Southside United Housing Development Fund Corporation
Lobbying client
Southside United Housing Development Fund Corporation, known as Los Sures, is a community-based nonprofit founded in 1972 in the Southside of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, where it develops and manages affordable housing and runs tenant organizing, social services and senior programs. In 2025 the group filed 6 lobbying disclosures with the NYC Council through Kasirer LLC on subjects including budget funding, capital needs and real estate approvals, reporting contact with council members Adrienne Adams, Jennifer Gutierrez and Lincoln Restler.
- Council members lobbied
- 3
- Filings (since 2024)
- 6
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $84,000
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $18,881,746 · 3 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $56,552,333 · 47 since 2012, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $34,587,834
- Won without a fresh bid
- 95% of contract value · $53,442,100 · 45 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $6,575,716 · 150 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2009 (19 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $230,999 · Juan Ramos, Executive Director
- HPD housing capital financed
- $28,406,982 · via 990 Schedule R
- Based in
- Brooklyn, NY
Lobbied these council members
- Lincoln Restler Council Member, District 33 (Brooklyn)
- Jennifer Gutiérrez Council Member, District 34 (Brooklyn)
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Kasirer LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department for the Aging City agency
- Department of Social Services City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
- Mayoralty City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department for the Aging City agency
- Department of Social Services City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
- Mayoralty City agency
Lobbied former members
Members who have since left their seat
- Adrienne Adams
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Funding and capital needs; real estate approvals
City contracts
Registered city contracts, largest first by current contract value (not amount spent): running now, then registered to start later, then ended. Totals count every registered contract. Each line shows its Checkbook contract ID. The tag on each row is how it was awarded (“no-bid” = non-competitive).
- ONS Youth Service Coordination FY26 Renewal Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020268801091 $17,198,100
- Prov of senior affordable housing services (28 Units) Department of Social Services · CT106920258801485 $875,000
- OLDER ADULT CENTER Department for the Aging · CT112520278800297 $808,646
- Neighborhood Safety Programs Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020248801958 · ended 2025 $13,045,523
- Public Safety Coalition and Youth Services Coordination Mayoralty · CT100220238805413 · ended 2023 $5,650,000
- Anti-Gun Violence Services and Mayor's Action Plan- Brooklyn Mayoralty · CT100220211406796 · ended 2022 $4,837,875
- PROVIDE OLDER ADULT CENTER SERVICES Department for the Aging · CT112520228804178 · ended 2024 $2,235,233
- PROVIDE CONGREGATE LUNCH AND SOCIAL SERVICES TO OLDER ADULTS Department for the Aging · CT112520170001742 · ended 2019 $2,165,333
- PROVIDE SENIOR CENTER SERVICES TO OLDER ADULTS Department for the Aging · CT112520201407982 · ended 2021 $1,719,933
- Funds will be used to support various services Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020258801821 · ended 2026 $1,293,750
Largest payments, by purpose
The organization's largest individual city payments (roughly $25,000 and up), grouped by purpose, to show what recent money was for. This is NOT a total — smaller payments aren't listed; see “Paid to date” above for the complete amount paid against its contracts. Fiscal years 2020 and later.
