New York’s 2019-2020 Budget Significantly Increases Fee for Background Checks
The New York Legislature’s 2019-2020 State Budget includes a drastic increase to the Office of Court Administration (OCA) searches – from $65 to $95 per search. While the stated purpose of the increase is to fund the state’s indigent defense programs, it begs the question – is the state merely looking for more money or is there some underlying purpose to try to get employers to stop doing background checks? Hire Image , along with many others have fought against this steep increase. Unfortunately, to no avail. Hire Image currently passes through a $68.00 fee, which includes the additional $3.00 OCA processing charge. With this change, the pass-through fee will now increase to $98.00. It should be noted that this fee is for each name searched, as the state has also refused to include alias names in the search. For those who are residents of the State of New York, we encourage you to reach out to your legislators regarding this increase and...
