Union Community Health Center, Inc.
Lobbying client
Union Community Health Center has been a Bronx health provider since 1909, now running five sites that deliver primary care, urgent care, dental, behavioral health and other services to more than 38,000 patients a year regardless of ability to pay. It holds about $707,855 in active city contracts as of August 2026 and has filed 15 lobbying disclosures since 2024, lobbying all 51 council members citywide through Tonio Burgos & Associates, Inc. on potential procurement and contract opportunities.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 15
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $300,000
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Goods
- City contracts (active)
- $707,855 · 6 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $1,368,510 · 8 since 2015, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $639,394
- Won without a fresh bid
- 100% of contract value · $1,368,510 · 8 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $22,745 · 2 awards
- Funding history
- Funded 2 years (FY2016–FY2017); not in FY2027
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $737,604 · Douglas L York, CEO
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Tonio Burgos & Associates, Inc. Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Design and Construction City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Procurement - Potential procurement services and contract opportunities
- Procurement - Potential procurement services and contract opportunities.
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).
- HLXNUNIC, Purchase of Medical Equipment Department of Design and Construction · CT185020268805996 $300,000
- HLXNUNIVR, Purchase of One (1) Emsella Equipment Department of Design and Construction · CT185020268806490 $160,000
- HLXNUNIOE, Purchase of Two Equipment Systems Department of Design and Construction · CT185020268806578 $100,000
- HLDNUCDEN, Purchase of a Waterlase System Department of Design and Construction · CT185020268802333 $61,995
- HLXNUNION, Purchase of Vestibular Testing System Department of Design and Construction · CT185020258808755 $48,860
- Purchase of One 12 Passenger Vehicle Department of Design and Construction · CT185020258808876 $37,000
- HLDN36VAN - Purchase of OIne Freightliner and Dental Eqpmnt Department of Design and Construction · CT185020191415757 · ended 2024 $373,655
- RADIOLOGY DENTAL EQUIPMENT Department of Design and Construction · CT185020151412920 · ended 2020 $287,000
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.
- HLDN36VAN - Purchase of OIne Freightliner and Dental Eqpmnt Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2023 $334,000
- Continued Access to Vaccination for Uninsured Adults, CAVU Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2025 $73,805
- Continued Access to Vaccination for Uninsured Adults, CAVU Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2024 $63,309
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Healthy Aging Initiative Healthy Aging Initiative · DFTA · FY2017 $17,745
- Local DOHMH · FY2016 $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.
- Douglas L York CEO $737,604
- Jae K Ahn CMO $530,165
- Anne Spellman Cno/COO $463,783
- Mary Hartnett CFO $455,112
- Vincenzo Ferraro Senior VP $269,546
- Henry Rochel Psychiatrist O/P $246,858
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +21% 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 Douglas L York · 6.96% of revenue $524,157
- FY2021 Douglas L York · 6.44% of revenue $596,357
- FY2023 Douglas L York · 6.3% of revenue $661,959
- FY2024 Douglas L York · 6.75% of revenue $737,604
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 Health and Human Services 93.224 Health Center Program · Health Resources and Services Administration · Grant $12,932,010
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.224 Health Center Program · Health Resources and Services Administration · Grant $5,852,375
- Federal Communications Commission 32.006 COVID-19 Telehealth Program · Federal Communications Commission · Direct payment $999,048
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.526 Grants for Capital Development in Health Centers · Health Resources and Services Administration · Grant $895,846
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.224 Health Center Program · Health Resources and Services Administration · Grant $821,228
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.493 Congressional Directives · Health Resources and Services Administration · Grant $675,000
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.224 Health Center Program · Health Resources and Services Administration · Grant $400,000
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.527 Grants for New and Expanded Services under the Health Center Program · Health Resources and Services Administration · Grant $342,954
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.527 Grants for New and Expanded Services under the Health Center Program · Health Resources and Services Administration · Grant $41,033