Executive Agency Counsel

NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development; New York (NY); Vor Ort; USD 120.000 - 180.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development seeks an Executive Agency Counsel to serve as a senior legal advisor supporting HPD's property tax exemptions and abatements. The role involves complex legal work across tax incentives, housing supervision, and related regulatory oversight.

You will draft legislation, participate in hearings, and coordinate with the Law Department on significant administrative litigation.

Qualifikationen

• Admission to the New York State Bar; and four years of recent full-time responsible, relevant legal experience after admission, including at least 18 months supervising other attorneys, in administrative, managerial or executive capacity.
• Must maintain New York State Bar membership for duration of employment.

Aufgaben

• Provide complex legal counsel in TIHS jurisdiction on residential property tax exemptions and abatements and related oversight.
• Draft and review proposed state and local legislation and regulations; prepare litigation papers and notes.
• Draft legislation and rules; participate in public hearings and high-level policy meetings.
• Liaise with the City Law Department on administrative law litigation affecting HPD programs.
• Report to the Deputy General Counsel supervising TIHS; advise senior agency staff.

Kenntnisse

Excellent writing

Legal research

Analytic skills

Draft legislation

Interpersonal skills

Independent work

Leadership experience

Ausbildung

Juris Doctor (JD) or equivalent

Jobbeschreibung

About The Agency

The Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) oversees housing standards across all 3.7 million homes in New York City.

About The Agency

The Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) oversees housing standards across all 3.7 million homes in New York City. As the nation’s largest municipal housing agency, HPD is responsible for building and preserving affordable housing, protecting tenants from harassment and displacement, and holding landlords accountable across the five boroughs. Under Commissioner Dina Levy and the Mamdani Administration, HPD is pursuing an ambitious housing agenda focused on the needs of New York’s tenants. With a broad set of tools including standards enforcement, tenant resources, and the creation of new affordable housing, HPD is committed to making New York City a more affordable place for renters and homeowners alike.

Your Team

Within HPD’s Office of Legal Affairs is the Tax Incentives And Housing Supervision Division ("TIHSD"). TIHSD handles most legal issues relating to property tax exemptions and abatements, Mitchell Lama developments, Redevelopment Companies, and rent regulation.

Your Impact

As an Executive Agency Counsel you will be a senior legal advisor for the Agency in support of HPD's property tax exemptions and abatements.

Your Role

You will perform complex legal work in the areas under TIHS’s jurisdiction including residential property tax exemptions and abatements as well as supervision of Mitchell Lama and Redevelopment companies. You will participate in drafting legislation and rules, holding public hearings, attending high-level meetings regarding Agency policy, and reviewing proposed City and State legislation. You also may act as a liaison with the Law Department on important administrative law litigation affecting HPD programs. You will report to the Deputy General Counsel that oversees TIHS.

Your Responsibilities

The Executive Agency Counsel’s responsibilities may include but not be limited to: Perform complex legal work related to tax incentives and housing supervision with significant financial, procedural and policy consequences. Analyze federal, state and local statutes and regulations. Draft and/or review proposed state and local legislation and regulations as well as litigation papers related to tax incentives compliance enforcement and real property tax benefit application denials prepared by the New York City Law Department. Counsel senior agency staff. Handle other complex legal issues.

Preferred Skills

• Excellent writing, legal research, and analytic skills, and attention to detail
• Ability to draft legislation and rules
• Ability to review and analyze proposed legislation and rules and digest impacts on the Agency
• Ability to liaise with litigation to protect Agency programs and processes
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work independently or as a part of a team
• At least seven years of relevant experience

EXECUTIVE AGENCY COUNSEL - 95005

Minimum Qualifications

Admission to the New York State Bar; and four years of recent full-time responsible, relevant, satisfactory legal experience subsequent to admission to any bar, eighteen months of which must have been in the supervision of other attorneys, in an administrative, managerial or executive capacity, or performing highly complex and significant legal work.

Incumbents must remain Members of the New York State Bar in good standing for the duration of this employment.

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education’s website at https://studentaid.gov/pslf/.

Residency Requirement

New York City Residency is not required for this position

Additional Information

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.