About the Agency:

The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) is the nation’s largest municipal housing preservation and development agency. Its mission is to promote quality housing and diverse, thriving neighborhoods for New Yorkers through loan and development programs for new affordable housing, preservation of the affordability of the existing housing stock, enforcement of housing quality standards, and educational programs for tenants and building owners. HPD is tasked with fulfilling Mayor de Blasio’s Housing New York Plan which was recently expanded and accelerated through Housing New York 2.0 to complete the initial goal of 200,000 homes two years ahead of schedule by 2022, and achieve an additional 100,000 homes over the following four years, for a total of 300,000 homes by 2026.________________________________________

Your Team:


The Office of Development leads the implementation of the Mayor’s Housing Plan to create or preserve 300,000 units of affordable housing by 2026. This is performed in close collaboration with HPD colleagues, other City and state agencies, and the New York City Housing Development Corporation (HDC).

The Office of Development is composed of nine divisions:

- Executive Office Operations and Policy
- Division of Compliance and Enforcement
- Division of Housing Incentives
- Division of Building & Land Development Services
- Division of New Construction Finance
- Division of Homeownership Opportunities & Preservation
- Division of Preservation Finance
- Division of Special Needs Housing
- Division of Portfolio Management and Conversion

Your Impact:

The Tax Incentive Programs unit within the Division of Housing Incentives, administers a wide variety of tax abatement and exemption programs to facilitate private and publicly-subsidized rehabilitation and new construction and rehab programs throughout New York City. As a Tax Incentives Analyst for the Tax Incentive Program, you will gain invaluable knowledge in one the most complex and sought after tax benefits for new construction and rehabilitated residential buildings.

Your Role:

Under general supervision, the Tax Incentives Analyst will perform responsible work in the review and analysis of tax benefit applications for new residential construction, residential rehabilitation and conversion to multiple dwellings including but not limited to 421-a, 485-x, J-51, Unlocking Doors, 467-m, and other tax incentive programs as needed. The review regularly involves coordination with the private sector and other city and state agencies.

Your Responsibilities:

- Reviews and assesses applications for completeness and eligibility, and prepares files for supervisory review;
- Conducts research using public and internal databases to validate application information;
- Tracks status of applications and documentation received as well as generates correspondence;
- Identifies and analyzes eligibility issues and troubleshoots applications problems;
- Provides programmatic and technical guidance to filing agents and members of the general public on issues relating to the tax incentive application;
- Provides guidance to junior analyst on program details and application review;
- Monitor and maintain electronic data integrity and status of all assigned applications;
- Maintain complete and organized case files;
- Work with other Division staff to update and maintain tracking and case management systems and to compile Division-wide data for reports to senior managers, the New York City Mayor's Office and the City Council; and
- Assists senior staff with special projects, as needed.

Preferred skills

- (1) A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and two years of experience in community work or community-centered activities in an area related to the duties described above; or (2) high school graduation or equivalent and six years of experience in community work or community-centered activities in an area related to the duties; or (3) education and/or experience which is equivalent to "1" or "2" above. However, all candidates must have at least one year of experience as described in "1" above
- Candidates must have excellent verbal and written communication and strong interpersonal skills;
- Ability to meet deadlines and manage multiple projects in a timely manner and to be a team player;
- Research and analytical skills;
- Keen attention to detail and organizational skills;
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills; and
- Strong facility with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)




NOTE: Only those candidates under consideration will be contacted.

NYC residency required
The Department of Housing Preservation and Development offers competitive salaries and the following benefits:
Generous Pension Plans (The New York Employees' Retirement System);
401(k) and ROTH Retirement Savings Programs;
U.S. Savings Bonds Flexible Spending Program;
Health Benefits, Dental, Vision Coverage, Prescription Drug Program;
Training and Professional Development;
Opportunity for Scholarship; College Savings Program;
Paid Holidays and Generous Annual Leave

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and two years of experience in community work or community centered activities in an area related to the duties described above; or
2. High school graduation or equivalent and six years of experience in community work or community centered activities in an area related to the duties as described above; or
3. Education and/or experience which is equivalent to "1" or "2" above. However, all candidates must have at least one year of experience as described in "1" above.

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 at https://studentaid.gov/pslf/.

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.

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.