Records & Info Law Grad Intern

The Legal Affairs Division serves as the in-house legal department for DOF, providing professional and comprehensive legal advice and services supporting a full range of city tax and other revenue-related matters. Legal Affairs Division attorneys and staff handle various legal issues, including real property taxes and exemptions, business income and excise taxes, collections, parking violations, treasury, land registry, Conciliation Bureau conferences, FOIL, and employment law.

Within Legal Affairs, the Information Law and Counsel Unit focuses on information and privacy related legal matters, disclosure, tax secrecy, Freedom of Information Law requests, data Sheriff matters, and other externally focused operational issues.

The unit is seeking an enthusiastic, self-motivated Summer Graduate Intern, such as a law student to:

• Assist the Records Access Officer with records requests under the Freedom of Information Law (FOIL)
• Provide administrative and processing support to DOF’s Records Access Officer and attorneys who handle FOIL requests
• Assist in processing and tracking incoming request for information under FOIL and provide support in drafting and seeing responses to requestors
• Assist attorneys with data, information, related legal functions
• Participate in other projects and matters that the attorneys in the unit are handling. Based on the needs of the unit, assignments may include assisting with administrative proceedings and compliance work, preparing notifications, reviewing documents, communications and a range of legal research and drafting assignments.

Additional Information

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.

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.

The student will be asked to sign a Tax Secrecy agreement and should understand the rules that prevent nondisclosure of Department of Finance information.

Minimum Qualifications

Candidates must be currently enrolled in a graduate degree program in an accredited college, university or law school.

Preferred Skills

• Graduate and Law interns must be currently enrolled or accepted in a graduate or law school – Excellent organizational and administrative processing skills as well as excellent computer skills – Detailed drafting, reviewing and writing skills. Strong legal research and writing abilities – Effective written and verbal communication skills – Ability to work on multiple detailed assignments with deadline

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education’s website at https://studentaid.gov/pslf/.

Residency Requirement

New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County. To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of interview.

Additional Information

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.