Associate General Counsel

City of New York • New York, NY • 13h ago

Job Description

About the Agency:

The New York City Department of Housing Preservation Development (HPD) promotes quality and affordability in the city's housing, and diversity and strength in the city's 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 city's history. This investment, coupled with a commitment to reduce administrative and regulatory barriers, is a multi-pronged strategy to tackle New York City's 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:

Within HPD's Office of Legal Affairs (OLA's), the Contracts and Real Estate Division (CRED) handles, among other things, all of HPD's legal work related to real estate development, land-use planning, and asset management. The division's primary responsibility is to provide legal services to the Agency's affordable housing development programs, including by advising on real estate financings, sales and leases of City-owned property, and affordable housing regulatory agreements, and by closing the Agency's real estate transactions. The division is also responsible for advising on planning, pre-development, and asset management matters and affordable housing development policy and program design and implementation.

Your Impact:

As an Associate General Counsel, you will be a senior legal advisor to the Agency in support of the City's ambitious affordable housing plan. You will also lead, support, and train a team of talented lawyers and support staff.

Your Role:

Your role will be to supervise a team of approximately 4-6 professionals who advise the Agency's development programs on transactional real estate matters, in addition to associated offices on related matters. You will also provide legal advice and strategic guidance to senior Agency staff regarding real estate transactions and related issues. You will report to the Deputy General Counsel for Real Estate Transactions.

Your Responsibilities:

Supervise and mentor lawyers and support staff who advise on construction and permanent real estate financings, sales and leases of City-owned property, and affordable housing regulatory agreements, and who close the Agency's real estate transactions.

Prepare and review, and supervise the preparation and review of, complex legal documents related to real estate transactions and governmental approvals.

Negotiate, and supervise the negotiation of, difficult and complex legal issues, transactions, and documents pertaining to the implementation of affordable housing capital programs.

Analyze federal, state, and local laws and regulations.

Provide legal advice and strategic guidance to senior Agency staff.

Work collaboratively with Agency colleagues and partners.

Preferred Skills:

Experience in a transactional real estate practice is required. Responsibilities will include supervising difficult and complex legal work with significant financial and procedural implications.

EXECUTIVE AGENCY COUNSEL - 95005

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.

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.

Salary Min: $140,000.00

Salary Max: $150,000.00

Similar Jobs

Paralegal

Robert Half • New York, NY • 13h ago

Legal & Paralegal

Description Our client, a commercial litigation firm, is seeking to add a Litigation Paralegal to their team. The firm focuses on white collar criminal defense and investigations, civil litigation, corporate counselin...

13h ago

Go to Apply

Litigation Attorney/Lawyer

Robert Half • Hasbrouck Heights, NJ • 13h ago

Legal & Paralegal

Description Robert Half is seeking a talented New Jersey barred attorney to assist a boutique law firm with a specific commercial litigation case on a contract basis. This is a fantastic opportunity to work with a wel...

13h ago

Go to Apply

Attorney/Lawyer

Robert Half • Paramus, NJ • 13h ago

Legal & Paralegal

Description About the Role A well-established, mid-size full-service law firm with deep roots in New Jersey is seeking a Redevelopment Attorney to provide legal counsel on complex redevelopment projects, urban renew...

13h ago

Go to Apply

EY Law - Commercial and Contracts - Manager

EY • New York, NY • 13h ago

Legal & Paralegal

Location: New York, Washington, Chicago, Houston, Minneapolis, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Dallas, Atlanta, Los Angeles At EY, we're all in to shape your future with confidence. We'll help you succeed in a globally...

13h ago

Go to Apply

Counsel - Corporate and Subsidiary Governance

TD Bank • New York, NY • 13h ago

Legal & Paralegal

Work Location: New York, New York, United States of America Hours: 40 Pay Details: $140,000 - $231,000 USD TD is committed to providing fair and equitable compensation opportunities to all colleagues. Growth...

13h ago

Go to Apply

JUnior Paralegal

ManpowerGroup • New York, NY • 13h ago

Legal & Paralegal

Junior Paralegal- hybrid 55k Entry level Junior Paralegal for top tier law firm. Must have a Bachelor's degree with a 3.2 GPA. Assist senior partner and group of paralegals .with researching and general administrativ...

13h ago

Go to Apply

Direct Care Counselor

Constructive Partnerships Unlimited • Bronx, NY • 1d ago

Legal & Paralegal

Direct Care Counselor Type of Position Part time Search Location(s) Bronx, NY Apply Now ( https://phe.tbe.taleo.net/phe03/ats/careers/v2/applyRequisition?org=CPOFNYS&cws=37&rid=6605 ) Job Brief Provi...

1d ago

Go to Apply

Principal Associate, Data Scientist - Data Scientist - Application Fraud Team

Capital One Services, LLC • New York, NY • 1d ago

Legal & Paralegal

Principal Associate, Data Scientist - Data Scientist - Application Fraud TeamData is at the center of everything we do. As a startup, we disrupted the credit card industry by individually personalizing every credit card...

1d ago

Go to Apply

Legal Secretary

Robert Half • Newark, NJ • 1d ago

Legal & Paralegal

Description Robert Half is assisting a prestigious law firm in Newark, New Jersey, with their search for a skilled Legal Secretary to provide temporary support for a busy team of attorneys. This on-site role is an exc...

1d ago

Go to Apply

Assistant General Counsel, Loft Board

City of New York • New York, NY • 1d ago

Legal & Paralegal

Job Description The New York City Loft Board oversees the conversion of Interim Multiple Dwelling (IMD) buildings to safe residences and compels landlords to bring these spaces up to the minimum standards of the New Y...

1d ago

Go to Apply

Subscribe to get new jobs sent directly to you
(no charge, cancel anytime)

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.