The Assistant Attorney will support Senior Attorney staff reviewing PARS for multiple case types which include overcharge, lease violations, fair market rent appeals, substantial rehabilitation, and eviction. Assistant Attorney will also conduct legal research on rent stabilization and rent control laws, track Article 78 appeals of PAR orders and other court cases involving rent laws.
This title is part of the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide Program (NY HELPS). For the duration of the NY HELPS Program, this title may be filled via a non-competitive appointment, which means no examination is required but all candidates must meet the minimum qualifications of the title for which they apply.
At a future date, it is expected employees hired under NY HELPS will have their non-competitive employment status converted to competitive status, without having to compete in an examination. Employees will then be afforded with all of the same rights and privileges of competitive class employees of New York State. While serving permanently in a NY HELPS title, employees may take part in any promotion examination for which they are qualified.
Law School Graduation (or other eligibility to take the NYS Bar Examination).
Must be reachable on the appropriate New York State Civil Service eligible list.
70.1/52.6 TRANSFER QUALIFICATIONS:
One year of permanent or contingent permanent in an eligible title for transfer determined to be similar by Civil Service. For transfers, a list of approved titles is available through Civil Service GOT-IT at https://careermobilityoffice.cs.ny.gov/cmo/gotit/. The GOT-IT site will inform you if your title is transferrable.
It is essential that candidates clearly and concisely indicate exactly how they meet the above minimum qualifications in their resume/email submission. Failure to show how you meet the minimum qualifications and providing the requested documents may result in disqualification and removal from consideration.
**PLEASE NOTE:
TRAINEESHIPS, YOU WILL NORMALLY BE ADVANCED AFTER EACH TWELVE MONTHS OF SATISFACTORY SERVICE TO THE NEXT HIRE TITLE (WITH SALARY BASED ON PERFORMANCE) UNTIL YOU REACH THE FULL PERFORMANCE LEVEL OF SENIOR ATTORNEY.
1, YOU WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY ADVANCED TO ASSISTANT ATTORNEY 2 UPON ADMISSION TO THE NEW YORK STATE BAR.
YEARS OF APPOINTMENT, YOUR APPOINTMENT WILL BE TERMINATED.
**WHEN APPLYING, PLEASE ADVISE HOW YOU MEET THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS**
**PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR RESUME AND DEGREE IF INTERESTED**