numbers  over  time
 and  whether such increases are keeping pace with the growth of the AAPI
 population in New York state;
   (b) determine the number of current AAPI public sector  employees  who
 are proficient in one or more languages common to AAPI communities;
   (c)  determine the availability of public services in languages common
 to AAPI communities and whether such availability is sufficiently  meet-
 ing the needs of AAPI communities;
   (d)  determine  to  what  extent bilingual or multilingual AAPI public
 sector employees utilize  these  language  proficiencies  to  assist  in
 providing services in languages common to AAPI communities;
   (e) examine and make recommendations on how to increase AAPI represen-
 tation  in  the public sector workforce so that such workforce is repre-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 sentative and proportionate to the overall population of AAPI  residents
 of the state;
   (f)  examine  and make recommendations on how to incentivize people of
 AAPI descent who speak a language common to AAPI communities to join the
 public sector workforce and  use  their  language  proficiency  for  the
 purpose of providing public services in such languages;
   (g)  examine  and  make recommendations on any other means to increase
 the availability of public services in languages common to AAPI communi-
 ties to meet the needs of the AAPI communities in this state;
   (h) determine the public resources required to increase AAPI represen-
 tation in the public sector workforce; and
   (i) determine if partnerships between state or local  governments  and
 non-governmental institutions, organizations or businesses can be estab-
 lished and leveraged to minimize the cost to taxpayers.
   3.  Not later than two years after the effective date of this act, the
 department of civil service shall prepare and submit  to  the  governor,
 the  temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the
 minority leader of the senate and the minority leader of the assembly  a
 report  of  the study's findings, together with specific recommendations
 for improving representation of AAPI communities in  the  public  sector
 workforce   and  increasing  the  availability  of  public  services  in
 languages common to AAPI communities in New York state.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
 deemed repealed 3 years after it shall have become a law.