New NYC Jobs Center Offers Applications, Interviews And Hiring Help

NEW YORK CITY— A center for finding City jobs will open next Monday in Lower Manhattan, giving New Yorkers a walk-in location to get help applying for public-service positions and navigating the civil service process.

The Jobs NYC Center, located at 2 Lafayette St., will begin regular walk-in hours Oct. 5.

New Yorkers can visit from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday without an appointment.

The center will also host hiring halls, job fairs, interviews, workshops and training sessions with City agencies and other employers.

The center's launch also expands a Jobs NYC program created under former Mayor Eric Adams in 2024 to bring City hiring services into neighborhoods.

As of Aug. 31, the City had 292,808 employees out of 307,199 authorized positions, leaving 14,391 vacancies, according to City Comptroller Mark Levine’s agency staffing dashboard.

The vacancies represented 4.68 percent of authorized positions.

The Administration for Children’s Services had 676 vacancies, or 9.62 percent of its authorized positions.

The agency is scheduled to hold hiring information sessions at the new Jobs NYC Center on Oct. 5, 12 and 19.

The Department of Small Business Services and the Department of Citywide Administrative Services will jointly operate the center.

“This is the place where any New Yorker can walk into and get real help finding, applying for, and landing a job within their own city,” Kenny Minaya, Small Business Services commissioner, said.

Minaya said he grew up in New York City and attended the City's public schools before graduating from City University of New York schools.

He recalled receiving advice from City employees in his family and support network to take civil service exams because future opportunities were uncertain.

“I didn't know it at the time, but I was lucky enough to have people in my life that worked in city government and could help me navigate what seemed like an opaque system,” Minaya said.

The new center will offer that assistance directly to job seekers.

The Department of Citywide Administrative Services, which administers the City's civil service system, connects New Yorkers to about 80 percent of City jobs, according to Commissioner Yu Mei Kitase.

The Lafayette Street location also sits near a City testing site, allowing applicants for jobs requiring exams to take the test nearby.

The opening also marked the swearing-in of 17 new employees for NYC BEST, the City's Business Express Service Team.

The team helps small-business owners navigate permits, regulations, inspections and other City requirements.

The new hires will join the existing NYC BEST team as the administration expands its services for small businesses.

The City's Jobs NYC program has worked with 47 City agencies and public institutions, according to the administration.

For more information on the Jobs NYC program and center, visit here.