Cooper Square Community Development Committee, Inc.

Lobbying client

Cooper Square Committee is a Lower East Side nonprofit that has worked for decades on tenant counseling, eviction prevention and preservation of affordable housing in the neighborhood bounded by 14th Street, Delancey Street, the Bowery/Third Avenue and the East River. It filed 6 lobbying disclosures in 2024, lobbying two council members, Carlina Rivera and Mercedes Narcisse, on a local bill, Intro 193A, for about $1,310 in reported compensation. It has held $8.51 million in city contracts since 2013, with about $4.56 million active as of August 2026.

Council members lobbied
2
Filings (since 2024)
6
Lobbyist firm(s)
In-house
Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
$1,310
Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts (active)
$4,562,500 · 1 contract
Awarded all-time
$8,508,672 · 36 since 2013, incl. expired
Paid to date
$5,051,348
Won without a fresh bid
46% of contract value · $3,943,172 · 34 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$3,554,381 · 70 awards
Funding history
Funded every year since FY2017 (11 years running)
Top officer pay (FY2024)
$80,427 · Steven Herrick, Executive Director
Based in
New York, NY

Lobbied these council members

Holds contracts at

Funded by these agencies

Lobbied former members

Members who have since left their seat

What they lobbied on

subjects from their filings

Bills named in their filings

Council bills this client referred to in its own lobbying filings.

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).

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.

Discretionary funding received

City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.

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.

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.

Officer pay over time

Total officer pay changed +1% 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.

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