Source: NYC Open Data · Bespree is not the employer.
ABOUT THE OFFICE: The Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice (MOCJ) develops innovative solutions to public safety challenges, reducing crime and incarceration. We create vital programs that improve lives, generate community stability, and increase access to the support needed to maintain healthy and safe New York City neighborhoods. Recognizing that public safety cannot be achieved by law enforcement alone, MOCJ moves our city forward by collaborating with community and institutional stakeholders to improve efficiency, accountability, and fairness in the justice system.
Reporting the agency Director, the General Counsel serves as the Office’s chief legal officer and a member of the Executive Team, providing strategic legal guidance across the agency’s portfolios and exercising a high level of independent judgment.
The General Counsel also serves as the Administrative Justice Coordinator, responsible for overseeing the agency’s City administrative matters, case matters, and legal status tracking, ensuring that legal strategy aligns with City administrative requirements and agency operations.
As a member of the Executive Team, the General Counsel works collaboratively with senior leadership to support the agency’s strategic priorities and operational effectiveness, while serving as the Office’s primary liaison to the New York City Law Department and other legal partners.
The successful candidate must be solutions-oriented and able to execute quickly in a fast-paced government environment.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
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.
New York City Residency is not required for this position
The City of New York delivers public services through agencies working across education, parks, public safety, health, infrastructure, and other areas.
Source: NYC Open Data · Bespree is not the employer.
ABOUT THE OFFICE: The Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice (MOCJ) develops innovative solutions to public safety challenges, reducing crime and incarceration. We create vital programs that improve lives, generate community stability, and increase access to the support needed to maintain healthy and safe New York City neighborhoods. Recognizing that public safety cannot be achieved by law enforcement alone, MOCJ moves our city forward by collaborating with community and institutional stakeholders to improve efficiency, accountability, and fairness in the justice system.
Reporting the agency Director, the General Counsel serves as the Office’s chief legal officer and a member of the Executive Team, providing strategic legal guidance across the agency’s portfolios and exercising a high level of independent judgment.
The General Counsel also serves as the Administrative Justice Coordinator, responsible for overseeing the agency’s City administrative matters, case matters, and legal status tracking, ensuring that legal strategy aligns with City administrative requirements and agency operations.
As a member of the Executive Team, the General Counsel works collaboratively with senior leadership to support the agency’s strategic priorities and operational effectiveness, while serving as the Office’s primary liaison to the New York City Law Department and other legal partners.
The successful candidate must be solutions-oriented and able to execute quickly in a fast-paced government environment.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
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.
New York City Residency is not required for this position
The City of New York delivers public services through agencies working across education, parks, public safety, health, infrastructure, and other areas.