Joy Kim, Esq. has been an Associate Counsel at the New York City Department of City Planning (DCP) for the past two years where she advises the agency on land use issues. Prior to her role at DCP, she defended tenants in Manhattan housing court as a Staff Attorney at The Legal Aid Society during the COVID-19 pandemic and the rollout of Right to Counsel. She is a graduate of New York University School of Law, where she was a Derrick Bell Scholar for Public Service and a Moelis Fellow for Urban Law and Public Affairs, part of which included researching for the Furman Center. She is the author of The Case Against Criminalizing Homelessness: Functional Barriers to Shelter and Homeless Individuals’ Lack of Choice, which was published in the New York University Law Review. She received her undergraduate degree at Trinity College in Urban Studies and Classics.
