Assistant Counsel

The NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) enriches the environment and protects public health for all New Yorkers by providing 1.1 billion gallons of high-quality drinking water, managing wastewater and stormwater, and reducing air, noise, and hazardous materials pollution. DEP is the largest combined municipal water and wastewater utility in the country, with nearly 6,000 employees. DEP's water supply system is comprised of 19 reservoirs and 3 controlled lakes throughout the system’s 2,000 square mile watershed that extends 125 miles north and west of the City.

The Bureau of Legal Affairs (BLA) serve as in-house counsel to DEP. The work of the Bureau is managed by four units, representing the large array of matters that come before it, divided as follows: Environmental Affairs Unit, Water Supply & Environmental Litigation Unit, Contracts & Employment Unit, and Infrastructure & Operations Unit. The members of the Bureau are responsible for ensuring that all the agency’s legal needs are addressed, working in conjunction with the New York City Law Department, which represents the agency in litigation.

The Environmental Affairs unit within the Bureau of Legal Affairs has an exciting career opportunity for an attorney to handle the broad array of legal work required for DEP to advance the agency’s mission and protect the environment in New York City through enforcement of the agency’s rules and regulations within NYC. The selected candidate will serve as an attorney with the agency’s Bureau of Legal Affairs, as part of the Environmental Affairs unit and under the supervision of the Senior Enforcement Counsel. The selected candidate’s primary role will be to appear at the Office of Administrative Trials & Hearings to represent DEP in cases involving the violation of DEP local rules and regulations by businesses and individuals. In addition, the selected candidate will work with the Senior Enforcement Counsel to provide advice and counsel to DEP staff on complex legal matters involving the enforcement of agency rules and regulations, promulgation of new rules and emerging local, state and federal laws and regulations that may impact DEP local enforcement and regulations.

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Graduation from an accredited United States law school as defined in the Rules of the New York Court of Appeals (Sections 520.3 or 520.5) or admission to the New York State Bar.

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.