The Office of Chief Medical Examiner investigates cases of persons who die within New York City from criminal violence, by accident, by suicide, suddenly when in apparent health, when unattended by a physician, in a correctional facility or in any suspicious or unusual manner or where an application is made pursuant to law for a permit to cremate a body of a person.

Our core purpose is to protect public health and serve impartial justice through forensic science and medicine. We exist to provide answers in support of families and communities during times of profound need.

The core values of CARES guide our work for communities and inform our behavior toward each other and all those we serve.
- Commitment: Dedicated to the mission at all times
- Accountability: Responsible to each other and the community
- Resilience: Adapt in the face of adversity
- Excellence: Achieve and maintain the highest quality
- Service: Innovate to meet evolving needs

Under the general management of the Director of Forensic Investigations and supervision of the Deputy Director of Forensic Investigations, the Assistant Director of Forensic Investigations is responsible for assisting with the supervision and management of citywide operations in the Identification and Fingerprints unit. Typical tasks include but are not limited to the following:
- Directs evaluates, oversees, and analyze operational systems of assigned areas of responsibility, including major functions within forensic operations: Identifications, Fingerprints.
- Oversees unit operational budget for assigned areas of responsibility
- Investigate missing person inquiries submitted to the agency
- Manages and reviews IRC cases and identification processes for unverified release
- Oversees use of investigative background databases
- Oversees use of scientific identification modalities
- Assists families and medical examiners with the decedent identification process and completes identification using the agency’s case management system
- Translate office policies and directives into operating procedures and methods
- Directs and implements standards of work performance through education and training
- Other duties assigned

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college, with specialization in criminalistics, forensic science, chemistry, biology, physics, molecular genetics, genetics, biochemistry, molecular biology, entomology, anthropology, ecology or a closely related scientific or engineering field.

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.