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About the Role
The Office of Legal Affairs provides legal advice, counsel, and representation to all agency offices and program areas, ensuring compliance with federal and state legal mandates. This role involves assisting on multi-family housing bond issuances, subsidy loan programs, participating loan programs, and related real estate mortgage financing matters. Responsibilities include reviewing legislation, preparing materials for agency members, handling administrative matters, and supervising legal support staff. The position also entails performing legal services for loan management, mortgage enforcement, and architect/construction contracts.
Responsibilities
- Assisting on multi-family housing bond issuances, subsidy loan programs, and participating loan programs.
- Handling related real estate mortgage financing matters.
- Reviewing legislation.
- Preparing materials for consideration by the Agency’s Members/Directors.
- Managing Agency administrative matters.
- Performing legal services related to the Agency’s loan management.
- Conducting mortgage enforcement efforts.
- Overseeing architect and construction contracts.
- Supervising legal support staff engaged in similar duties.
Requirements
- Must be admitted to the practice of law in New York State.
- Requires two years of experience including experience in corporate, real estate, and/or financing transactions.
- Experience and/or familiarity with real estate lending, secured transactions, construction lending and mortgage loan portfolio management is helpful.
- Litigation experience may also be useful.
- Ability to establish effective working relationships with staff and outside attorneys and consultants.
- Ability to work under pressure.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Strong analytical and organizational skills.
Skills
- Corporate transactions
- Real estate transactions
- Financing transactions
- Real estate lending
- Secured transactions
- Construction lending
- Mortgage loan portfolio management
- Litigation
- Legal research
- Legal writing
- Communication
- Organization
- Analysis
Location
- New York City
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Two years of experience
Education Level
- Admitted to the practice of law in New York State
Benefits
- Extensive benefits package
- Paid leave
- Health benefits
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits
- Retirement benefits with the New York State & Local Employees’ Retirement System
- Promotional opportunity
- Work-life balance
- 37.5 hour work week
- Vacation days
- Sick days
- Personal days
- Federal Holidays
- Compressed scheduling opportunity
- 12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave
- Paid Family Leave
- Flextime scheduling opportunity
- Eligibility for Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF)
- Cash in for Wellness program (health club membership, weight loss, smoking cessation)
- Tuition reimbursement program
- Vacation Leave Buy-Back program
- Access to Plum Benefits (savings on entertainment and travel)
- Optical reimbursement program
- Hearing aid reimbursement program
- Podiatric expenses reimbursement program
About the Company
- New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) is the State’s affordable housing agency, with a mission to build, preserve, and protect affordable housing and increase homeownership throughout New York State.
- HCR is committed to fostering a culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility.
- HCR is committed to developing a workforce which represents the diverse population of New York State.
- Under the leadership of Governor Kathy Hochul and Commissioner RuthAnne Visnauskas, HCR is a vibrant, innovative agency that integrates and leverages New York State’s housing resources.
- We have offices in New York City, Albany, Buffalo and Syracuse, and employ a diverse workforce of professionals who are hard-working and committed to serving low and moderate income families.
- Our mission is far reaching, encompassing single and multifamily housing finance, home improvement, rent regulation, housing subsidies, and community development.
- We partner regularly with a variety of public and private stakeholders.
- Achieving this mission requires a wide range of skills and backgrounds in public policy, administration, real estate, construction, finance, law, and many other areas of expertise.
- We seek to provide a workplace environment that is productive, flexible, accountable, ethical, and caring.
- Our employees are empowered to make a difference where they live and work.
- We offer competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits package, including paid leave, health, dental, vision, retirement, and family-friendly policies.
Equal Opportunity
- NYS Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) is committed to fostering a culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility.
- HCR embraces a diverse and inclusive work environment by encouraging all individuals, including those with disabilities, to apply to open positions at the agency.