Legal Affairs
Investigating Attorney – Racial Profiling and Biased Policing
$73,476 to $84,498 a year
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From ≈ $35.33 an hour · $2,826 every 2 weeks, before taxes (40-hour weeks).
NYC minimum wage is $17/hr. This beats it by $18.33/hr, with health insurance and a pension on top.
What you'd have made
$2,816 If you'd started this job 2 weeks ago, at this pay, before taxes.
An hour of this job pays for about 11.7 subway rides ($3 fare).
Price anything in hours of this job
Overtime added $2,622 on average that year, and it isn't guaranteed. Base salary of active employees paid a yearly rate, fiscal year 2025 (July 2024 to June 2025). Source: NYC's payroll data
Check yourself
What they actually ask for.
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- Admission to the New York State Bar; and either "2" or "3" below.
- One year of satisfactory United States legal experience subsequent to admission to any state bar; or
- Six months of satisfactory service as an Agency Attorney Interne (30086).
Incumbents must remain Members of the New York State Bar in good standing for the duration of this employment.
In addition to meeting the minimum Qualification Requirements:
To be assigned to Assignment Level (AL) II, candidates must have one year of experience at Assignment Level I or two years of comparable legal experience subsequent to admission to the bar, in the areas of law related to the assignment.
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To be assigned to AL III candidates must have two years of experience in Assignment Levels I and/or II or three years of comparable legal experience subsequent to admission to the bar, in the areas of law related to the assignment.
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The work
What the job is.
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Fieldwork or outdoors
“Request and obtain confidential and sensitive documentary evidence for cases, including but not limited to BWC footage, surveillance and/or cellphone footage, medical records, and police documents from both the NYPD and private entities (some field work may be required)”
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The Civilian Complaint Review Board (“CCRB”) is charged with investigating, mediating, and prosecuting
complaints which members of the public file against New York City police officers alleging the use of force, abuse of authority, discourtesy,
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offensive language, untruthful statements made by officers, and racial profiling and biased policing. The Board consists of 15 members who are appointed by the Mayor, the City Council and Public Advocate or designated by the police commissioner. The Board is responsible for governing the agency.
The Executive Director is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the agency. As the largest police oversight agency in the United States, the CCRB currently investigates approximately 4,500 complaints each year.
In April 2021, the New York City Council passed Intro 2212, which clarified that the CCRB has the authority to investigate complaints of racial profiling and other forms of biased policing made by members of the public against New York City police officers.
To execute this newly clarified authority, the CCRB has created a Racial Profiling and Biased Policing (“RPBP”) Investigations Unit.
Reporting to the Director and Deputy Director of the RPBP Unit the Investigating Attorney responsibilities include, but are not limited to, receiving, investigating, and managing civilian complaints of police misconduct that allege racial profiling and/or other forms of biased policing based on race, color, national origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, immigration or housing status.
The Investigating Attorney must then:
- Contact and schedule complainants for interviews to discuss incidents in detail.
- Interview witnesses of different racial, religious, and socioeconomic backgrounds, gender identities, and sexual orientations, some of whom may have mental or physical disabilities.
- Analyze and interpret rules, regulations, and policies as outlined in the NYPD Patrol and Administrative Guides, as well as relevant municipal, state and federal anti-discrimination statutes and court decisions.
- Request and obtain confidential and sensitive documentary evidence for cases, including but not limited to BWC footage, surveillance and/or cellphone footage, medical records, and police documents from both the NYPD and private entities (some field work may be required)
- Schedule and conduct interviews of New York City police officers, who are represented by union attorneys and who are mandated by the NYPD Patrol Guide to provide a statement.
- Work with CCRB data analysts to obtain and quantitatively analyze data relevant to allegations of biased conduct by NYPD officers.
- Compose and summarize details of complainant, subject, and witness interviews.
- Create Board Review Reports which concisely describe factual findings, applicable law, rules and reasoning employed to arrive at conclusion and submit all reports and suggested recommendations to the CCRB Board.
An Investigating Attorney should have the ability to:
- Manage multiple on-going cases and investigative projects at the same time
- Draft legal documents involving complex analysis
- Provide recommendations on questions of law and policy
- Engage with vulnerable populations with sensitivity and respect
- Maintain sensitive and confidential information
Skills they'd like
- At least one year of relevant and satisfactory legal work experience in the areas of anti-discrimination, police misconduct, other civil rights, or criminal law
- Excellent attention to detail
- Exceptional organizational skills
- Ability to conduct efficient legal research
- Ability to rapidly understand provisions of applicable law and regulations
- Experience in handling multiple assignments with competing deadlines with a high degree of detail and accuracy
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Experience using industry-recognized public and private investigative search engines and databases (e.g. LexisNexis or CLEAR)
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including the ability to create and manipulate Excel documents using custom field formulas
- Skill and experience working collaboratively and productively as part of a team
- Experience and comfort working and/or engaging with individuals from historically marginalized communities
- Strong commitment to public service
Before you apply
The fine print.
Where you have to live
NYC residency not required
New York City Residency is not required for this position
Sources
Straight from the city.
Updated every day from the city's job data (last city update September 21, 2026). You apply through the official posting.
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