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About the Role

The Legal Affairs Division serves as the agency's in-house legal counsel, providing legal advice, drafting rules, executing agreements, enforcing rules, and working on litigation. The selected candidate will report to the General Counsel/Deputy Commissioner for TLC.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a legal expert responsible for drafting and negotiating contracts and agreements.
• Manage and oversee litigation.
• Advise on rulemaking and administrative law matters.
• Ensure compliance with FOIL.
• Address privacy concerns.
• Manage intellectual property issues.
• Draft and review legal documents.
• Track and resolve complex legal matters.
• Review information requests to ensure legal compliance and transparency.
• Represent the agency at internal and external meetings.
• Develop and deliver high-level presentations.
• Oversee special legal projects as assigned.

Requirements

• Admission to the New York State Bar.
• One year of satisfactory United States legal experience subsequent to admission to any state bar.
• Six months of satisfactory service as an Agency Attorney Interne (30086).
• Must remain a Member of the New York State Bar in good standing for the duration of employment.
• To be assigned to Assignment Level (AL) II, candidates must have one year of experience at Assignment Level I or two years of comparable legal experience subsequent to admission to the bar, in the areas of law related to the assignment.
• To be assigned to AL III candidates must have two years of experience in Assignment Levels I and/or II or three years of comparable legal experience subsequent to admission to the bar, in the areas of law related to the assignment.

Location

• New York, NY

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• 1 year of experience
• 2 years of experience
• 3 years of experience

Education Level

• New York State Bar

Salary/Compensations

• $100,000 to $125,000
• USD 92525 - USD 125000

About the Company

• The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) is the City agency responsible for regulating for-hire transportation in New York City, including taxis, street hail liveries, high-volume for-hire services such as Uber and Lyft, black cars, luxury limousines, livery vehicles, commuter vans, and paratransit vehicles.
• TLC oversees a transportation ecosystem that moves nearly 1 million riders every single day.
• TLC is entering a new era of dignity, accountability, and collaboration across the for hire vehicle sector.
• TLC continues to be on the front lines of a rapidly changing mobility landscape and our innovative efforts--whether requiring minimum pay for app drivers, ensuring wheelchair accessible service, making our licensed fleet more environmentally sustainable, working to eliminate traffic fatalities, or preventing discriminatory service--often serve as a model for other cities.
• In this New Era for TLC, the agency is guided by three core priorities: Driver and Passenger Dignity, Corporate Accountability, and A Transportation System that Works Together.

Equal Opportunity

• 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.