Legal Affairs
Claim Specialist L1 - Litigation Support
$48,206 to $76,972 a year
Posted until November 21, 2026 · posted September 22, 2026
Requirements
Diploma + experience
Exam
Competitive title
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From ≈ $23.18 an hour · $1,854 every 2 weeks, before taxes (40-hour weeks).
NYC minimum wage is $17/hr. This beats it by $6.18/hr, with health insurance and a pension on top.
What you'd have made
$1,848 If you'd started this job 2 weeks ago, at this pay, before taxes.
An hour of this job pays for about 7.7 subway rides ($3 fare).
Price anything in hours of this job
Overtime added $4,488 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.
High school diploma plus experience
- A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university; or
- An associate degree or 60 semester credits from an accredited college or university and two years of full-time satisfactory experience investigating and/or settling claims for personal injury or property damage or loss; or
- A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State's Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization and four years of full-time satisfactory
experience investigating and/or settling claims for personal injury or property damage or loss; or
4. A satisfactory combination of education and/or experience that is equivalent to “1”, “2” or “3” above.
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College education may be substituted for experience as described in “2” or “3” above on the basis that 30 semester credits from an accredited college or university may be substituted for each year of
required experience. However, all candidates must have a four-year high school diploma or its
educational equivalent.
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The work
What the job is.
Claim Specialists within the Law Department’s Litigation Support Division play a crucial role in assisting City agencies in complying with discovery obligations in litigation.
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This position requires a proactive approach to the management of record requests, utilizing both manual and computerized office systems, and collaborating closely with internal and external agency staff to ensure efficient and effective task management.
The responsibilities of the role include, but are not limited to, conducting searches for records maintained in the ordinary course of the specific agency’s business.
The task requires management of a case load of varying size of matters pertaining to specific claims made against the City of New York and specific agencies.
The Claims Specialist operates under supervision but exercises independent judgment in managing assigned tasks. The Claim Specialist is required to monitor all court due dates and ensure that the records located and produced are legally and factually accurate to the claims presented.
Additional to this task is working on larger projects as necessary, which requires following process outlines and providing responses in accordance with the structure of the project. It is expected that with experience, the Claim Specialist will expand his or her responsibilities to include management of other staff as necessary.
**Only candidates permanent in the Claim Specialist title should apply.
Before you apply
The fine print.
Where you have to live
Live in NYC within 90 days (usually)
New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County. To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of interview.
Sources
Straight from the city.
From the city's job data, which the city last updated September 28, 2026. You apply through the official posting.
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