The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles is committed to achieving the goals laid out in Governor Hochul's Executive Order 31. DMV is implementing a strategic plan that will enhance our continued support of employees with disabilities. Our plan details three objectives on which we are focusing our efforts.

Objective 1: Make current workplaces accessible for both current and potential employees, interns, apprentices, and fellows.

DMV will...

• Conduct an accessibility survey of agency websites, documents, and job postings each year, all of which should be accessible to all people with disabilities, including people with vision and hearing limitations. 
• Develop hiring practices to ensure that interviews and communications are accessible and welcoming to people with disabilities, including: making reasonable accommodations easier to prompt for or request; being mindful of language; refining job requirements; partnering with community organizations; providing necessary accommodations; understanding what can and cannot be asked; getting feedback from existing employees.
• Perform quarterly and annual data analysis of self-identified disability disclosures in order to track performance, adjust practices, and/or recommend new goals and objectives towards hiring and retaining more employees with disabilities.

Objective 2: Pro-actively connect to people with disabilities for open positions.

DMV will...

• Review Civil Service 55-B/C lists for open positions and pro-actively contact qualified people for interviews.
• Work with the Inclusive Internship Coordinator to provide internships to people with disabilities.
• Work with appropriate state entities (ACCES-VR, Commission for the Blind, OPWDD, OMH, DOL) on offering Customized Employment.
• Work with ACCES-VR and the Commission for the Blind on providing resources and services for work-based learning experiences, internships, and training for high school and college students with disabilities.

Objective 3: Communicate to the public, other agencies, and stakeholders about increased support and welcoming of people with disabilities.

DMV will...

• Include the agency's goal of hiring more people with disabilities into any of its external emails, news updates, newsletters, and appropriate social media posts.
• Include language on all appropriate job postings that state specifically that "all people with disabilities are encouraged to apply" to all jobs that they are qualified to do.
• Post appropriate excerpts of the Executive Order (EO) 31 Strategic Plan to the agency website and include language on agency website that specifically says "all people with disabilities are encouraged to apply" to all jobs that they are qualified to do.
• Make copies of EO 31 Strategic Plan available at all job fairs the agency attends.
• Add references to non-discrimination and equal opportunity statements in all appropriate documents (printed or online) to make them available and accessible to members of the public.
• Make a copy of the Strategic Plan available to contractors, vendors, agencies who assist people with disabilities seeking employment, and members of the public in the format requested by the individual making the request.

DMV is committed to being a model employer for people with disabilities. DMV’s commitment includes ensuring that the recruitment, application, interviewing and hiring processes are accessible to all job applicants. If you are a job applicant who may need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please contact DMV’s Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Accessibility.