New York City Law Department

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government agency municipal law department public law office

The New York City Law Department is the municipal legal agency responsible for representing and advising the City of New York and its officials in legal matters, litigation, and policy.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Corporation Counsel of the City of New York	1
NYC Law Department	1
Office of the Corporation Counsel of the City of New York	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government agency ⓘ municipal law department ⓘ public law office ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	New York City Law Department ⓘ surface form: NYC Law Department New York City Law Department ⓘ surface form: Office of the Corporation Counsel of the City of New York
appointedBy	Mayor of New York City ⓘ
client	New York City ⓘ surface form: City of New York New York City government ⓘ surface form: New York City agencies New York City official ⓘ surface form: New York City officials
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
employer	attorneys ⓘ legal support staff ⓘ paralegals ⓘ
field	administrative law ⓘ civil litigation ⓘ commercial and contract law ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ labor and employment law ⓘ law ⓘ municipal law ⓘ public law ⓘ real estate law ⓘ tax law ⓘ tort law ⓘ
hasDuty	advise City of New York on legal issues ⓘ defend New York City in lawsuits ⓘ draft and review municipal legislation ⓘ handle administrative proceedings involving New York City ⓘ handle civil litigation involving New York City ⓘ negotiate legal settlements for New York City ⓘ participate in policy development from a legal perspective ⓘ prosecute certain civil enforcement actions on behalf of New York City ⓘ provide legal counsel to New York City agencies ⓘ represent City of New York in legal matters ⓘ represent New York City officials in litigation ⓘ
headOfGovernmentBody	New York City Law Department self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Corporation Counsel of the City of New York
jurisdiction	New York City ⓘ surface form: City of New York New York City ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
legalForm	public agency ⓘ
locatedIn	New York City ⓘ New York ⓘ surface form: New York State United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
operatesIn	New York City court system ⓘ New York State Judiciary ⓘ surface form: New York State courts federal courts in the United States ⓘ
parentOrganization	New York City ⓘ surface form: City of New York
partOf	New York City government ⓘ surface form: Government of the City of New York
sector	public sector ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New York City Law Department → alsoKnownAs → New York City Law Department ⓘ

this entity surface form: NYC Law Department

New York City Law Department → alsoKnownAs → New York City Law Department ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of the Corporation Counsel of the City of New York

New York City government → hasPart → New York City Law Department ⓘ

New York City Law Department → headOfGovernmentBody → New York City Law Department self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Corporation Counsel of the City of New York

New York City Administrative Code → publishedBy → New York City Law Department ⓘ

Legal Bureau → worksWith → New York City Law Department ⓘ

subject surface form: Legal Bureau (NYPD)