The Crenulated Company, Ltd.
Lobbying client
The Crenulated Company, Ltd. is the legal name of New Settlement Apartments, a Bronx nonprofit that owns and operates about 895 units of low- and moderate-income housing across 14 buildings and runs afterschool, youth workforce, and college-access programs. It has filed 15 disclosures since 2024, registered citywide across all 51 council districts through lobbyist London House, seeking city funding for project development. Our data ties it to $31.9 million in active city contracts as of August 2026.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 15
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $124,000
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $31,923,211 · 9 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $66,925,981 · 141 since 2008, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $36,747,740
- Won without a fresh bid
- 50% of contract value · $33,609,432 · 88 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $2,000,450 · 42 awards
- Funding history
- Funded 10 years (FY2009–FY2018); not in FY2027
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $316,588 · Judith Herbstman, President
- HPD housing capital financed
- $5,236,274 · via 990 Schedule R
Represented by lobbyist firms
- London House LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department for the Aging City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Education City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
- Housing Preservation and Development City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Secure funds for Project Development
- Budget - Secure funds for project development
- Budget - securing funding for projects
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).
- COMPASS Programs in Public Schools - Elementary Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020278801346 $13,464,000
- COMPASS Programs in Public Schools - Middle Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020278801314 $6,493,500
- COMPASS Center Based CD - Bronx 04 Elementary School Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020278800999 $5,950,800
- COMPASS Program NAE Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020268800843 $2,088,628
- COMPASS Program NAE Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020268800723 $1,415,870
- COMPASS Center Based CD Bronx 04 Middle School Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020278801051 $1,188,000
- COMPASS Program NAE Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020268800471 $701,169
- COMPASS Program NAE Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020268800737 $583,744
- 8C7 - support district-based older adult services. Department for the Aging · CT112520258805389 $37,500
- OST Middle School Expansion Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020151402678 · ended 2018 $2,110,095
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.
- COMPASS Program NAE Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 · 8 payments $1,563,618
- COMPASS Program Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2025 · 7 payments $1,232,411
- COMPASS Negotiated Acquisition Extension Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2023 · 13 payments $768,099
- COMPASS-Middle School Afterschool Services Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2022 · 7 payments $708,462
- COMPASS Program Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2024 · 10 payments $705,233
- Support youth and community services in Council District 16, Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2025 · 6 payments $606,079
- COMPASS Negotiated Acquisition Extension Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2022 · 6 payments $540,558
- Contract increase and extension Department of Education · FY2026 · 5 payments $450,268
- COMPASS middle school services at CMSP M.S. 327 Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2020 · 7 payments $430,908
- COMPASS PROGRAMS Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2025 · 4 payments $429,011
- COMPASS-Elementary Afterschool Services Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2022 · 6 payments $420,160
- COMPASS PROGRAMS Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2024 · 7 payments $386,248
- COMPASS Program NAE Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2027 · 2 payments $367,529
- Provision of Housing Related Services Housing Preservation and Development · FY2023 · 4 payments $362,176
- COMPASS middle school services at CMSP M.S. 327 Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2021 · 6 payments $356,795
- For provision of housing and tenant support services. Housing Preservation and Development · FY2026 · 3 payments $355,500
- COMPASS-Elementary Afterschool Services Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2023 · 7 payments $349,311
- Support youth and community services in Council District 16, Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 · 4 payments $332,751
- R1408 - Community Schools Expansion Department of Education · FY2024 · 2 payments $330,870
- Contract increase and extension Department of Education · FY2025 · 2 payments $291,009
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Community Housing Preservation Strategies Community Housing Preservation Strategies · HPD · FY2018 $142,000
- Stabilizing NYC Stabilizing NYC · HPD · FY2018 $134,300
- Communities for Healthy Food Communities for Healthy Food · DYCD · FY2016 $125,000
- Access to Food and Nutritional Education Access to Food and Nutritional Education · DYCD · FY2017 $125,000
- Access to Food and Nutritional Education Access to Food and Nutritional Education · DYCD · FY2018 $125,000
- Community Housing Preservation Strategies Community Housing Preservation Strategies · HPD · FY2017 $71,000
- Community Housing Preservation Strategies Community Housing Preservation Strategies · HPD · FY2017 $71,000
- Stabilizing NYC Stabilizing NYC · HPD · FY2016 $70,000
- Housing Preservation Initiative (HPI) Housing Preservation Initiative (HPI) · HPD · FY2016 $70,000
- Housing Preservation Initiative (HPI) Housing Preservation Initiative (HPI) · HPD · FY2016 $70,000
- Stabilizing NYC Stabilizing NYC · HPD · FY2017 $70,000
- YouthBuild Project Initiative YouthBuild Project Initiative · DYCD · FY2018 $70,000
- COMPASS Slot Restoration COMPASS Slot Restoration · DYCD · FY2016 $64,400
- Housing Preservation Initiative Housing Preservation Initiative · HPD · FY2009 $60,000
- Housing Presevation Initiative Housing Presevation Initiative · HPD · FY2010 $60,000
- Housing Presevation Initiative Housing Presevation Initiative · HPD · FY2011 $60,000
- Stabilizing NYC Stabilizing NYC · HPD · FY2017 $54,300
- Local DYCD · FY2015 $50,000
- Local DYCD · FY2016 $50,000
- Young Women's Leadership Development Young Women's Leadership Development · DYCD · FY2017 $45,000
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.
- Judith Herbstman President $316,588
- Rigaud Noel Executive Director $217,120
- Kristen Andreazza CFO $168,135
- Juan Otero Nscc Bldg Engineer $138,970
- Lorraine Hernandez Director $138,927
- Jeannette Gutierrez Director Of Operations $130,639
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +134% 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 Juan Otero · 4.32% of revenue $137,405
- FY2021 Allison Palmer · 2.88% of revenue $142,410
- FY2022 Allison Palmer · 3.9% of revenue $143,957
- FY2023 Allison Palmer · 5.67% of revenue $182,926
- FY2024 Juan Otero · 7.94% of revenue $138,970
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 Labor 17.274 YouthBuild · Employment and Training Administration · Grant $1,500,000