Maimonides Medical Center
Lobbying client
The largest hospital in Brooklyn, Maimonides Medical Center is a 711-bed safety net teaching hospital in Borough Park where more than 80 percent of patients are covered by Medicare or Medicaid. It filed 15 disclosures since 2024 through Yoswein New York, lobbying eight council members on capital funding for hospital equipment and safety net hospital funding as it pursued a merger with NYC Health + Hospitals, which was accompanied by a $2.2 billion state grant.
- Council members lobbied
- 8
- Filings (since 2024)
- 15
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $420,000
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Goods
- City contracts (active)
- $3,184,484 · 7 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $25,122,326 · 23 since 2008, incl. expired
- Registered to start later
- $1,355,967 · 1 contract
- Paid to date
- $19,769,750
- Won without a fresh bid
- 100% of contract value · $25,122,326 · 23 contracts
- Based in
- Brooklyn, NY
Lobbied these council members
- Alexa Avilés Council Member, District 38 (Brooklyn)
- Shahana K. Hanif Council Member, District 39 (Brooklyn)
- Simcha Felder Council Member, District 44 (Brooklyn)
- Farah N. Louis Council Member, District 45 (Brooklyn)
- Mercedes Narcisse Council Member, District 46 (Brooklyn)
- David M. Carr Council Member, District 50 (Staten Island/Brooklyn)
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Yoswein New York, Inc. Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Design and Construction City agency
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Emergency Management City agency
- 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 - Capital funding for hospital equipment
- State Issue - Safety net hospital funding
- State Issue - Update on H&H takeover of hospital; state actions
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).
- HLDNMAIVP, Purchase of Four (4) Ambulances Department of Design and Construction · CT185020258806593 $1,023,330
- HLDNMCAMB, purchase of three ambulances Department of Design and Construction · CT185020248801729 $618,000
- FY26- NA- Relay Services- Opioid Prevention Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620268800165 $427,500
- HLDNMAIMA & HLKNMAIM, Purchase of a new hospital ambulance Department of Design and Construction · CT185020268802298 $334,337
- HLDNMAIAM, One Ambulance for The Maimonides Medical Center Department of Design and Construction · CT185020268801307 $312,985
- HLDNMAMOR, Purchase of Surgical Tables and Equipment Department of Design and Construction · CT185020268802707 $260,702
- HLDNINCUB, the purchase of Neonatal Transport Incubator Department of Design and Construction · CT185020268807678 $207,630
- HLDNMAIME, the purchase of two CT scanners Department of Design and Construction · CT185020278801788 · starts 2026-10 $1,355,967
- RADIOLOGY LAB MACHINES Department of Design and Construction · CT185020151403530 · ended 2020 $5,168,000
- MR clinic Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620090001019 · ended 2011 $3,518,136
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.
- Emergency COVID Testing Provider Partnerships Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2022 · 11 payments $1,638,689
- Emergency Medical Space for COVID-19 PRF 877 Department of Emergency Management · FY2020 $1,365,807
- HLDNMAIVP, Purchase of Four (4) Ambulances Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2026 $1,023,330
- HLDNMAIMN, Four Ambulances for the Maimonides Medical Center Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2024 $770,942
- HLDNMCAMB, purchase of three ambulances Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2026 $618,000
- HLKNMAIMD - Maimonides Medical Center, Prchse of Vehicles Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2020 $355,560
- HLDNMAIAM, One Ambulance for The Maimonides Medical Center Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2026 $312,985
- HLDNMAM20 - Maimonides Medical Center Ambulance Purchases Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2020 $189,930
- 850 HLKNMAMC, Purchase an Ultrasound Fusion Biopsy System Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2024 $145,951
- 850 HLKNMAIMC, Purch of 3 ICY Beds Syatems Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2024 $105,869
- To vaccinate healthcare personnel /individuals in community Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2022 $99,000
- Emergency COVID Testing Provider Partnerships Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2023 $80,000
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
- Farah N. Louis It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction
- Mercedes Narcisse It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 2 agencies in their committees' jurisdiction
- Shahana K. Hanif It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 2 agencies in their committees' jurisdiction
- Simcha Felder It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction
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 93.493 Congressional Directives · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration · Grant $1,650,000
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.788 Opioid STR · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration · Grant $1,235,887
- Consumer Product Safety Commission SUPPORT- MANAGEMENT: DATA COLLECTION · Consumer Product Safety Commission · Contract $1,002,846
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.493 Congressional Directives · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration · Grant $700,000
- Consumer Product Safety Commission SUPPORT- MANAGEMENT: DATA COLLECTION · Consumer Product Safety Commission · Contract $580,777
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.110 Special Projects of Regional and National Significance · Health Resources and Services Administration · Grant $250,000