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Staff Attorney - Housing Unit (Tenant Rights Coalition)

Legal Services NYC·📍 Staten Island Legal Services

Employment

Full-Time

Work mode

On-site

Experience

SENIOR LEVEL

Salary

$88.2K – $169.9K/yr

Role overview

Job description

Legal Services NYC (LSNYC) fights poverty and seeks racial, social and economic justice for low-income New Yorkers. For over 50 years, we have challenged systemic injustices that trap people in poverty and provided legal services that help our clients meet basic needs for housing, income and economic security, family and immigration stability, education, and health care. LSNYC is the largest civil legal services provider in the country; our staff of more than 600 people in neighborhood-based offices and outreach sites across all five boroughs helps hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers annually. We partner with scores of community-based and client-run organizations, elected officials, public agencies, pro bono lawyers, and the courts to maximize our effectiveness. Our work fights discrimination and helps to achieve equity for all low-income New Yorkers. LSNYC employees have numerous oppor

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What they are looking for

Skills & requirements

Qualification

Applicants must have a J.D. from an accredited law school; Admitted or be in the process of being admitted to practice law in the State of New York; Strong demonstrated background and experience in public interest, litigation, housing, landlord/tenant, and/or related advocacy; Experience working with diverse low-income communities and familiarity with structural and systemic racism and their intersection with poverty. Strong ties to or understanding of the Staten Island low-income communities is a plus; Commitment to social justice and working in low-income communities and communities of color to advance equity; Strong interest in working directly with clients, specifically clients in crisis; Strong time management and organizational skills; Superb analytical, oral, and written communication skills; and Fluency or proficiency in Spanish or another language spoken by the communities we serve is helpful but not required. Salary is commensurate with experience. Hybrid remote work policy, and excellent benefits package. All employees are strongly encouraged to continue to receive and maintain up-to-date COVID vaccinations unless they are unable to for medical or religious reasons. How

Department · Housing

Hiring company

Legal Services NYC

Legal

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