- Neighborhood Safety Programs Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2025 · 7 payments $3,863,066
- Neighborhood Safety Programs Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2024 · 14 payments $3,720,901
- ONS Youth Service Coordination FY26 Renewal Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 · 7 payments $2,341,565
- Public Safety Coalition and Youth Services Coordination Mayoralty · FY2023 · 3 payments $1,916,699
- ONS Youth Service Coordination FY26 Renewal Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2027 $1,664,036
- Anti-Gun Violence Services and Mayor's Action Plan- Brooklyn Mayoralty · FY2022 · 2 payments $1,105,888
- Public Safety Coalition and Youth Services Coordination Mayoralty · FY2024 · 4 payments $1,098,513
- PROVIDE SENIOR CENTER SERVICES TO OLDER ADULTS Department for the Aging · FY2022 · 9 payments $683,658
- PROVIDE SENIOR CENTER SERVICES TO OLDER ADULTS Department for the Aging · FY2021 · 8 payments $677,031
- PROVIDE OLDER ADULT CENTER SERVICES Department for the Aging · FY2024 · 12 payments $588,717
- OLDER AULT CENTER Department for the Aging · FY2026 · 7 payments $561,009
- PROVIDE CONGREGATE LUNCH AND SOCIAL SERVICES TO OLDER ADULTS Department for the Aging · FY2020 · 3 payments $532,706
- Anti-Gun Violence Services and Mayor's Action Plan- Brooklyn Mayoralty · FY2023 · 4 payments $524,230
- PROVIDE OLDER ADULT CENTER SERVICES Department for the Aging · FY2023 · 10 payments $468,067
- PROVIDE SENIOR CENTER SERVICES TO OLDER ADULTS Department for the Aging · FY2020 · 7 payments $464,921
- OLDER ADULT CENTER Department for the Aging · FY2027 $323,458
- Prov. of legal representation to vulnerable populations. Department of Social Services · FY2023 $310,000
- PROVIDE OLDER ADULT CENTER SERVICES Department for the Aging · FY2025 · 5 payments $251,613
- OLDER AULT CENTER Department for the Aging · FY2025 · 6 payments $251,605
- To provide legal representation. Department of Social Services · FY2022 $243,950
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Legal Services for the Working Poor Legal Services for the Working Poor · Dss/hra · FY2020 $260,000
- Legal Services for the Working Poor Legal Services for the Working Poor · Dss/hra · FY2022 $260,000
- Legal Services for the Working Poor Legal Services for the Working Poor · Dss/hra · FY2021 $218,950
- Peer Specialists Support Peer Specialists Support · Dhmh · FY2026 $200,000
- Peer Specialists Support Peer Specialists Support · Dhmh · FY2027 $200,000
- Local CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2023 $150,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2025 $150,000
- Local CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2026 $150,000
- Local DYCD · FY2015 $100,000
- Local DYCD · FY2016 $100,000
- Local DYCD · FY2017 $100,000
- Local DYCD · FY2018 $100,000
- Local DYCD · FY2019 $100,000
- Local CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2020 $100,000
- Los Sures CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2023 $100,000
- Los Sures CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2024 $100,000
- Los Sures CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2025 $100,000
- Los Sures Community Organizing Program CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2026 $100,000
- Los Sures Community Organizing Program CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2027 $100,000
- Swinging 60s Senior Center Senior Centers, Programs, and Enhancements · DFTA · FY2019 $95,000
Funded by these council members
City Council members who steered discretionary (member-item) money to this organization, largest first (FY2020 and later, where the sponsoring member is disclosed). Sitting members link to their page.
- Jennifer Gutiérrez FY2022-2027 · 26 awards $563,000
- Antonio Reynoso FY2020-2021 · 6 awards $140,000
- Lincoln Restler FY2022-2027 · 8 awards $113,000
- Chi A. Ossé FY2027 · 1 award $5,000
Officer & key-staff pay
Reportable compensation from this organization's IRS Form 990 (Part VII), latest available filing (FY2024). Includes pay from related organizations where reported; an annual figure, not a running total. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
- Juan Ramos Executive Director $230,999
- Lenette Berrios Deputy Executive Director $186,329
- Sara Fernandez Finance Director $164,679
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +131% from FY2020 to FY2024. Top-officer reportable compensation by year (org-paid only), with each year's share of total revenue. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer 990 filings.
- FY2020 Juan Ramos · 5.3% of revenue $137,000
- FY2021 Juan Ramos · 5.07% of revenue $145,455
- FY2022 Juan Ramos · 5.11% of revenue $156,703
- FY2023 Juan Ramos · 6.37% of revenue $209,348
- FY2024 Juan Ramos · 6.56% of revenue $230,999
Where their influence converges
Outside interests connected to this official through more than one independent channel — drawn straight from the records the rest of the site already shows. “Lobbied them” = a lobbying filing that named the member. “Outside spending” = an independent-expenditure committee the interest funds spent in
- Lincoln Restler It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction