The Brookdale Hospital Medical Center
Lobbying client
The Brookdale Hospital Medical Center is a full-service teaching hospital in Brownsville, Brooklyn, with a Level II Trauma Center and a designated Stroke Center. It is one of three hospitals in the One Brooklyn Health system, alongside Interfaith Medical Center and Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center. The hospital paid Brown & Weinraub Advisors, LLC $97,500 across seven lobbying filings that reached 51 City Council members on citywide health care legislation, and it holds an active city contract worth $8,630,677 as of August 2026.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 7
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $97,500
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $8,630,677 · 6 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $13,496,338 · 14 since 2012, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $5,336,751
- Won without a fresh bid
- 100% of contract value · $13,496,338 · 14 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $1,902,595 · 27 awards
- Funding history
- Funded 7 years (FY2019–FY2027), including each of the last 6
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $1,267,278 · Laray Brown, CEO Obhs & President.&CEO Until 12/31/23
- Based in
- Brooklyn, NY
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Brown & Weinraub Advisors, LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department for the Aging City agency
- Department of Design and Construction City agency
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
- Mayoralty City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Local Legislation (including introduction) - HEALTH CARE ISSUES
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).
- Mental Health Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620268801400 $6,228,453
- Office of Neighborhood Safety - Negotiated Acquisition Ext Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020268800962 $887,516
- Relay Service program Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620268800190 $855,000
- HLKNBMCAM, Purchase of One (1) Anesthesia Monitoring System Department of Design and Construction · CT185020268804971 $313,958
- HLDNIMANS Purchase of Anesthesia Equipment Department of Design and Construction · CT185020268804973 $252,000
- 9BD - delivery of essential health and wellness services Department for the Aging · CT112520278801498 $93,750
- City Council funding Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620278801741 · ended 2026 $1,461,446
- Crisis Management Hospital Service - Brooklyn Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020240001831 · ended 2025 $791,446
- Crisis Management System Hospital Based Service Mayoralty · CT100220238807784 · ended 2023 $700,000
- ASSISTED COMPETITIVE EMPLOYMENT Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620161402056 · ended 2018 $516,313
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.
- Mental Health Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2026 · 4 payments $1,765,066
- HLKNBROKE: Medical Equipment Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2024 $503,463
- Mental Health Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2027 $332,939
- Office of Neighborhood Safety - Negotiated Acquisition Ext Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2027 $180,329
- Office of Neighborhood Safety - Negotiated Acquisition Ext Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 $177,482
- In-home mental health and crisis intervention services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2025 · 2 payments $149,656
- In-home mental health and crisis intervention services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2022 · 2 payments $129,137
- Crisis Management Hospital Service - Brooklyn Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2025 $105,636
- In-home mental health and crisis intervention services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2026 $61,277
- In-home mental health and crisis intervention services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2021 $28,611
- Relay Service program Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2027 $27,143
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Ending the Epidemic Ending the Epidemic · Dhmh · FY2023 $245,719
- Ending the Epidemic Ending the Epidemic · Dhmh · FY2024 $245,719
- Ending the Epidemic Ending the Epidemic · Dhmh · FY2025 $245,719
- HIV/AIDS Pathways to Care (Formerly Ending the Epidemic and HIV/AIDS Faith Community Based Initiative) HIV/AIDS Pathways to Care (Formerly Ending the Epidemic and HIV/AIDS Faith Community Based Initiative) · Dhmh · FY2026 $245,719
- HIV/AIDS Pathways to Care HIV/AIDS Pathways to Care · Dhmh · FY2027 $245,719
- Viral Hepatitis Prevention Viral Hepatitis Prevention · Dhmh · FY2022 $54,000
- Viral Hepatitis Prevention Viral Hepatitis Prevention · Dhmh · FY2023 $54,000
- Viral Hepatitis Prevention Viral Hepatitis Prevention · Dhmh · FY2024 $54,000
- Viral Hepatitis Prevention Viral Hepatitis Prevention · Dhmh · FY2025 $54,000
- Viral Hepatitis Prevention Viral Hepatitis Prevention · Dhmh · FY2026 $54,000
- Viral Hepatitis Prevention Viral Hepatitis Prevention · Dhmh · FY2027 $54,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · Dhmh · FY2024 $50,000
- Mental Health Services for Vulnerable Populations Mental Health Services for Vulnerable Populations · Dhmh · FY2022 $25,000
- Mental Health Services for Vulnerable Populations Mental Health Services for Vulnerable Populations · Dhmh · FY2023 $25,000
- Mental Health Services for Vulnerable Populations Mental Health Services for Vulnerable Populations · Dhmh · FY2024 $25,000
- OBH @ Your Door CM Mealy · Dhmh · FY2025 $25,000
- Mental Health Services for Vulnerable Populations Mental Health Services for Vulnerable Populations · Dhmh · FY2025 $25,000
- OBH At Your Door: Senior Health & Wellness Workshops - Council District 42 CM Banks · Aging · DFTA · FY2026 $25,000
- Mental Health Services for Vulnerable Populations Mental Health Services for Vulnerable Populations · Dhmh · FY2026 $25,000
- OBH At Your Door: Senior Health & Wellness Workshops - Council District 42 CM Banks · Aging · DFTA · FY2027 $25,000
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.
- Chris Banks FY2026-2027 · 2 awards $50,000
- Darlene Mealy FY2025-2027 · 3 awards $45,000
- Chi A. Ossé FY2022-2024 · 3 awards $35,000
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.
- Laray Brown CEO Obhs & President.&CEO Until 12/31/23 $1,267,278
- Kirwin Gibbs Chairperson - Dept Of Radiology $999,936
- William Wirchansky Director - Neurosurgery $984,418
- Boris Avezbakiyev Prog. Director. - Hematology-Oncology $983,492
- Mary D Toussaint Physician - Obs/Gyn $932,598
- Ravi Kothuru Chairperson - Dept Of Surgery $891,164
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +35% 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 Dominick Stanzione · 1.34% of revenue $1,216,311
- FY2021 Laray Brown · 0.7% of revenue $1,209,000
- FY2022 Laray Brown · 0.94% of revenue $1,202,834
- FY2023 Laray Brown · 1.08% of revenue $1,259,778
- FY2024 Laray Brown · 1.15% of revenue $1,267,278