Palak is the Associate Vice President in the Corporate and Legislation team at Kasirer, where she manages a wide portfolio of corporate clients and helps build legislative strategies. Previously, Palak was the Deputy Chief of Staff at the NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development where she helped advance the agency's housing priorities and worked closely on the asylum seeker crisis in the City. Palak teaches Capstone to graduate students at NYU Wagner and helps them develop their policy reports for public service organizations.