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
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies, LLC Lobbyist firm
- Statewide Public Affairs, Inc. Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- City University Construction Fund City agency
- Department of Citywide Administrative Services City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
Funded by these agencies
- City University Construction Fund City agency
- Department of Citywide Administrative Services City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - budget funding for programs
- Budget - issues related to budget funding for programs
- Local Legislation (including introduction) - higher education program funding and issues relating thereto
- Resolution - Assist Metropolitan College with strategic advice
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).
- FY26 RFP Fatherhood Implementation Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020268803800 $2,004,773
- Metropolitan College Purchase - 40 Rector Street City University Construction Fund · CT104320261410096 · ended 2026 $40,362,814
- To provide food pantry and soup Kitchens Program Citywide Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020268801449 · ended 2026 $465,000
- Negotiated Acquisition for Pathways to Careers In-Person GED Department of Citywide Administrative Services · CT185620258809238 · ended 2026 $95,000
- Support Pathways to Success programming Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020238808207 · ended 2023 $82,000
- Support Pathways to Success programming. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020238803837 · ended 2022 $67,000
- Funding will be used to support Pathways to Success programm Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020228801075 · ended 2021 $61,000
- support public assistance and help low-income families. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020210003872 · ended 2020 $26,000
- E SCHIFF, (646)343-6209, [email protected] Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020151418497 · ended 2015 $22,500
- Provide courses for Staff Department of Citywide Administrative Services · CT185620258808286 · ended 2025 $20,000
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.
- Metropolitan College Purchase - 40 Rector Street City University Construction Fund · FY2026 · 7 payments $44,362,814
- FY26 RFP Fatherhood Implementation Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2027 $115,720
- Support Pathways to Success programming. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2023 · 2 payments $57,511
- FY26 RFP Fatherhood Implementation Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 $56,408
- Support Pathways to Success programming Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2024 $31,727
- Negotiated Acquisition for Pathways to Careers In-Person GED Department of Citywide Administrative Services · FY2026 $25,470
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Alternatives to Incarceration and Reentry Programs Alternatives to Incarceration and Reentry Programs · MOCJ · FY2027 $78,000
- Pathways to Success CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2024 $75,000
- Pathways to Careers CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2025 $75,000
- Pathways to Careers CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2026 $75,000
- Pathways to Careers CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2027 $75,000
- Pathways to Success CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2023 $35,000
- Pathways to Success CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2021 $25,000
- Pathways to Success CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2022 $25,000
- BX Campus Food Pantry CM Bronx Delegation · Food Pantries · DYCD · FY2023 $25,000
- Bronx Campus Food Pantry CM Bronx Delegation · Food Pantries · DYCD · FY2024 $25,000
- Bronx Campus Food Pantry CM Bronx Delegation · Food Pantries · DYCD · FY2025 $20,665
- Bronx Campus Food Pantry CM Bronx Delegation · Food Pantries · DYCD · FY2026 $20,665
- Food Pantries CM Bronx Delegation · Food Pantries · DYCD · FY2021 $15,000
- Food Pantries CM Bronx Delegation · Food Pantries · DYCD · FY2022 $15,000
- MCNY Campus Food Pantry Program CM Manhattan Delegation · Food Pantries · DYCD · FY2022 $12,000
- MCNY Community Food Pantry CM Manhattan Delegation · Food Pantries · DYCD · FY2020 $11,000
- Food Pantry CM Manhattan Delegation · Food Pantries · DYCD · FY2021 $11,000
- Food Pantries CM Bronx Delegation · Food Pantries · DYCD · FY2020 $10,000
- Food Pantries CM Bronx Delegation · Food Pantries · DYCD · FY2021 $10,000
- Metropolitan College of New York CM Bronx Delegation · Food Pantries · DYCD · FY2022 $10,000
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.
- Humphrey Crookendale VP Academic Affair $217,573
- Kristin Curry Chief Dev. Officer $214,966
- Adrian Harrison Smith COO $214,269
- Charles Gibbs President $196,601
- Hui-Yin Hsu Dean $161,880
- Clotilde Ibarra Dean $151,044
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.
- FY2020 Joanne Passaro · 5.99% of revenue $443,891
- FY2021 Joanne Passaro · 6.0% of revenue $379,154
- FY2022 Joanne Passaro · 6.53% of revenue $393,133
- FY2023 Joanne Passaro · 11.95% of revenue $385,528
- FY2024 Humphrey Crookendale · 6.27% of revenue $217,573
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 Education 84.063 Federal Pell Grant Program · Department of Education · Direct payment $2,449,725
- Department of Education 84.063 Federal Pell Grant Program · Department of Education · Direct payment $2,449,100
- Department of Education 84.063 Federal Pell Grant Program · Department of Education · Direct payment $2,087,162
- Department of Education 84.063 Federal Pell Grant Program · Department of Education · Direct payment $1,855,124
- Department of Education 84.063 Federal Pell Grant Program · Department of Education · Direct payment $1,840,675
- National Science Foundation 47.076 STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) · National Science Foundation · Grant $1,707,270
- Department of Education 84.031 Higher Education Institutional Aid · Department of Education · Grant $1,390,205
- Department of Education 84.116 Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education · Department of Education · Grant $748,311
- Department of Education 84.063 Federal Pell Grant Program · Department of Education · Direct payment $692,310
- Department of Education 84.033 Federal Work-Study Program · Department of Education · Direct payment $288,584
- Department of Education 84.033 Federal Work-Study Program · Department of Education · Direct payment $216,820
- Department of Education 84.033 Federal Work-Study Program · Department of Education · Direct payment $213,148
- Department of Education 84.033 Federal Work-Study Program · Department of Education · Direct payment $178,017
- Department of Education 84.379 Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grants (TEACH Grants) · Department of Education · Direct payment $173,187
- Department of Education 84.379 Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grants (TEACH Grants) · Department of Education · Direct payment $169,740
- Department of Education 84.379 Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grants (TEACH Grants) · Department of Education · Direct payment $148,994
- Department of Education 84.033 Federal Work-Study Program · Department of Education · Direct payment $146,530
- Department of Education 84.379 Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grants (TEACH Grants) · Department of Education · Direct payment $141,446
- Department of Education 84.379 Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grants (TEACH Grants) · Department of Education · Direct payment $126,324
- Department of Education 84.007 Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants · Department of Education · Direct payment $77,616