NYC Civil Service List: Active Candidate Rankings

New York City's Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) provides this dataset of all candidates who have passed a civil service exam, ranked in score order. Each list is active for one to four years from its established date and contains candidate names, exam details, agency information, and applicable credits. The dataset is published on multiple government data platforms, indicating its official status and public importance.

Use Cases

• Identifying eligible candidates for a job title using List Title Desc and List Agency Desc.
• Analyzing candidate rankings and scores for a specific exam using Exam No and Adj. FA.
• Verifying veteran or residency credits for candidates using Veteran Credit and Residency Credit columns.
• Tracking the active period of an eligibility list using Established Date and Anniversary Date.

Strengths

• Contains detailed candidate-level information across 20 columns, including names, exam numbers, and credits.
• Published by the authoritative source, the NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS).
• Available on multiple official data platforms (Socrata, Data.gov), supporting accessibility and reliability.

Limitations

• Key metadata is missing or conflicting: the Socrata source shows a last update date in the future (2026-06-02), while Data.gov shows 2026-04-12.
• No row count, file size, or license information is provided by any source, limiting assessment of scale and reuse terms.
• The description is repeated verbatim across sources, suggesting potential documentation gaps regarding specific data collection or update methods.

Provenance

Source

NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS)

Collection Method

Administrative records generated from civil service examination processes.

Freshness

2026-06-02 18:17:15 (Socrata) - Note: This date is in the future, indicating a potential metadata error.

Geography

New York City, New York, USA