Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation
Lobbying client
The not-for-profit corporation that manages the Brooklyn Navy Yard on behalf of its owner, the City of New York, operating the 300-acre former naval shipyard as an urban industrial park with more than 550 tenant businesses employing over 11,000 people and generating about $2.5 billion annually in economic impact. With 15 filings since 2024 and about $674,000 in active city contracts as of August 2026, it is one of the largest public-purpose contract recipients in the lobbying records.
- Council members lobbied
- None named (agencies/administration)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 15
- Lobbyist firm(s)
- In-house
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Standardized Services
- City contracts (active)
- $674,000 · 1 contract
- Awarded all-time
- $1,433,403,109 · 42 since 2006, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $577,071,936
- Won without a fresh bid
- 92% of contract value · $1,316,137,101 · 30 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $4,000 · 1 awards
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $399,854 · Lindsay Greene, President And CEO
- Based in
- Brooklyn, NY
Holds contracts at
- Department of Citywide Administrative Services City agency
- Department of Small Business Services City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Small Business Services City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Determination of Board or Commission - BNYDC may go before one or more Community Boards to render a decision regarding a development item of BNYDC.
- Determination of Board or Commission - BNYDC may go before one or more community boards to render a decision regarding a development item of BNYDC.
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).
- Electricity Department of Citywide Administrative Services · CT185620275000001 $674,000
- BNYSPKFIR - Athenica Env. - Initial Contract Department of Small Business Services · CT180120238806917 · ended 2026 $529,981,983
- Sprinklers & Fire Alarm Upgrades Building 50 - Enviro/Air Mo Department of Small Business Services · CT180120191412152 · ended 2023 $224,513,399
- Design of rehabilitation of the sprinkler and fire alarm Department of Small Business Services · CT180120181416387 · ended 2018 $111,763,879
- ROOF REPLACEMENT AT BLDG 292 Department of Small Business Services · CT180120171428232 · ended 2017 $107,595,643
- Economic Development Services for Brooklyn Navy Yard Department of Small Business Services · CT180120161426438 · ended 2017 $106,438,763
- ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AT BROOKLYN NAVY YARD Department of Small Business Services · MMA180120146200676 · ended 2016 $82,727,000
- In house engineering costs for Con Ed Substation F Department of Small Business Services · CT180120131414494 · ended 2013 $53,718,000
- Extension of FY15 BNYDC Contract and Encumbrance Department of Small Business Services · CT180120151426558 · ended 2017 $47,560,000
- Toxic Abatement Building # 292 Department of Small Business Services · CT180120070031145 · ended 2016 $43,990,000
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.
- Campuswide Elevator Mod -Air Monitoring (ATHENICA) Department of Small Business Services · FY2026 · 3 payments $25,495,951
- Berth 6 Dry Docks & Pump Wells - Environmental (CORE) Department of Small Business Services · FY2025 · 3 payments $21,724,158
- Economic Development services to Brooklyn Navy Yard Department of Small Business Services · FY2023 $16,423,000
- CHANGE ORDER FOR CONSTRUCTION OF BLDG 3 7TH FL SUBDIVISION Department of Small Business Services · FY2023 · 2 payments $13,289,183
- Berth 14A - Environmental Amendments 1 - 4 (CORE) Department of Small Business Services · FY2025 $7,041,278
- Building 131 Remediation - Floor Prober Services (LUIGI) Department of Small Business Services · FY2025 · 4 payments $5,025,272
- BNYSPKFIR - Athenica Env. - Initial Contract Department of Small Business Services · FY2026 · 3 payments $4,939,980
- Steam Center-Brooklyn Steam Expansion -Design(SPACESMITH) CO Department of Small Business Services · FY2024 · 4 payments $4,849,545
- Sprinklers & Fire Alarms - Building 3, 5,50, and 280 Constru Department of Small Business Services · FY2024 $4,090,693
- DESIGN FOR THE WELDING LAB Department of Small Business Services · FY2021 $4,020,266
- Steam Center - Brooklyn Steam Expansion - Design(SPACESMITH) Department of Small Business Services · FY2024 $3,680,427
- BNYDC Brooklyn STEAM Center COs Department of Small Business Services · FY2020 $3,200,000
- PARTIAL REGISTRATION FOR LL11 B3 CONSTRUCTION Department of Small Business Services · FY2023 · 3 payments $3,176,646
- Economic Development services to Brooklyn Navy Yard Department of Small Business Services · FY2024 $2,676,908
- Building 131 Remediation - Special Inspections (ETI) Department of Small Business Services · FY2024 $1,981,640
- Backflow Preventers Installation - Meter Vaiults A,I, & N Department of Small Business Services · FY2024 · 3 payments $1,866,608
- Substation F - Design (JFK&M) Department of Small Business Services · FY2024 $1,817,685
- Berth 14A - Sinkhole Repair CO3 (FRANKLIN) Department of Small Business Services · FY2025 $1,776,265
- FEMA PW 3416 & 4271 - Arcadis Construction Management Department of Small Business Services · FY2025 · 4 payments $1,770,670
- Design for FEMA Boilers & Substations Department of Small Business Services · FY2020 · 2 payments $1,714,557
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Local DYCD · FY2015 $4,000
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.
- Lindsay Greene President And CEO $399,854
- Wimal Ariyawansa CFO And EVP $369,798
- Shanny Spraus-Reinhardt Chief Impact Officer & EVP $354,480
- Gbenga Dawodu Creo (Term 04/11/25) $343,147
- Naser Gjeloshi EVP And COO $322,302
- Paul Kelly Gen. Counsel And EVP $320,591
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +114% 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 David Ehrenberg · 3.81% of revenue $387,963
- FY2021 David Ehrenberg · 3.46% of revenue $388,569
- FY2022 Johanna Greenbaum · 2.6% of revenue $358,381
- FY2023 Lindsay Greene · 3.94% of revenue $382,017
- FY2024 Lindsay Greene · 3.55% of revenue $399,854
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 Justice UTILITIES- ELECTRIC · Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Contract $113,039
- Department of Justice UTILITIES- ELECTRIC · Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Contract $101,432
- Department of Justice UTILITIES- ELECTRIC · Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Contract $100,000
- Department of Justice UTILITIES- ELECTRIC · Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Contract $91,407
- Department of Justice UTILITIES- ELECTRIC · Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Contract $69,243