New York City Public Service Corps

The New York City Public Service Corps (NYCPSC) is a placement agency in Manhattan that assists Cornell work-study eligible students find employment with non-profit and city agencies/departments in the five boroughs of New York. The application allows you to specify several career-related work areas of interest and rank your preferred work locations. Cornell requires that you also submit a resume with the application, to assist the agency in identifying a position relevant to your interests and experience.

The job will pay a flat rate of $9.31 per hour for freshmen. Sophomores, juniors and seniors will earn $10.00 per hour (rate subject to change by the Office of Student Employment). Rates are determined by NYC payroll policy and, therefore, are not negotiable. You will be paid by the NYCPSC, not by the agency or department with which you are placed.

Placement
You won’t know where you will work until you have attended the placement interview with NYCPSC and are ready and available to work. You are not applying to an individual position or job. If your NYCPSC application is approved for funding through your Cornell work-study (either for summer or winter break), you will be placed with an assignment, but not until you are available and ready to work in New York and have attended the required placement interview with NYCPSC staff.

Interviewing
You are not applying to an individual position or job. Unlike other internships, where companies and organizations plan in advance how many student workers they will hire for the summer, the NYCPSC does not receive this information from agencies and city departments far in advance. Therefore, if your application is approved for funding, a specific match with an agency or city department occurs only after your placement interview in New York. The earliest you may schedule the placement interview is in May, once you know the exact date that you will be in New York and ready to begin work.

Applications
Applications are available in 203 Barnes Hall and 203 Day Hall. You are required to complete and return the application with a resume to Nancy Law, 203 Barnes Hall. We recommend that you submit your application and resume by mid-May. Approvals are made on a rolling basis beginning in March, until the funding is exhausted.