General Counsel, MOME

The Mayors Office of Media and Entertainments mission is to support and strengthen New York Citys creative economy and make it accessible to all. The agency comprises four divisions: the Film Office which coordinates film and television production in public places; NYC Media the largest municipal television and radio broadcasting entity in the country; Creative Sector Programs which supports workforce development and the film television theater/live performance music publishing advertising and digital content industries; and the Press Credentials Office (PCO) which issues access credentials for journalists. Information about the agency is available on our website:

The Mayors Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) is seeking a dynamic dedicated General Counsel with government experience who will report to either the Chief Operating Officer or the Commissioner. The General Counsel will be responsible for overseeing MOMEs legal affairs and will be expected to partner with MOMEs executive staff including the leaders of MOMEs divisions to handle legal matters support major projects and develop agency policies procedures and plans. The General Counsel will also work with other agencies primarily the Law Department and the Office of Technology and Innovation. The General Counsel should have emotional intelligence diplomacy a sense of humor and significant experience leading and collaborating on complex projects. Although an entertainment law background is helpful the General Counsel primarily counsels the agency on issues relating to the administration of a government agency.

Specifically the MOME General Counsel will:
-Counsel MOME on legal issues relating to the administration of a New York City government agency.
-Counsel MOMEs staff on a variety of legal subjects including the First Amendment MOMEs regulations broadcast laws procurement laws conflicts of interest laws employment laws intellectual property laws and transparency laws.
-Work with the Commissioner and senior staff to develop strategic plans to carry out MOMEs mission and vision.
-Lead a team of four early- to mid-career attorneys and support their professional development.
-Draft and review a high volume of contracts including intellectual property licenses procurement contracts real estate licenses grant agreements end user license agreements programming agreements appearance consents marketing credit agreements inter-agency memoranda of understanding and other types of contracts.
-Draft public facing documents that explain laws to non-legal laypeople in plain language.
-Oversee MOMEs legislative and rulemaking agenda including commenting on bills and proposed rules drafting rules and managing all aspects of the rulemaking process developing MOMEs legislative and rulemaking agendas and tracking bills and proposed rules.
-Oversee the legal review of MOMEs public-facing content including our broadcast content promotional advertisements newsletters and web content.
-Cooperate with the Law Department on litigation and oversee the legal units small caseload at the Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings.
-Promote compliance with law through trainings instructions to staff reviews and other means.
-Oversee the work of the FOIL Records Access Officer and Appeals Officer.
-Oversee work on legal reports including those required by the Federal Communications Commission with respect to MOMEs two broadcast licenses.
-Liaise with the Law Department on MOMEs trademark portfolio.
-Advise City Hall on legal matters relating to the Citys broadcast network film permits and press credentials.
-Serve as MOMEs Agency Privacy Officer oversee the work of MOMEs Open Data liaison and other designated positions.
-Represent MOME in meetings with City Hall other government agencies/offices and external stakeholders; accompany the Commissioner to City Council hearings.
-Help MOME develop more efficient processes.
-Oversee special projects as directed by the Commissioner.

HOURS/SHIFT
Day - Due to the necessary management duties of this position in a 24/7 operation candidate may be required to be on call and/or work various shifts such as weekends and/or nights/evenings.

WORK LOCATION
Manhattan NY

TO APPLY
Please go to and search for Job ID #751683

*Interested applicants with other civil service titles who meet the preferred requirements should also submit a resume for consideration

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EXECUTIVE AGENCY COUNSEL - 95005

Qualifications :

Admission to the New York State Bar; and four years of recent full-time responsible relevant satisfactory legal experience subsequent to admission to any bar eighteen months of which must have been in the supervision of other attorneys in an administrative managerial or executive capacity or performing highly complex and significant legal work.

Incumbents must remain Members of the New York State Bar in good standing for the duration of this employment.

Additional Information :

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic including but not limited to an individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time