Director – Fix Initiative Office of Enforcement and Neighborhood Services

About the Agency:
The Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) oversees housing standards across all 3.7 million homes in New York City. As the nation’s largest municipal housing agency, HPD is responsible for building and preserving affordable housing, protecting tenants from harassment and displacement, and holding landlords accountable across the five boroughs. Under Commissioner Dina Levy and the Mamdani Administration, HPD is pursuing an ambitious housing agenda focused on the needs of New York’s tenants.

With a broad set of tools including standards enforcement, tenant resources, and the creation of new affordable housing, HPD is committed to making New York City a more affordable place for renters and homeowners alike.

The Office of Enforcement and Neighborhood Services (OENS) leads the agency’s effort to work closely with other HPD divisions and outside community partners to identify buildings in distress, assess and develop appropriate strategies to address those properties and work closely with responsible owners to develop a plan to improve conditions and return buildings to firm financial footing and physical health. OENS uses enforcement tools within its Division of Code Enforcement, Housing Litigation Division, Emergency Operations and Enhanced Enforcement, and the Division of Neighborhood Preservation to ensure compliance with legal and regulatory obligations.

The Office of Enforcement of Neighborhood Services is composed of seven divisions:
Data Management & Technology (DMT), Division of Neighborhood Preservation (DNP), Administration & Internal Compliance (AIC), Housing Litigation Division (HLD), Division of Code Enforcement (DCE), Emergency Operations and Enhanced Enforcement Division (EOD) and Division of Emergency Housing Services (EHS).

Fix the City is a strategic effort to hold landlords accountable for long histories of persistent noncompliance and egregious violations of the Housing Maintenance Code. The goal is to compel these landlords into meaningful long-term compliance or transition ownership to responsible entities who will repair and maintain the buildings.

To achieve this, the initiative will deploy several coordinated measures:

• Layering of HPD enforcement tools including anti-harassment cases, the Alternative Enforcement Program (AEP), the Emergency Repair Program (ERP) and 7A
• Expanding civil litigation in coordination with the Department of Buildings (DOB) and the Law Department
• Seeking criminal charges, where appropriate, in coordination with the Attorney General (AG) and local District Attorneys (DAs)
• Coordinating inspections with organized tenant associations and legal service providers to ensure tenants are fully engaged in these efforts
• Engaging lenders and mortgage holders to leverage loan agreements and exert financial pressure for
• Connecting HPD preservation purchasers with properties when owners are in a position to sell
• Exploring the development of new interim ownership models to stabilize failing properties
• Developing new legislative solutions to close regulatory loopholes
• Utilizing underused legal tools to seek compliance

As Director of Fix the City Initiative/ Multiple Dwelling Specialist Level 3, you will report directly to the Deputy Commissioner of Enforcement and Neighborhood Services. In this role, you will help address the city’s housing crisis by supporting the OENS in executing regulatory, protective, and enforcement strategies under this mayoral initiative. Your role will include, but not be limited to the following:

• Coordinate with Assistant Commissioners and staff in the Division of Data Management and Technology (DMT) to identify portfolios for the initiative.
• Conduct…