NEW ROCHELLE, NY — Plans to scrap the New Rochelle Civil Service Commission announced in March, weeks after the passing longtime Commissioner Domenic Procopio on December 14, 2020, have been put on hold.
“The New State Civil Service advised us that there is a one year waiting period before the local Commission can be disbanded,” said a City spokesperson.
The plan had been to transfer the responsibility of implementing Civil Service regulations to Christine Dodge, the Commissioner of Human Resources.
Dodge was appointed by City Manager Charles B. Strome on October 1, 2018, to her current position. Dodge was intimately involved in consummating the New Rochelle PBA contract in 2019. Before joining the City of New Rochelle, Ms. Dodge was the Deputy Commissioner of Human Resources for the City of Yonkers.
Although Strome formally recommended abolishing the Civil Service Commission to the New Rochelle City Council three months ago, the move had been in the works for more than two years, sources say.
“In an effort to provide flexibility in hiring a workforce that reflects the diversity of the City, it is the determination of staff that the elimination of the local Civil Service Commission will allow the City to achieve better efficiency and provide a more streamlined hiring process in pursuit of this goal”
At least for now, Rev. Fetson Leak has succeeded Procopio as Chairman of the Civil Service Commission. Leak and longtime CSC member Margaret Chadwick are now joined by recent appointment Guadalupe Avila on the revamped Civil Service Commission
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Go further back with Ms. Dodge Before she was Deputy Commissioner in Yonkers
Why?
Her bio is on LinkedIn. It says she worked for City Yonkers for 6+ years, before that Standard New York and Westchester School for Children.
We are not mind readers here. If you have a point speak plainly and make it.