Senior Attorney, Compliance & Enforcement

About the Agency :

The New York City Department of Housing Preservation Development (HPD) promotes quality and affordability in the citys housing and diversity and strength in the citys neighborhoods because every New Yorker deserves a safe affordable place to live in a neighborhood they love.

• We maintain building and resident safety and health
• We create opportunities for New Yorkers through housing affordability
• We engage New Yorkers to build and sustain neighborhood strength and diversity.

HPD is entrusted with fulfilling these objectives through the goals and strategies of Housing Our Neighbors : A Blueprint for Housing and Homelessness Mayor Adams comprehensive housing framework. To support this important work the administration has committed $5 billion in new capital funding bringing the 10-year planned investment in housing to $22 billion the largest in the citys history. This investment coupled with a commitment to reduce administrative and regulatory barriers is a multi-pronged strategy to tackle New York Citys complex housing crisis by addressing homelessness and housing instability promoting economic stability and mobility increasing homeownership opportunities improving health and safety and increasing opportunities for equitable growth.

Your Team :

The Office of Development leads the agencys effort to develop affordable housing through new construction and preservation of existing affordable housing. The Housing Incentives division offers tax credits tax incentives and zoning bonuses in order to facilitate affordable housing development. Housing Incentives Compliance and Enforcement (C&E) division investigates and takes enforcement action against building owners receiving these benefits who fail to comply with applicable state and local laws codes and regulations as well as agency regulatory agreements.

Housing Incentives is composed of four teams :

Your Impact :

As an Attorney for Housing Incentives Compliance and Enforcement (C&E) division you will assist in investigating and taking enforcement action against building owners receiving benefits who fail to comply with applicable state and local laws codes and regulations as well as agency regulatory agreements. You will be a part of major compliance efforts including those focusing on violations of rent registration and affordability requirements resulting in more affordable and rent-stabilized apartments for New Yorkers and will help supervise a team of Paralegals.

Civil Service Title : Agency Attorney III

Your Role :

As a senior attorney your role will be to assist the division in ensuring compliance of buildings with valuable benefits under the direction of the Assistant Commissioner (AC) of Compliance & Enforcement. You serve as the agencys subject matter expert on compliance and enforcement of tax incentives and will investigate and take enforcement action against non-compliant building owners. Cases focus on violations of statutory requirements including but not limited to rent registration and affordability requirements as well as violations of Regulatory Agreements. These investigations regularly involve coordination with other city and state agencies; you may assist the AC in liaising with these agencies. Additionally the attorney will investigate allegations that are referred from both internal and external sources. The attorney will also participate in drafting and reviewing legislation that affects the divisions compliance and enforcement efforts. Additionally you will assist the Assistant Commissioner and other senior staff with agency reporting requirements on compliance cases handled by the division.

Your Responsibilities include but are not limited to :

Preferred Skills :

AGENCY ATTORNEY - 30087

Qualifications :

1. Admission to the New York State Bar; and either 2 or 3 below.

2. One year of satisfactory United States legal experience subsequent to admission to any state bar; or

3. Six months of satisfactory service as an Agency Attorney Interne (30086).

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

In addition to meeting the minimum Qualification Requirements :

To be assigned to Assignment Level (AL) II candidates must have one year of experience at Assignment Level I or two years of comparable legal experience subsequent to admission to the bar in the areas of law related to the assignment. To be assigned to AL III candidates must have two years of experience in Assignment Levels I and / or II or three years of comparable legal experience subsequent to admission to the bar in the areas of law related to the assignment.

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 individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.

Remote Work : No

Employment Type : Full-time

Key Skills

Law,Legal Operations,Application Engineering,Arbitration Law,Branding

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1