Metropolitan College of New York

Lobbying client

Metropolitan College of New York is a small private college founded in 1964, with campuses in Manhattan's Financial District and the South Bronx, offering certificate, associate, bachelor's and master's programs through schools of human services, business and public affairs. The college has filed 17 city lobbying disclosures since 2024, reporting $122,500 in compensation and contact with 51 city officials, retaining Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies and Statewide Public Affairs as its lobbyists. Its filings cite city budget funding for its programs and higher education program funding, along with a resolution seeking strategic advice for the college.

Council members lobbied
51 (citywide)
Filings (since 2024)
17
Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
$122,500
Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts (active)
$2,004,773 · 1 contract
Awarded all-time
$43,223,337 · 11 since 2015, incl. expired
Paid to date
$41,166,298
Won without a fresh bid
2% of contract value · $796,000 · 6 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$752,330 · 34 awards
Funding history
Funded every year since FY2020 (8 years running)
Top officer pay (FY2024)
$217,573 · Humphrey Crookendale, VP Academic Affair

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What they lobbied on

subjects from their filings

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).

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.

Discretionary funding received

City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.

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.

Officer pay over time

Total officer pay changed -32% 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.

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

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