Deputy Commissioner of Real Estate Services

DCASs mission is to make city government work for all New Yorkers. From managing New York Citys most iconic courthouses and municipal buildings to purchasing over $1 billion annually in goods and services for more than 80 City agencies what we do ensures that all agencies can deliver on their mission. Our reach touches every facet of city government and is instrumental to the successful day-to-day operations of the City of New York.

Our commitment to equity effectiveness and sustainability guides our work providing City agencies with the critical resources and support needed to succeed including:

- Recruiting hiring and training City employees.
- Managing 55 public buildings.
- Acquiring selling and leasing City property.
- Purchasing over $1 billion in goods and services for City agencies.
- Overseeing the greenest municipal vehicle fleet in the country.
- Leading the Citys efforts to reduce carbon emissions from government operations.

When you work at DCAS youre not just working for one agency but in service of them all. Its an opportunity to provide impactful support quality customer service and help protect the future of New York City for generations to come. Visit our website at to learn more about the work we do.


DCAS seeks a qualified candidate to serve as its Deputy Commissioner of Real Estate Services responsible for the planning management and operations of the Citys real estate portfolio. The position will oversee all operations of the DCASs real estate services including acquisitions (purchasing and leasing) dispositions appraisals design and construction for leased spaces long and short-term leasing of City-owned properties for revenue ULURP applications managing the portfolio-tracking systems and databases that supports all real estate operations and implementation of initiatives to maximize efficiencies utilizing City-controlled real estate. The Deputy Commissioner is responsible for planning directing and managing the activities of the following offices:

- Leasing and Acquisitions: Handles citywide acquisitions (either through lease or purchase) for agency office warehouse industrial parking and other needs. It is responsible for negotiating a portfolio of over 22M square feet of leased space.

- Planning and Dispositions: Responsible for dispositions (including sales leases licenses and concessions) of City-owned property; oversight of approx. 2000 DCAS lots; tracking of 14000 City-owned lots located; ULURP zoning and land use analyses; and allocate jurisdiction over surplus properties.

- Design & Construction: Responsible for providing project management services for the renovation of leased and City-owned space including programming preliminary design scope of work development cost estimating space measurement verification and construction administration among others. Responsible for the space planning and management of 15 million square feet of City-owned space and 22 million square feet of leased space including the surveying and categorization of office space via ARCHIBUS; provide workplace service functions such as IT and telecommunications furniture and design assistance.

- Financial Services: Reviews financial aspects of complex transactions involving the disposition and acquisition of property; accounts for revenues and receivables resulting from the sales and rental of property; appraises property to be disposed of and acquired; administers leases for space occupied by DCAS multi-tenanted buildings the Board of Elections and various courts; and audits rent paid by tenant agencies.



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Qualifications :

1. A masters degree from an accredited college in economics finance accounting business or public administration public health human resources management management science operations research organizational behavior industrial psychology statistics personnel administration labor relations psychology sociology human resources development political science urban studies or a Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school and two years of satisfactory full-time professional experience in one or a combination of the following: working with the budget of a large public or private concern in budget administration accounting economic or financial administration or fiscal or economic research; or in management or methods analysis operations research organizational research or program evaluation; or in personnel or public administration recruitment position classification personnel relations labor relations employee benefits staff development employment program planning/administration labor market research economic planning social services program planning/evaluation or fiscal management. Eighteen (18) months of this experience must have been in an executive managerial administrative or supervisory capacity. Supervision must have included supervising staff performing professional work in the areas described above.

2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of satisfactory full-time professional experience in the areas described in 1 above including the 18 months of executive managerial administrative or supervisory experience as described in 1 above.

3. An associate degree or completion of 60 semester credits from an accredited college and six years of satisfactory full-time professional experience as described in 1 above including the 18 months of executive managerial administrative or supervisory experience as described in 1 above.

4. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a States department of education or a recognized accrediting organization and eight years of satisfactory full-time professional experience as described in 1 above including the 18 months of executive managerial administrative or supervisory experience as described in 1 above.

5. A combination of education and/or experience equivalent to 1 2 3 or 4 above. College education may be substituted for professional experience at the rate of 30 semester credits from an accredited college for one year of experience. However all candidates must have a high school diploma and at least two years of experience as described in 1 above including the 18 months of executive managerial administrative or supervisory experience as described in 1 above.

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