Prosecuting Attorney

City of New York • Long Island City, NY

14h • $73,476 - $84,498 • Onsite

About The Position

The New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission (TLC) oversees a transportation ecosystem that moves nearly 1 million riders every single day. TLC is responsible for regulating New York City's taxicab and for-hire vehicle industry. With approximately 180,000 licensed drivers, 1,000 businesses, and 115,000 vehicles, TLC is entering a new era of dignity, accountability, and collaboration across the for-hire vehicle sector. TLC is on the front lines of a rapidly changing mobility landscape, with innovative efforts such as requiring minimum pay for app drivers, ensuring wheelchair accessible service, making the licensed fleet more environmentally sustainable, working to eliminate traffic fatalities, and preventing discriminatory service. The Prosecution Division investigates and prosecutes all summonses issued by TLC, which include administrative, field, and consumer-initiated complaints. Our division prosecutes a wide range of violations, including reckless driving, unlicensed operation, illegal street pickups, harassment, and leaving the scene of an accident. Prosecuting Attorneys represent TLC on cases heard before the Hearings Division of the Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings and will gain robust hands-on litigation experience as they rotate through various prosecutorial assignments, including Consumer Intake, Settlements, Hearings, and Appeals.

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)
• Incumbents must remain Members of the New York State Bar in good standing for the duration of this 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.

Responsibilities

• Managing a daily caseload and independently representing the Taxi and Limousine Commission at administrative hearings, including preparing and presenting witnesses and evidence at trial.
• Evaluating case strengths and weaknesses to effectively negotiate plea and settlement agreements with respondents and/or their attorneys or representatives.
• Interviewing consumer complainants to obtain complaint details and determine appropriate charging violations and settlement offers.
• Reviewing hearing dispositions for summonses dismissed at OATH; drafting appeals and Chair petitions when appropriate.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level