Human Services Council of New York
Lobbying client
The Human Services Council is a New York City coalition representing nonprofit human services providers, advocating with city and state government on funding, contracting and wages for the sector. Since 2024 the group has filed 30 lobbying reports and lobbied seven City Council members, including Speaker Adrienne Adams, through the firm Moonshot Strategies LLC. Its lobbying has centered on securing cost of living adjustments and wage equity for human services workers, along with reforms to nonprofit contracting and procurement rules.
- Council members lobbied
- 7
- Filings (since 2024)
- 30
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $263,024
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $465,000 · 1 contract
- Awarded all-time
- $1,014,983 · 5 since 2016, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $597,298
- Won without a fresh bid
- 2% of contract value · $17,500 · 2 contracts
- Based in
- New York, NY
Lobbied these council members
- Althea V. Stevens Council Member, District 16 (Bronx)
- Julie Won Council Member, District 26 (Queens)
- Lincoln Restler Council Member, District 33 (Brooklyn)
- Crystal Hudson Council Member, District 35 (Brooklyn)
- Sandy Nurse Council Member, District 37 (Brooklyn)
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Moonshot Strategies LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene City agency
Lobbied former members
Members who have since left their seat
- Adrienne Adams
- Justin Brannan
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Cost of living adjustment for Human Service Workers ; Procurement - Late contracting ; City Council Oversight Hearing - Disaster Preparedness; Budget - Human Services Wages
- Budget - Funding for Human Services Council
- Budget - Matters relevant to funding priorities for Human Services Council
- Budget - NYC Cost of living Adjustment; Procurement - Non profit contracting
- Local Legislation (including introduction) - Cost of Living Adjustment for human services workers
- Local Legislation (including introduction) - Wage equity legislation
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).
- Development of the CPP's Human Services Sector Network Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620268801299 $465,000
- Community preparedness program Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620191400872 · ended 2025 $516,183
- Community Development Consulting Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620261407337 · ended 2026 $16,300
- To provide educational workshops/training for nonprofits Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020191405326 · ended 2018 $12,500
- To provide workshops for nonprofit organization providers Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020191416323 · ended 2017 $5,000
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.
- Community preparedness program Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2023 · 2 payments $87,790
- Community preparedness program Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2021 $33,112
- Development of the CPP's Human Services Sector Network Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2026 $30,850
- Community preparedness program Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2020 $25,424
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
- Althea V. Stevens It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 2 agencies in their committees' jurisdiction
- Sandy Nurse It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction