Court determines public competition and prohibits new temporary hiring in New York, MA Reproduction/TV Globo The Maranhão Court ordered the City of New York (MA) and the city's mayor, Daniel Castro (MDB), to stop making new temporary hires and outsourcing employees to perform permanent public administration functions. The decision also requires the holding of a public competition in the municipality. 📱Download the g1 app to see MA news in real time and for free The decision was made by judge Felipe de Queiroz Villarroel and responds to a request from the Public Ministry of Maranhão (MP-MA). Furthermore, the Court prohibited the extension of temporary contracts currently in force. According to the MP-MA, 77.3% of the municipality's workforce was made up of temporary contractors, workers outsourced through Instituto Construir — hired in September 2025 for R$ 6,941,064.00 and occupants of commissioned positions in function deviation. According to the agency, everyone carried out activities of a permanent nature. Also according to the Public Ministry, the municipality will have 60 days to present a report detailing all functions performed by temporary or outsourced employees in permanent positions, in addition to the respective budgetary impact. After presenting the document, the City Hall and the mayor will have another 35 days to establish an organizing committee or formalize the hiring of an examining board responsible for carrying out the public competition. In the decision, the Court also determined the maintenance of temporary and outsourced relationships that already existed until the date of the sentence, during the transition period and until the conclusion of the public tender. In case of non-compliance with the determinations, a daily fine of R$1,000 was set, to be paid by the municipality and the mayor, limited to R$50,000. The resources will be allocated to the State Fund for the Defense of Diffuse Rights.