United Federation of Teachers
Lobbying client
The United Federation of Teachers (UFT) is the labor union representing nearly 200,000 NYC public school educators and school-based staff, and serves as the sole collective bargaining agent for most non-supervisory educators in New York City public schools. Founded in 1960 as Local 2 of the American Federation of Teachers, the UFT is affiliated with New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) and the AFL-CIO, and filed 21 lobbying disclosures since 2024, registered citywide.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 21
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $943,077
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts
- none active as of 2026-08-22 · $4,792,181 awarded since 2009
- Paid to date
- $3,427,190
- Won without a fresh bid
- 83% of contract value · $3,999,646 · 4 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $250,000 · 1 awards
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $414,720 · Michael Mulgrew, President
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Cojo Strategies LLC Lobbyist firm
- JMG Strategies Inc. Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Education City agency
Related outside spender
- United For NYC'S Future Independent spender
Affiliated political committee
- United Federation of Teachers (UFT) Political committee
Affiliated organizations (shared leadership)
- Welcome to Chinatown, Inc. City-funded organization
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - FY25 Expense Budget; Local Legislation (including introduction) - Local Introductions; State Issue - State FY25 Budget and State Legislation
- Budget - FY26 Expense Budget; Local Legislation (including introduction) - Local Introductions; State Issue - FY26 Budget and State Legislation
- Budget - FY27 Expense Budget; Local Legislation (including introduction) - Local Introductions; State Issue - FY27 Budget and State Legislation
- Local Legislation (including introduction) - Potential legislation regarding paralegals
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).
- NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND Department of Education · MA104020109076045 · ended 2012 $2,304,000
- Graudate Courses for Non-Pubilc School Teachers Department of Education · CT104020139352796 · ended 2018 $990,000
- Tutoring Services Department of Education · MA104020139375681 · ended 2013 $567,535
- To support the UFT Teacher's PD Program Department of Education · CT104020149452361 · ended 2013 $495,646
- Grad & undergrad courses for non-public school teachers & ad Department of Education · CT104020209059860 · ended 2019 $210,000
- SOLE VENDOR-COMMODITIES Department of Education · CT104020263177026 · ended 2026 $25,000
- -SERVICES Department of Education · CT104020223026388 · ended 2022 $25,000
- 3 BIDS-SERVICES Department of Education · CT104020173052775 · ended 2017 $25,000
- 3 BIDS-SERVICES Department of Education · CT104020173052608 · ended 2017 $25,000
- 3 BIDS-SERVICES Department of Education · CT104020173014361 · ended 2017 $25,000
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Speaker's Initiative Speaker's Initiative · DOE · FY2017 $250,000
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.
- Michael Mulgrew President $414,720
- Leroy Barr Secretary $301,241
- Mary Vaccaro Director $253,201
- Debra Penny Treasurer - Former $171,995
- Victoria Lee Treasurer $120,994
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +59% 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 Michael Mulgrew · 1.24% of revenue $65,466
- FY2021 Michael Mulgrew · 0.58% of revenue $58,691
- FY2022 Michael Mulgrew · 0.88% of revenue $60,405
- FY2023 Michael Mulgrew · 1.04% of revenue $71,721
Where their influence converges
Outside interests connected to this official through more than one independent channel — drawn straight from the records the rest of the site already shows. “Lobbied them” = a lobbying filing that named the member. “Outside spending” = an independent-expenditure committee the interest funds spent in
- Eric Dinowitz Its outside-spending arm spent in their race; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction
- Kamillah Hanks Its outside-spending arm spent in their race; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction
- Pierina Ana Sanchez Its outside-spending arm spent in their race; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction