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NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

MOSI (Mayor's Office Summer Intern) Job Description I Referral Form

Unit Name: Mayor's Office Of Environmental Coordination

Unit Address: 100 Gold Street, 2fl New York, NY 100036

Contact Person or liaison to the internship program: Greg Belcamino

Title of contact person: Deputy Director

Telephone 212-788-2932

*Please complete one form for each position that is available in your office.

Unit description: The Mayor's Office of Environmental Coordination was created by the City Charter in 1991 to provide assistance to all City agencies in fulfilling their responsibilities regarding City, State, and Federal environmental review procedures. The office is responsible for developing and maintaining technical standards and methodologies, coordinating environmental reviews by involved and interested agencies, providing City agencies with staff training and management assistance, maintaining a repository for City environmental review documents, and publishing notifications in the City Record. The office also provides information and policy guidance on brownfields issues and coordinates brownfields investigation, remediation, and redevelopment efforts in New York City.

Internship Responsibilities: 1) Help design NYC presentation for EPA Brownfields 2001 conference; 2) Assist with writing, editing, and production of final report for EPA brownfields grant; 3) Update environmental review database; 4) Assist with CEQR Technical Manual update and other projects as needed.

Qualifications/Special Skills/Areas of Study: We prefer a candidate with a degree or substantial coursework/experience in urban planning, environmental studies/policy, economic development, or law, and with some knowledge of NYC government, history and/or geography. The intern must write well (a short writing sample will be required), have good oral communication skills, and be able to work both independently and as part of a team. The intern must be proficient in Microsoft Word and should preferably be familiar with Access, Powerpoint, and Excel. Familiarity with GIS is a plus.

Education Level Requested: College graduate or graduate student.

Ideas for activities: Site visit to a water pollution control plant Tour of water supply system, reservoir, valve chambers Tour of City Hall

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