Clerical Support for the Division of Code Enforcement (DCE)

About the Agency:
The NYC Department Housing Preservation & Development (HPD) promotes quality and affordability in the city's housing, and diversity and strength in the city’s neighborhoods because every New Yorker deserves a safe, affordable place to live in a neighborhood they love.

• We maintain building and resident safety and health
• We create opportunities for New Yorkers through housing affordability
• We engage New Yorkers to build and sustain neighborhood strength and diversity.

HPD is entrusted with fulfilling these objectives through the goals and strategies of Housing Our Neighbors: A Blueprint for Housing and Homelessness, Mayor Adams’ comprehensive housing framework. To support this important work, the administration has committed $5 billion in new capital funding, bringing the 10-year planned investment in housing to $22 billion the largest in the city’s history. This investment, coupled with a commitment to reduce administrative and regulatory barriers, is a multi-pronged strategy to tackle New York City’s complex housing crisis, by addressing homelessness and housing instability, promoting economic stability and mobility, increasing homeownership opportunities, improving health and safety, and increasing opportunities for equitable growth.

Your Team:

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 and Neighborhood Services is composed of six divisions: Data Management & Technology (DMT), Division of Neighborhood Preservation (DNP), Administration & Internal Compliance (AIC), Housing Litigation Division (HLD), Division of Code Enforcement (DCE), and Emergency Operations and Enhanced Enforcement Division (EOD).
Your Impact:
As the Clerical Support, Community Associate for the Division of Code Enforcement, you will assist the division in assuring owner compliance with the New York city Housing Maintenance Code (HMC) and the New York State Multiple Dwelling Law (MDL) in privately-owned, multiple-unit dwellings and tenant-occupied apartments in one- and two-family houses throughout the city to promote quality housing for New Yorkers.
Your Role:
Under the direction within the Division of Code Enforcement, the selected candidate responsibilities will include, but not be limited to the following;
Responsibilities:

• Processing complaints received from 311 in regard to the Housing Maintenance Code.
• Performing callback functions such as contacting tenants to verify if conditions have been corrected.
• Facilitating customer service, such as: handling telephone inquiries from tenants, and owners regarding complaints and inspection results.
• Performing data entry and processing of Dismissal Request and Notice of violations
• Retrieving information using HPD’s database for requested information.
• Maintaining a variety of difficult and responsible statistical reports, including maintaining,

examining, preparing and creating spreadsheets.

• Performing liaison activities among Code Enforcement Borough offices.
• Assists unit with special projects, as necessary.

• Candidates may be assigned to any office within the 5 boroughs and may be assigned to work evenings and weekends.