Senior Counsel, Transactions - Special Projects

**Job ID:** 16194 **Business Unit:** MTA Headquarters **Location:** Jamaica, NY, United States **Regular/Temporary:** Regular **Department:** Special Projects \- Legal **Date Posted:** Jun 16, 2026 **Description** **JOB TITLE:** Senior Counsel, Transactions – **Special Projects** **SALARY RANGE:** Level I \- $155,248 Level II \- $166,116 Level III \- $181,066 **DEPT/DIV:** Special Projects Legal Division **SUPERVISOR:** Deputy General Counsel \& Unit Chief **LOCATION:** 93\-02 Sutphin Blvd, Jamaica, NY 11435 **HOURS OF WORK:** 9:00 AM \- 5:30 PM ***This position is eligible for*** ***telework,*** ***which is currently one day per week******. New hires are eligible to apply 30 days after their effective date of hire.*** The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is North America's largest transportation network, serving a population of 15\.3 million people across a 5,000\-square\-mile travel area surrounding New York City, Long Island, southeastern New York State, and Connecticut. The MTA network comprises the nation’s largest bus fleet and more subway and commuter rail cars than all other U.S. transit systems combined. The MTA strives to provide a safe and reliable commute, excellent customer service, and rewarding career opportunities. **Overview of the Special Projects** **Legal** **Division and Position:** The **Special Projects** **Legal** **Division** is seeking a Senior Counsel I, II, or III to join the Special Projects Legal Division, depending on their experience level as described below. The **Special Projects Legal Division** is a multidisciplinary legal team that operates across a broad spectrum of complex matters for the MTA and its subsidiaries and affiliates, spanning real estate, construction, operational, regulatory, and business projects and transactions. The **Special Projects Legal****Division** handles a wide range of legal matters relating to large‑scale, high‑impact, and high‑stakes projects, initiatives, and transactions, including: (1\) regionally significant rail, service, and infrastructure projects, (2\) mega‑projects, strategic initiatives, and revenue‑generating programs, (3\) real estate development deals and transactions (including but not limited to overbuilds, air‑rights and vertical developments, property transfers and swaps, joint developments, public private partnerships, mixed‑use and stand\-alone real estate projects, station\-area developments, ground and long\-term leases and land use and zoning matters), and proposed construction activities occurring over or adjacent to any MTA agency’s rail and transit rights‑of‑way, stations, terminals, maintenance facilities, yards, and/or any other MTA property areas where service continuity, operational integrity and safety are essential, (4\) matters, projects, and agreements involving railroads (such as Amtrak and NJ Transit), transit, transportation and other governmental and economic development agencies, regulat...