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About the Agency: 

The New York City Department of Housing Preservation Development (HPD) promotes quality and affordability in the city's housing, and diversity and strength in the city’s neighborhoods because every New Yorker deserves a safe, affordable place to live in a neighborhood they love.   

  • We maintain building and resident safety and health
  • We create opportunities for New Yorkers through housing affordability
  • We engage New Yorkers to build and sustain neighborhood strength and diversity.   

HPD is entrusted with fulfilling these objectives through the goals and strategies of “Housing Our Neighbors: A Blueprint for Housing and Homelessness,” Mayor Adams’ comprehensive housing framework. To support this important work, the administration has committed $5 billion in new capital funding, bringing the 10-year planned investment in housing to $22 billion—the largest in the city’s history. This investment, coupled with a commitment to reduce administrative and regulatory barriers, is a multi-pronged strategy to tackle New York City’s complex housing crisis, by addressing homelessness and housing instability, promoting economic stability and mobility, increasing homeownership opportunities, improving health and safety, and increasing opportunities for equitable growth.  

Your Team 

The Compliance Intern will have the unique opportunity to work on a variety of projects within the new Office of Compliance and & Risk Management (CRM). This Office is centralizing various compliance, oversight, and hearing functions from across the agency critical to ensure fairness, consistency, and equity in both our external and internal engagement. CRM will collaborate with programs across HPD to ensure the agency and its partners comply with laws (federal, state, and city), regulatory requirements, policies, and procedures. The Office includes the following Divisions and units: 

  • Division of Adjudications 
  • Division of Economic Opportunity & Regulatory Compliance 
  • Public Information 
  • Audit Support    

This internship will provide a unique opportunity to learn about different compliance functions within the agency and be part of a growing, dynamic Office. 

Your Impact 
CRM is responsible for coordinating the agency’s compliance programs, liaising with the units and staff responsible for relevant compliance responsibilities, audit responses, site standard adherence for financed construction work, public-facing appeals and hearings, and managing risk for the agency. 

Your Role 
Internships at HPD provide students with a robust, dynamic, and engaging professional experience and the experience is often the foundation of a career in housing, economic, and urban development or a variety of government opportunities. The Compliance Intern will give students a strong understanding of how compliance can support and strengthen the agency’s work.  

Key Responsibilities 
The Compliance Intern will support compliance operations within CRM as well as other areas throughout the agency. Under direction of the Chief of Staff, they will manage a portfolio of projects including, but not limited to managing a network of liaisons, audit support project management, tracking specific cross-agency compliance requirements, Public Information administration, and other special projects. 

Responsibilities include but are not limited to assisting with:  

  • Record management related to specific compliance requirements 
  • Program and planning documentation and for priority compliance projects 
  • Coordination and organization of data and/or materials for select projects 
  • Assist with scheduling and external correspondence as needed 

Preferred Skills 

The Compliance Intern must be detail oriented, able to perform administrative tasks, and have strong interpersonal and communication skills. We are looking for a flexible and collaborative team player with project management, organizational, and analytic skills. 

  • Strong analytical, research and communication skills (written and verbal) 
  • Strong proficiency in MS Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel) 
  • Detail-oriented, multi-tasking, self-starter 

 Please submit a cover letter as part of your application. 

 Hours/Shift: 

Part time while classes are in session: 20 Hours / Full time during summer breaks and recess: 35 Hours