Deputy Commissioner of Real Estate Services

DCAS's mission is to make city government work for all New Yorkers. From managing New York City’s 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 City's efforts to reduce carbon emissions from government operations.

When you work at DCAS, you’re not just working for one agency, but in service of them all. It’s 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 nyc.gov/dcas to learn more about the work we do.

Responsibilities:

DCAS seeks a qualified candidate to serve as its Deputy Commissioner of Real Estate Services, responsible for the planning, management, and operations of the City’s real estate portfolio. The position will oversee all operations of the DCAS’s 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 support 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 14,000 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.

Minimum Qualifications:

A master's 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;
• Management or methods analysis, operations research, organizational research or program evaluation;
• 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.

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

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

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

A combination of education and/or experience equivalent to the 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 above, including the 18 months of executive, managerial, administrative, or supervisory experience.

Public Service Loan Forgiveness:

As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education’s website.

Residency Requirement:

New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County. To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of interview.

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 individual’s sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.