With offices in all five boroughs and Kingston, New York, the New York City Law Department handles over 70,000 active or ongoing legal matters each year. In addition to litigating cases, attorneys draft and review local and State legislation; approve leases, contracts, and financial instruments for the sale of municipal bonds; negotiate and structure business transactions; and provide legal counsel to City officials on a wide range of issues, such as immigration, education, judicial election reform and environmental policy. The Annual Report lists some major issues and matters handled by the Law Department in 2014.
The goal of the Quality Assurance and Construction Safety Bureau is to ensure the safety and quality of construction projects and their conformance to regulations, specifications, plans and referenced standards