Housing Conservation Coordinators, Inc.
Lobbying client
Housing Conservation Coordinators is a tenant rights and affordable housing nonprofit based in Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen, founded in 1972 and since 2014 also serving the Upper West Side up to 100th Street, providing eviction prevention, legal services, weatherization and tenant organizing. The group has filed 28 NYC Council lobbying disclosures covering 2024 through 2026, reporting contact with all 51 council members through Hollis Public Affairs, Inc. and The Wright Group NY, Inc. on securing funding for programs, affordable housing determinations, and good cause eviction legislation.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 30
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $100,500
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $18,593,824 · 1 contract
- Awarded all-time
- $46,386,760 · 86 since 2010, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $38,189,514
- Won without a fresh bid
- 56% of contract value · $25,891,275 · 82 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $14,080,220 · 182 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2009 (19 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $249,460 · Leslie Thrope, Executive Director
- Based in
- New York, NY
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Hollis Public Affairs, Inc. Lobbyist firm
- The Wright Group NY, Inc Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Social Services City agency
- Housing Preservation and Development City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Social Services City agency
- Housing Preservation and Development City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - securing funding
- Budget - securing funding for programs
- Determination regarding real property - Affordable Housing
- Determination regarding real property - Affordable Housing; Local Legislation (including introduction) - Good Cause Eviction
- Local Legislation (including introduction) - good cause eviction; affordable housing
- Local Legislation (including introduction) - securing funding
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).
- Anti-Eviction Full Legal Represent. Competition Pool MA Department of Social Services · CT106920258800698 $18,593,824
- Provision of Homelessness Prevention Law Project Department of Social Services · CT106920191413836 · ended 2022 $6,876,292
- NAE - Homelessness Prevention Law Project - Manhattan Department of Social Services · CT106920238800482 · ended 2023 $3,317,886
- HPLP-M with Allowance - FY24 NAE Department of Social Services · CT106920248800177 · ended 2024 $3,317,886
- Prov of legal representation on a range of matters Department of Social Services · CT106920258801210 · ended 2026 $2,317,500
- Provision of Homelessness Prevention Law Project Department of Social Services · CT106920161413187 · ended 2018 $1,654,025
- For provision of housing and tenant support services. Housing Preservation and Development · CT180620268803080 · ended 2026 $956,198
- Provision of legal svcs to recent immigrants Department of Social Services · CT106920228806994 · ended 2022 $637,829
- Prov of legal services to represent low-income households. Department of Social Services · CT106920238805860 · ended 2023 $618,000
- Provision of Legal Services for the Working Poor. Department of Social Services · CT106920228801459 · ended 2021 $562,705
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.
- Anti-Eviction Full Legal Represent. Competition Pool MA Department of Social Services · FY2026 · 16 payments $5,052,825
- Anti-Eviction Full Legal Represent. Competition Pool MA Department of Social Services · FY2025 · 6 payments $2,261,485
- Anti-Eviction Full Legal Represent. Competition Pool MA Department of Social Services · FY2027 · 3 payments $1,929,922
- HPLP-M with Allowance - FY24 NAE Department of Social Services · FY2024 · 6 payments $1,609,363
- Provision of Homelessness Prevention Law Project Department of Social Services · FY2022 · 4 payments $1,199,343
- Provision of Homelessness Prevention Law Project Department of Social Services · FY2021 · 8 payments $1,075,956
- Provision of Homelessness Prevention Law Project Department of Social Services · FY2020 · 11 payments $1,056,015
- NAE - Homelessness Prevention Law Project - Manhattan Department of Social Services · FY2023 · 3 payments $1,013,143
