Executive Director of Borough Planning Division of Planning and Predevelopment

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.

Your Team:

The Office of Neighborhood Strategies (ONS) is charged with ensuring that HPD’s development and preservation efforts are guided by meaningful community engagement and coordinated with public investments in infrastructure and services, as put forth in the Mayor’s Housing Plan.

ONS is composed of two divisions and a cross-divisional unit reporting to the Associate Commissioner:

• The Division of Planning and Predevelopment (P&P) is central to developing and managing HPD's housing production pipeline from project proposal phases through the land use review and entitlement process, to ensure that HPD's investments contribute to building strong, healthy, resilient neighborhoods in all five boroughs. The advertised position is a member of this division.
• The Division of Neighborhood Development & Stabilization (ND&S) leads the agency's commitment to neighborhood planning and strategic preservation through engagement with tenants, landlords, community leaders, and neighborhood stakeholders as we work to enable strong and healthy neighborhoods anchored by affordable housing.
• The Strategic Initiatives Unit (SIU) leads special ONS initiatives and provides essential technical, planning, and policy support to staff and the Deputy Commissioner of Neighborhood Strategies.

Your Impact:

As the Executive Director of Borough Planning, you will advance HPD’s affordable housing mission by providing strategic and technical expertise and guidance to borough planning units within ONS. You will help to advance the creation of HPD’s new construction pre-development pipeline resulting in the creation of thousands of homes, and new community and retail opportunities. The Executive Director of Borough Planning reports to the Assistant Commissioner for Planning and Predevelopment.

This role will support the Mamdani Administration's Streamlining Procedures to Expedite Equitable Development ("SPEED") initiative, a sweeping set of reforms to deliver affordable housing faster across New York City.

Your Role:

The Executive Director of Borough Planning will oversee and manage four Borough Planning teams (~16 staff) to advance affordable housing and community development projects throughout the five boroughs. Primary roles include creation and maintenance of standard practices related to public engagement, ensuring affordable housing projects on City-owned land move expeditiously and efficiently through engagement and entitlements processes, intra- and inter-agency coordination, coaching and mentoring borough directors, and helping represent the agency in various aspects of projects, including in high-profile public-private planning and development processes, interagency initiatives, and in meetings with elected officials.

Your Responsibilities:

Under the supervision of the Assistant Commissioner for Planning and Predevelopment, the Executive Director of Borough Planning acts as a bridge between borough planning teams and ONS and agency leadership, helps institute and maintain standards…