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.

The New York Department of Citywide Administrative Services (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 Deputy Commissioner will oversee acquisitions and dispositions including purchasing and leasing, appraisals, design, and project management for leased spaces, ULURP applications, property, and implementation of initiatives to maximize efficiencies utilizing City-controlled real estate.

The position will oversee all operations of the DCAS’s real estate services, including managing properties surrendered by other City agencies as surplus; locating and acquiring property required for use by City agencies; long and short-term leasing of City-owned properties for revenue; disposition of real estate by means of sales and lease auctions; managing the portfolio-tracking systems and databases that supports all real estate operations; coordinating with other agencies for land use approvals; identify and implementing energy efficiency, storm resiliency, and economic development initiatives in City -owned and City-leased spaces; and managing the acquisition of private properties for City agency use. The Deputy Commissioner is responsible for planning, directing, and managing the activities of the following offices:

- Portfolio Planning and Management: 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; provides workplace service functions such as IT and telecommunications, furniture, and design assistance.

- Leasing and Acquisitions: This unit 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: Dispositions (including sales, leases, licenses) of City-owned property; oversight of approx. 2000 DCAS lots; tracking of 15,000 City-owned lots located within all 5 boroughs; zoning and land use analyses; allocate agency jurisdiction over surplus properties,

- Design & Project Management: D&PM is 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.

- 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, the Board of Elections and various courts; and audits rent paid by tenant agencies and charged by landlords.


To Apply:

Please go to www.nyc.gov/careers and search for Job ID #. 730811

For current City employees please go to www.nyc.gov/ess and log into Employee Self Service.

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DEPUTY COMMISSIONER (DCAS) - 95634

This title is in the exempt class.

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.