- Prov of legal representation on a range of matters Department of Social Services · FY2025 · 5 payments $938,270
- HPLP-M with Allowance - FY24 NAE Department of Social Services · FY2025 · 3 payments $623,113
- For provision of housing and tenant support services. Housing Preservation and Development · FY2026 · 9 payments $493,552
- Provision of legal svcs to recent immigrants Department of Social Services · FY2023 · 2 payments $455,000
- Prov of legal services to represent low-income households. Department of Social Services · FY2024 · 2 payments $313,572
- Legal Services for the Working Poor Department of Social Services · FY2021 $220,448
- NAE - Homelessness Prevention Law Project - Manhattan Department of Social Services · FY2024 · 3 payments $209,462
- Provide housing Housing Preservation and Development · FY2022 · 3 payments $205,000
- Legal Services for the Working Poor Department of Social Services · FY2020 · 2 payments $188,251
- Provision of Housing Related Services. Housing Preservation and Development · FY2023 · 4 payments $174,965
- Provision of Legal Services for the Working Poor; FY19 5557. Department of Social Services · FY2020 $159,454
- Prov of legal representation on a range of matters Department of Social Services · FY2026 · 2 payments $154,500
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Legal Services for the Working Poor Legal Services for the Working Poor · Dss/hra · FY2019 $455,000
- Legal Services for the Working Poor Legal Services for the Working Poor · Dss/hra · FY2020 $455,000
- Legal Services for the Working Poor Legal Services for the Working Poor · Dss/hra · FY2022 $455,000
- Legal Services for the Working Poor Legal Services for the Working Poor · Dss/hra · FY2023 $455,000
- Legal Services for the Working Poor Legal Services for the Working Poor · Dss/hra · FY2024 $455,000
- Legal Services for the Working Poor Legal Services for the Working Poor · Dss/hra · FY2025 $455,000
- Working-Class Legal Services for Low-Income and Working-Class New Yorkers (formerly Legal Services for Low-Income New Yorkers and Legal Services for the Working Poor) · Dss/hra · FY2026 $455,000
- Working-Class Legal Services for Low-Income and Working-Class New Yorkers · Dss/hra · FY2027 $455,000
- Legal Services for the Working Poor Legal Services for the Working Poor · Dss/hra · FY2018 $405,000
- Legal Services for the Working Poor Legal Services for the Working Poor · Dss/hra · FY2021 $384,705
- Legal Services for the Working Poor Legal Services for the Working Poor · Dss/hra · FY2015 $305,000
- Legal Services for the Working Poor Legal Services for the Working Poor · Dss/hra · FY2016 $305,000
- Legal Services for the Working Poor Legal Services for the Working Poor · Dss/hra · FY2017 $305,000
- Legal Services for the Working Poor Legal Services for the Working Poor · Misc · FY2009 $262,500
- Legal Services for the Working Poor Legal Services for the Working Poor · Misc · FY2010 $262,500
- Legal Services for the Working Poor Legal Services for the Working Poor · Misc · FY2011 $239,674
- Legal Services for the Working Poor Legal Services for the Working Poor · Ocjc · FY2012 $239,674
- Legal Services for the Working Poor Legal Services for the Working Poor · Ocjc · FY2013 $239,674
- Legal Services for the Working Poor Legal Services for the Working Poor · Ocjc · FY2014 $239,674
- Stabilizing NYC Stabilizing NYC · HPD · FY2023 $160,000
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.
- Gale A. Brewer FY2022-2027 · 17 awards $275,000
- Erik Bottcher FY2022-2026 · 10 awards $256,500
- Rosenthal FY2020-2021 · 4 awards $90,000
- Johnson FY2020-2021 · 4 awards $80,000
- Carl Wilson FY2027 · 2 awards $57,500
- Levine FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $10,000
- Shaun Abreu FY2022 · 1 award $5,000
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.
- Leslie Thrope Executive Director $249,460
- Maryellen Fox Associate Director $237,025
- Shari M Mandel Senior Supervising Attorney $183,824
- Lynn A Horowitz Managing Attorney $176,430
- Alexander Dilone Weatherization Director $168,447
- Michelle J Shagenov Senior Staff Attorney $139,689
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +263% 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 Maryellen Fox · 8.01% of revenue $161,615
- FY2021 Maryellen Fox · 6.47% of revenue $168,933
- FY2022 Leslie Thrope · 17.71% of revenue $201,017
- FY2024 Leslie Thrope · 12.87% of revenue $249,460