Unique People Services, Inc.
Lobbying client
Unique People Services is a Bronx-based nonprofit founded in 1991 that provides transitional and permanent supportive housing, case management, and medical and psychiatric services for people with developmental disabilities, serious mental illness, HIV/AIDS histories, and homeless families across the Bronx, Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens. It has filed 4 disclosures since 2025, lobbying all 51 council members through Mirram Group for city budget funding support, and our data shows about $48.3 million in active city contracts tied to it, as of August 2026.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 4
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $54,500
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $48,323,972 · 4 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $96,367,215 · 25 since 2011, incl. expired
- Registered to start later
- $16,734,375 · 1 contract
- Paid to date
- $27,432,289
- Won without a fresh bid
- 45% of contract value · $43,252,001 · 20 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $339,202 · 32 awards
- Funding history
- Funded 15 years (FY2012–FY2027), including each of the last 14
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $426,861 · Yvette Brissett-Andre, Executive Director
- HPD housing capital financed
- $10,900,000 · via 990 Schedule R
- Based in
- Bronx, NY
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Mirram Group LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene City agency
- Department of Social Services City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Budget Funding Support
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).
- FY27 - NA/ Supportive Housing Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620278800442 $19,528,070
- FY26-NY 15/15 Congregate Supportive Housing Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620268804375 $18,046,875
- NY 15/15 Scattered-Site Supportive Housing Single Adults Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620278800559 $9,296,928
- Provision of Single Room Occupancy Housing Svcs. Cyrus Plaz Department of Social Services · CT106920278801412 $1,452,099
- FY27 New Contract NY 15/15 Congregate Supportive Housing 1 Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620278800344 · starts 2026-10 $16,734,375
- Housing and support services for Single Adults- (60) Unites Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620221402881 · ended 2026 $9,941,609
- FY23 Renewal -NY 15/15 Supportive Housing for Homeless Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620238800599 · ended 2026 $7,483,895
- COVID19 Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620181405917 · ended 2022 $7,265,934
- HOPWA Permanent Supportive Housing Population E Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620200000545 · ended 2023 $2,700,105
- Housing Opportunities for Persons Living with AIDS Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620170001126 · ended 2019 $1,383,046
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.
- Housing and support services for Single Adults- (60) Unites Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2026 · 9 payments $1,851,721
- FY23 Renewal -NY 15/15 Supportive Housing for Homeless Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2026 · 7 payments $1,602,667
- 15/15 Supportive Housing for Homeless Single Adults At-Risk Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2020 · 7 payments $1,416,884
- FY23 Renewal -NY 15/15 Supportive Housing for Homeless Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2025 · 8 payments $1,383,379
- COVID19 Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2022 · 12 payments $1,255,808
- Housing and support services for Single Adults- (60) Unites Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2023 · 8 payments $1,201,424
- FY23 Renewal -NY 15/15 Supportive Housing for Homeless Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2023 · 6 payments $1,196,155
- Housing and support services for Single Adults- (60) Unites Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2025 · 6 payments $1,081,599
- 15/15 Supportive Housing for Homeless Single Adults At-Risk Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2021 · 9 payments $1,079,016
- Housing and support services for Single Adults- (60) Unites Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2024 · 11 payments $1,024,521
- FY23 Renewal -NY 15/15 Supportive Housing for Homeless Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2024 · 8 payments $917,340
- NY 15/15 Scattered-Site Supportive Housing Single Adults Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2027 $910,522
- FY27 - NA/ Supportive Housing Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2027 $822,281
- Housing and support services for Single Adults- (60) Unites Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2022 · 3 payments $500,963
- FY26-NY 15/15 Congregate Supportive Housing Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2027 $481,250
- HOPWA Permanent Supportive Housing Population E Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2023 · 9 payments $405,258
- HOPWA Permanent Supportive Housing Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2024 · 7 payments $301,064
- amendment to prevent, prepare for, and respond to COVID-19. Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2022 · 6 payments $293,614
- HOPWA Permanent Supportive Housing Population E Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2021 · 6 payments $272,017
- HOPWA Permanent Supportive Housing Population E Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2020 · 6 payments $258,623
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Local DYCD · FY2018 $40,000
- Supportive Housing Services CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2027 $40,000
- Pandemic Support for Human Service Providers Pandemic Support for Human Service Providers · Dhmh · FY2022 $21,952
- Local DYCD · FY2017 $20,000
- Local DOHMH · FY2014 $10,000
- Local DYCD · FY2015 $10,000
- Local DYCD · FY2016 $10,000
- Food Pantry Anti-Poverty · DYCD · FY2017 $10,000
- Food Pantry Anti-Poverty · DYCD · FY2018 $10,000
- Food Pantry Food Pantries · DYCD · FY2019 $10,000
- Autism Awareness Autism Awareness · Dhmh · FY2020 $10,000
- Food Pantries CM Bronx Delegation · Food Pantries · DYCD · FY2020 $10,000
- Autism Awareness Autism Awareness · Dhmh · FY2021 $10,000
- Food Pantries CM Bronx Delegation · Food Pantries · DYCD · FY2021 $10,000
- Autism Awareness Autism Awareness · Dhmh · FY2022 $10,000
- Autism Awareness Autism Awareness · Dhmh · FY2023 $10,000
- Autism Awareness Autism Awareness · Dhmh · FY2024 $10,000
- Autism Awareness Autism Awareness · Dhmh · FY2025 $10,000
- Autism Awareness Autism Awareness · Dhmh · FY2026 $10,000
- Autism Awareness Autism Awareness · Dhmh · FY2027 $10,000
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.
- Holden FY2020-2025 · 6 awards $30,000
- Phil Wong FY2026-2027 · 2 awards $10,000
- Eric Dinowitz FY2022 · 1 award $2,000
Officer & key-staff pay
Reportable compensation from this organization's IRS Form 990 (Part VII), latest available filing (FY2023). Includes pay from related organizations where reported; an annual figure, not a running total. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
- Yvette Brissett-Andre Executive Director $426,861
- Ive Pierre Chief Financial Officer $225,728
- Everson Gibson Chief Program Officer $222,133
- Lauren N Agard Head Care Coordinator $160,542
- David Kuevi Employee $124,652
- Natania Jackson Employee $123,399
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +32% from FY2020 to FY2023. Top-officer reportable compensation by year (org-paid only), with each year's share of total revenue. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer 990 filings.
- FY2020 Yvette Brissett-Andre · 3.84% of revenue $187,651
- FY2021 Yvette Brissett-Andre · 3.6% of revenue $191,934
- FY2022 Yvette Brissett-Andre · 4.49% of revenue $257,552
- FY2023 Yvette Brissett-Andre · 3.58% of revenue $291,629