Senior Advisor, Clean Energy; MOCEJ

This position is detailed the Office of the Mayor

The New York City Mayor’s Office is responsible for overseeing city services throughout the five boroughs, coordinating public agencies and departments, and managing public property. The administration is leading the fight in making the city more affordable, reducing inequality, improving public safety, ensuring delivery of efficient and effective services, and working to make New York City’s economy stronger. We value leadership, transparency, fairness, and efficiency as we actively seek diverse talents from various sectors to join our team.

The Mayor’s Office of Climate and Environmental Justice (MOCEJ) is a team of architects, lawyers, data and climate scientists, engineers, policy advisors, geologists, and city planners working to create a city where our 8.8 million New Yorkers can live, work, learn, and play in healthy, resilient, and sustainable neighborhoods. MOCEJ integrates sustainability, resiliency, and environmental justice into one coordinated approach across several climate and environmental offices, all working to make our buildings efficient and resilient;

our infrastructure climate-ready; our streets, open spaces, and public realm active, safe, and healthy; and our energy clean and resilient. All New Yorkers deserve safe, healthy, resilient, and sustainable environments, even as the climate changes. MOCEJ is committed to improving environmental quality for all, prioritizing front‑line communities, seeking to redress current and past injustices and inequities while creating economic opportunities for all.

Through science‑based analysis, policy and program development, and capacity building, MOCEJ leads the City’s efforts to ensure that New York City is minimizing its contributions to climate change, preparing to adapt and protect New Yorkers from extreme weather and multiple climate hazards, and giving every New Yorker a meaningful voice in our city’s future.

As part of MOCEJ’s Clean Energy Team, the Senior Advisor will provide legal and policy expertise to support the City’s clean energy initiatives, regulatory engagement, and legislative priorities.

• Ensure that policies, projects, and programs implemented by MOCEJ are compliant with Federal, State, and local laws.
• Review and draft agreements with City, State, Federal, and private entities, including grant agreements, procurement contracts, Project Partnership Agreements, MOUs, and NDAs.
• Conduct research and analysis of specific legal questions and prepare memoranda and opinions setting forth research results, recommendations, and conclusions across a variety of environmental and energy law areas.
• Administer the City’s participation in energy regulatory proceedings before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the New York State Public Service Commission, coordinating across City agencies to inform priorities, managing submission of deliverables with the City’s outside energy counsel and Law Department, and reviewing City submissions for legal and substantive content.
• Review new legislation and regulations and support the development of City comments on Federal and State proposed regulations that impact MOCEJ projects, policies, or initiatives.
• Lead legislative initiatives, including drafting legislative proposals, drafting legislation, and memoranda in support or opposition to introduced legislation.
• Provide legal and policy analysis to support the City’s clean energy transition, including renewable energy deployment, grid modernization, and regulatory strategy.
• Support office wide efforts to ensure compliance with the City’s Information Privacy Law.
• Support the development of protocols needed to manage legal risk and support the effective functioning of MOCEJ programs and initiatives.
• Support the NYC Law Department with the legal and administrative aspects of litigation, including the litigation process.
• Provide legal expertise and support office wide efforts to ensure compliance with the City’s Conflicts of Interest Board rules, including drafting gift, travel,…