Senior Attorney (NY Helps)

No exam required under the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide (NY HELPS) Program:

• For appointment to the Assistant Attorney 1 you must have: Law school graduation and/or eligibility for the NYS Bar Admission.
• For appointment to the Assistant Attorney 2 you must have: Admission to the NYS Bar.
• For appointment to the Assistant Attorney 3 you must have: 12 months as an Assistant Attorney 2, or Admission to the NYS Bar and 12 months of subsequent satisfactory legal experience.
• For appointment to the Senior Attorney you must have: 12 months as an Assistant Attorney 3, or Admission to the NYS Bar and 24 months of subsequent satisfactory legal experience

OR

Competitive Minimum Qualifications:
70.1 Transfer:
For a 70.1 transfer to the Senior Attorney, SG-25, you must have one year of permanent competitive service in an approved 70.1 title allocated to a salary grade 23 or above.

52.6 Transfer:

For a 52.6 transfer to the Senior Attorney, SG-25, you must have one year of permanent competitive service in an approved 52.6 title allocated to a salary grade 23 or above and must have 12 months as an Assistant Attorney 3 OR admission to the New York State Bar AND 24 months of subsequent satisfactory legal experience.

To determine if your current Civil Service title is eligible for transfer to this title, visit the Career Mobility GOT-IT website: Career Mobility Office » GOT-IT (ny.gov)

Appointments via transfer must not result in a second, consecutive transfer with an advancement of more than two S-grades or one M-grade.

55-b/c:

• This position may be designated 55 b/c and is subject to verification of applicant eligibility.
• For more information on this program, please visit the NYS Department of Civil Service website, 55b/c Recruitment Resources Center (ny.gov)

Duties Description

Provide legal advice to staff of OSC's Division of Local Government and School Accountability in connection with audits of local governments, and provide advisory technical assistance to municipal attorneys, local government officials, taxpayers and others on various areas of law relating to municipal government and finance.

• Review and edit informational materials prepared by LGSA staff for posting on OSC website. Review for legal compliance certain documents required to be submitted for filing with OSC.
• Analyze documents and inquiries to identify legal issues.
• Perform necessary legal research of statutes, case law, legislative history, etc.
• Develop oral or written responses, including legal reasoning.

Assess the legal sufficiency of applications by local governments for the A Government Entity's approval of the establishment of town and county special districts (including water and sewer districts), business improvement districts, the issuance of indebtedness by certain local governments located within the Adirondack Park and exceeding or excluding indebtedness from Constitutional debt limits.

• Undertake review and analysis of documents and information submitted as part of the application including, as appropriate, engineers' reports, grant agreements, proposed real property tax assessment and fee rates, bond resolutions, contracts and other materials.
• Apply legal principles of the law pertaining to the Comptroller's approval functions.
• Coordinate with the Comptroller's Division of Local Government and School Accountability (LGSA) and interact with representatives of the applicant-local government.
• Prepare in-house legal opinions and other documents in connection with the approval function.

Miscellaneous, including making presentations at training seminars and webinars for municipal attorneys and other local government officials on special district issues and certain other topics.

• Participating in drafting certain OSC Program Bills and supporting memoranda, and review and comment on pending legislation relating to special district and certain other issues relative to municipal finance.
• Undertake preparation, including research of the subject area, outline of written remarks, and preparation of handouts and PowerPoint. Undertake legal research as necessary.
• Prepare proposed bill language and memoranda for review.
• Review and analyze technical issues raised by pending bills. Prepare and present comments.