Senior Counsel

Overview

Hours:

Full-Time – 35 Hours

Work Location:

30-30 Thomson Avenue, LIC, NY 11101
The Law Division of the NYC Department of Design and Construction ("DDC") seeks a full-time Senior Counsel. Under the supervision and direction of the General Counsel, First Deputy General Counsel and DDC’s management team, the Senior Counsel will be expected to perform a broad scope of duties to support DDC’s Law Division in all aspects of DDC’s mission. As in-house counsel to DDC the Law Division provides legal advice in relation to DDC’s planning, design, procurement, and construction management duties on the City’s roadway infrastructure systems and City-owned buildings (such as museums, libraries, correction facilities, police precincts, homeless shelters, court buildings, etc.).

The scope of work for the position will include a wide variety in-house legal counsel duties that may include, but not be limited to:

• Advise and make recommendations to the Deputy Commissioner / General Counsel and other agency executive staff on questions of law, procedure and administrative policy, including proposed legislative changes, developing legal arguments, environmental law compliance and significant recent caselaw that may affect the agency;
• Review and draft professional and construction contracts, including but not limited to design-bid build, design-build, cm build, construction management agreements, cultural grant agreements, licenses, assignments, small purchases contracts and force account agreements;
• Provide legal assistance to the Agency’s Chief Contracting Office ("ACCO") in relation to procurement appeals and decision process, including draft opinions and the presentation of facts and decisions;
• Review and assist with the management of litigation matters, legal disputes and commercial claims for cases pending with the agency, the NYC Law Department and the NYC Comptroller’s Office;
• Review agency responses to the public pursuant to the Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) and elected officials, as well as coordinate agency responses to the public with the agency’s public relations office;
• Provide legal guidance on conflicts of interest related guidance to agency management and staff;
• Assist with the legal review of equal employment law matters with agency management and staff;
• Assist with the legal review of insurance and surety matters;
• Handle real property issues that impact the agency’s construction efforts, including but not limited to: the oversight of real property condemnation proceedings pursuant to the New York State ("NYS") Eminent Domain Procedure Law ("EDPL"), the review of various types of leases, title reports, surveys, as well as the review and preparation of various types of license agreements, restrictive covenants, easements and land use actions;
• Prepare funding and security agreements for secured transactions under the Uniform Commercial Code ("UCC") with discretionary funded projects with not-for-profit organizations and hospitals;
• Assist the agency’s Director of Labor Relations, Human Resources, and agency management on issues pertaining agency employees, locals representing employees, grievances, and any other issues that arise regarding the City’s collective bargaining agreements;
• Research for the recommendation and interpretation of various laws, rules, regulations and programs.

As in-house counsel, successful candidates must be organized and able to multi-task.

Authorization to work in the United States is required for this position. NYC Department of Design and Construction does not provide sponsorship for international employees for visa applications, extensions, or status changes, including STEM/OPT visas. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that they meet all qualifying requirements for this position, at the time of application.

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