Older Adults Technology Services, Inc.
Lobbying client
Older Adults Technology Services (OATS) is a nonprofit founded in New York City in 2004 that runs the Senior Planet technology-training program for older adults and is now an AARP-affiliated charity. Through lobbyist Greenberg Traurig, OATS filed 15 citywide disclosures in 2024-2026 reaching 51 council members, on funding senior tech programming through the council's discretionary budget and the Department for the Aging, reporting $150,000 in lobbying compensation. The nonprofit has held $31 million in city contracts since 2010, including about $3.9 million in contracts active as of August 2026.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 15
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $150,000
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $3,863,143 · 1 contract
- Awarded all-time
- $31,048,181 · 37 since 2010, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $26,342,262
- Won without a fresh bid
- 100% of contract value · $31,048,181 · 37 contracts
- Based in
- Brooklyn, NY
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Greenberg Traurig, LLP Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department for the Aging City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department for the Aging City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Funding through city council discretionary budget and DFTA for senior programing though technology.
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).
- NY CONNECTED COMMUNITIES Department for the Aging · CT112520268802139 $3,863,143
- PROMOTE DIGITAL LITERACY & INTERNET ACCESS TO OLDER ADULTS Department for the Aging · CT112520151400977 · ended 2018 $4,465,198
- NY CONNECTED COMMUNITIES INITITIATIVE Department for the Aging · CT112520238800206 · ended 2025 $3,361,919
- COMPUTER ACCESS AND EDUCATION AT SENIOR CENTERS Department for the Aging · CT112520111448901 · ended 2013 $2,754,031
- PROVIDE IT SUPPORT & TECH TRAINING TO 23 SENIOR CENTERS Department for the Aging · CT112520210000451 · ended 2022 $2,400,280
- SUPPORT PROGRAMS TO PROMOTE TECHNOLOGY TO SENIORS Department for the Aging · CT112520191406181 · ended 2020 $2,356,280
- To support adult and community programming Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020248807777 · ended 2026 $1,342,500
- TRAINING CURRICULUM FOR TABLETS DISTRIBUTED DUE TO COVID 19 Department for the Aging · CT112520201424622 · ended 2021 $1,020,667
- 2Z9 - technology training and certification classes Department for the Aging · CT112520248805978 · ended 2026 $742,969
- Funds will be used for Digital Inclusion and Literacy. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020181415759 · ended 2018 $650,000
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.
- SUPPORT PROGRAMS TO PROMOTE TECHNOLOGY TO SENIORS Department for the Aging · FY2020 · 3 payments $943,448
- NY CONNECTED COMMUNITIES INITITIATIVE Department for the Aging · FY2023 · 6 payments $580,109
- PROVIDE IT SUPPORT & TECH TRAINING TO 23 SENIOR CENTERS Department for the Aging · FY2023 · 5 payments $517,237
- PROVIDE IT SUPPORT & TECH TRAINING TO 23 SENIOR CENTERS Department for the Aging · FY2022 · 7 payments $475,771
- NY CONNECTED COMMUNITIES INITITIATIVE Department for the Aging · FY2024 · 7 payments $455,685
- To support Digital Inclusion and Literacy Initiative Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2020 · 5 payments $404,406
- To support adult and community programming Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2025 · 3 payments $388,566
- NY CONNECTED COMMUNITIES INITITIATIVE Department for the Aging · FY2025 · 5 payments $337,340
- TRAINING CURRICULUM FOR TABLETS DISTRIBUTED DUE TO COVID 19 Department for the Aging · FY2022 · 4 payments $331,904
- FREE COMMUNITY BASED PROGRAMS FOR OLDER ADULTS Department for the Aging · FY2020 · 4 payments $305,945
- TRAINING CURRICULUM FOR TABLETS DISTRIBUTED DUE TO COVID 19 Department for the Aging · FY2021 · 4 payments $250,877
- PROVIDE IT SUPPORT & TECH TRAINING TO 23 SENIOR CENTERS Department for the Aging · FY2021 · 2 payments $245,919
- To fund computer training & technical skill development. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2022 · 3 payments $240,181
- NY CONNECTED COMMUNITIES Department for the Aging · FY2026 · 5 payments $239,357
- SUPPORT PROGRAMS TO PROMOTE TECHNOLOGY TO SENIORS Department for the Aging · FY2022 · 3 payments $233,698
- To support OATS programs & operations in CD 2 & 51 Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2023 · 2 payments $231,681
- Funds will support OATS programs and operations Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2023 · 2 payments $209,972
- 2Z9 - technology training and certification classes Department for the Aging · FY2027 $203,858
- SUPPORT PROGRAMS TO PROMOTE TECHNOLOGY TO SENIORS Department for the Aging · FY2021 · 2 payments $182,583
- PROVIDE ELECTRONIC DEVICES, TRAINING & CURRICULUM Department for the Aging · FY2023 · 3 payments $147,828