New York City Criminal Justice Agency, Inc.
Lobbying client
The New York City Criminal Justice Agency is a private nonprofit that has worked inside the city's main courthouses since 1973, interviewing people held for arraignment, making pretrial release recommendations to judges, and notifying defendants of upcoming court dates. The agency filed 6 disclosures in 2025 through AVD Strategies, lobbying seven council members for a budget increase for the Council's Innovative Criminal Justice Programs Initiative, and is backed by roughly $120 million in active city contracts as of August 2026.
- Council members lobbied
- 7
- Filings (since 2024)
- 6
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $2,750
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $120,092,889 · 2 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $513,483,865 · 18 since 2009, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $443,212,471
- Won without a fresh bid
- 85% of contract value · $438,324,857 · 16 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $1,453,665 · 11 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2018 (10 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $390,661 · Aubrey Fox, Executive Director & Director
- Based in
- NY
Lobbied these council members
- Nantasha M. Williams Council Member, District 27 (Queens)
- Lynn C. Schulman Council Member, District 29 (Queens)
- Selvena N. Brooks-Powers Council Member, District 31 (Queens)
- Crystal Hudson Council Member, District 35 (Brooklyn)
- Shahana K. Hanif Council Member, District 39 (Brooklyn)
- Gale A. Brewer Council Member, District 6 (Manhattan)
Represented by lobbyist firms
- AVD Strategies, LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Mayoralty City agency
- Office of Criminal Justice City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Mayoralty City agency
- Office of Criminal Justice City agency
Lobbied former members
Members who have since left their seat
- Erik Bottcher
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Increase in funding request for the City Council's Innovative Criminal Justice Programs Initiative.
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).
- Increase funding for FY26 COLA Office of Criminal Justice · CT112820258801287 $63,688,217
- FY26-27 NYC Criminal Justice Agency Renewal #1 Office of Criminal Justice · CT112820268800720 $56,404,672
- Increase for this Amendment is for Cost Of Living Adjustment Mayoralty · CT100220238804924 · ended 2025 $70,760,205
- Released on Their Own Recognizance (ROR) Mayoralty · CT100220228804945 · ended 2024 $59,249,997
- Supervised Release Queens Renewal Mayoralty · CT100220191407591 · ended 2022 $43,110,939
- NYC Criminal Justice Agency ROR Renewal #1 Mayoralty · CT100220180003707 · ended 2019 $41,175,498
- NYC Criminal Justice Agency ROR Renewal #2 Mayoralty · CT100220201407009 · ended 2021 $39,705,520
- Provide Judges Information to Make Bail Decisions Mayoralty · CT100220140003621 · ended 2015 $36,140,078
- CJA ROR Mayoralty · CT100220161402928 · ended 2017 $35,307,848
- Provides judges information to make bail decisions Mayoralty · CT100220121420989 · ended 2013 $32,317,421
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.
- FY26-27 NYC Criminal Justice Agency Renewal #1 Office of Criminal Justice · FY2026 · 9 payments $22,482,439
- Supervised Release - Queens Office of Criminal Justice · FY2025 · 10 payments $19,500,215
- NYC Criminal Justice Agency ROR Renewal #2 Mayoralty · FY2020 · 11 payments $16,810,613
- Supervised Release - Queens Mayoralty · FY2024 · 9 payments $16,610,092
- Released on Their Own Recognizance (ROR) Office of Criminal Justice · FY2025 · 12 payments $16,538,132
- Released on Their Own Recognizance (ROR) Mayoralty · FY2023 · 11 payments $16,302,845
- Released on Their Own Recognizance (ROR) Office of Criminal Justice · FY2026 · 10 payments $14,457,332
- Released on Their Own Recognizance (ROR) Mayoralty · FY2024 · 8 payments $14,316,704
- NYC Criminal Justice Agency ROR Renewal #2 Mayoralty · FY2021 · 8 payments $14,001,023
- FY26-27 NYC Criminal Justice Agency Renewal #1 Office of Criminal Justice · FY2027 · 2 payments $9,971,093
- Released on Their Own Recognizance (ROR) Mayoralty · FY2022 · 3 payments $8,697,995
- Increase funding for FY26 COLA Office of Criminal Justice · FY2027 · 2 payments $7,996,057
- Supervised Release - Queens Mayoralty · FY2023 · 5 payments $7,151,974
- Supervised Release Queens Renewal Miscellaneous · FY2022 · 4 payments $6,436,324
- Increase funding for FY26 COLA Office of Criminal Justice · FY2026 · 5 payments $5,468,813
- Increase for this Amendment is for Cost Of Living Adjustment Office of Criminal Justice · FY2025 · 4 payments $4,976,712
- Increase for this Amendment is for Cost Of Living Adjustment Office of Criminal Justice · FY2026 · 3 payments $4,322,173
- Supervised Release Queens Renewal Mayoralty · FY2020 · 14 payments $4,002,568
- Released on Their Own Recognizance (ROR) Mayoralty · FY2025 · 4 payments $3,993,339
- Supervised Release Queens Renewal Miscellaneous · FY2021 · 6 payments $3,976,186
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Pandemic Support for Human Service Providers Pandemic Support for Human Service Providers · MOCJ · FY2022 $203,665
- Bail Fund Bail Fund · MOCJ · FY2018 $125,000
- Bail Fund Bail Fund · MOCJ · FY2019 $125,000
- Innovative Criminal Justice Programs Innovative Criminal Justice Programs · MOCJ · FY2020 $125,000
- Innovative Criminal Justice Programs Innovative Criminal Justice Programs · MOCJ · FY2021 $125,000
- Innovative Criminal Justice Programs Innovative Criminal Justice Programs · MOCJ · FY2022 $125,000
- Innovative Criminal Justice Programs Innovative Criminal Justice Programs · DYCD · FY2023 $125,000
- Innovative Criminal Justice Programs Innovative Criminal Justice Programs · DYCD · FY2024 $125,000
- Innovative Criminal Justice Programs Innovative Criminal Justice Programs · DYCD · FY2025 $125,000
- Innovative Criminal Justice Programs Innovative Criminal Justice Programs · DYCD · FY2026 $125,000
- Innovative Criminal Justice Programs Innovative Criminal Justice Programs · DYCD · FY2027 $125,000
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.
- Aubrey Fox Executive Director & Director $390,661
- Crystal Cotton Chief Of People And Culture $294,200
- Wendy Marriott Chief Information Officer $291,518
- Sean Sullivan Secretary; Non-Voting/COO/Gen Coun $289,294
- Misha Nonen Chief Program Officer $260,212
- Joann Dejesus Executive Director Of SR $246,660
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +90% 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 Aubrey Fox · 4.59% of revenue $255,292
- FY2021 Aubrey Fox · 3.72% of revenue $278,539
- FY2022 Aubrey Fox · 4.26% of revenue $284,987
- FY2023 Aubrey Fox · 4.37% of revenue $321,712
- FY2024 Aubrey Fox · 5.42% of revenue $390,661
Federal awards
Federal awards made directly to this organization in fiscal years 2023 through 2026. Each amount is what the federal government has OBLIGATED on that award as recorded on USAspending.gov as of 2026-08-31 — money committed, not money paid out. These are prime awards only: federal money this
- Department of Justice 16.582 Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants · Office of Justice Programs · Grant $287,457