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Testing Troubled Waters

Posted 5/22/20

In responding to the de Blasio administration's decision to suspend in-person testing for city jobs indefinitely, Organization of Staff Analysts Chairman Bob Croghan called it a logical move given the circumstances. Social-distancing restrictions make it impracticable to administer exams the old-fashioned way, and the city figures to be doing little hiring in the months ahead given the mountainous budget deficits that it, along with the state, is currently facing.

What concerns Mr. Croghan is what happens farther down the road, particularly in light of the comment by a Department of Citywide Administrative Services spokesman to The City—the website that broke the news—that DCAS was exploring "online testing options." 

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