JR Cruz Corp.
Lobbying client
A heavy-civil construction company founded in 2001 and based in Aberdeen, New Jersey, that specializes in underground infrastructure work across all five boroughs, including sewers, microtunnels, site development, and utility construction. JR Cruz holds about $230.4 million in active city contracts as of August 2026. With 25 filings since 2024, it retained Advocates for Justice and Pitta Bishop to pursue contract payments, procurement opportunities, and outreach with city agencies including the Department of Transportation.
- Council members lobbied
- None named (agencies/administration)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 25
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $243,750
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Construction Services
- City contracts (active)
- $230,390,280 · 13 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $1,309,808,416 · 88 since 2007, incl. expired
- Registered to start later
- $24,667,067 · 1 contract
- Paid to date
- $945,506,822
- Won without a fresh bid
- 5% of contract value · $69,453,819 · 9 contracts
- Based in
- Aberdeen, NJ (out of state)
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Advocates for Justice, Chartered Attorneys Lobbyist firm
- Pitta Bishop & Del Giorno LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Design and Construction City agency
- Department of Environmental Protection City agency
- Department of Parks and Recreation City agency
- Department of Transportation City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Environmental Protection City agency
- Department of Transportation City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Determination of Board or Commission - Compliance with ongoing construction contracts
- Determination of Board or Commission - manage dot contract
- Determination of Board or Commission - monitoring community board activity outreach to DOB
- Determination regarding real property - Permitting and zoning issues.
- Determination regarding real property - Use of property for material storage.
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).
- CSO-BXR-HP-009: Parallel Interceptor Regulator Bronx River Department of Environmental Protection · CT182620248801976 $46,833,678
- Q00Michaelis-Bayswater Park Reconstruction, Queens Department of Parks and Recreation · CT184620258806808 $27,970,286
- Standard Pedestrian Ramp Upgrades, Manhattan Department of Design and Construction · CT185020268806879 $27,967,496
- Zone B Brooklyn Nights / Queens Nights Location Department of Transportation · CT184120268806141 $24,363,037
- Zone C Bklyn Days & SI Days and Nights Department of Transportation · CT184120268805272 $23,743,087
- Safe Routes to Schools - Phase 4D Department of Design and Construction · CT185020258806873 $22,955,815
- Reconstruction of Pavements, Brooklyn Department of Parks and Recreation · CT184620258801806 $16,073,210
- Installation Of Non-Standard Pedestrian Ramps Department of Design and Construction · CT185020248809729 $12,636,741
- Rehabilitation of Sanitary and Combined Sewers in Various Lo Department of Design and Construction · CT185020268807231 $10,367,348
- CNYG-624M: Bronx and Manhattan Tree Planting FY24 Department of Parks and Recreation · CT184620268805716 $5,760,000
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.
- CSO-BXR-HP-009: Parallel Interceptor Regulator Bronx River Department of Environmental Protection · FY2026 · 15 payments $24,146,283
- Construction of Storm and Combined Sewers and Appurtenances Department of Environmental Protection · FY2020 · 9 payments $13,223,968
- Reconstruction of Existing Sewers, Staten Island Department of Environmental Protection · FY2025 · 14 payments $12,122,599
- Reconstruction of Roma and Hett Avenues, Staten Island Department of Environmental Protection · FY2021 · 13 payments $11,871,285
- Reconstruction of Bergen Avenue Department of Environmental Protection · FY2020 · 10 payments $11,850,595
- Construction of various right-way-green infrastructure Department of Environmental Protection · FY2024 · 5 payments $10,300,968
- RECONSTRUCTION OF EXISTING SEWERS, STATEN ISLAND Department of Environmental Protection · FY2026 · 9 payments $9,609,478
- CSO-BXR-HP-009: Parallel Interceptor Regulator Bronx River Department of Environmental Protection · FY2025 · 9 payments $9,354,245
- BROAD CHANNEL STREETS AND BULKHEADS RECONSTRUCTION, PHASE 2 Department of Environmental Protection · FY2021 · 11 payments $8,699,427
- Reconstruction of Existing Sewers, Staten Island Department of Environmental Protection · FY2024 · 12 payments $8,318,843
- Reconstruction of Bergen Avenue Department of Environmental Protection · FY2021 · 7 payments $8,047,078
- Milling of Streets for Resurfacing, SI HW2CR19E Department of Transportation · FY2022 · 5 payments $8,033,378
- Reconstruction of Broad Channel Streets & Bulkheads, Phase 2 Department of Environmental Protection · FY2023 · 12 payments $7,789,726
- Construction of various right-way-green infrastructure Department of Environmental Protection · FY2025 · 11 payments $7,778,101
- Reconstruction of Broad Channel Streets & Bulkheads, Phase 2 Department of Environmental Protection · FY2024 · 11 payments $7,409,236
- Location C Milling Brooklyn and Staten Island Day Department of Transportation · FY2023 · 8 payments $7,359,420
- Milling-Brooklyn Days & Staten Island Day & Nights- Zone C Department of Transportation · FY2026 · 6 payments $7,344,792
- GI-CONS-1 GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE@ VARIOUS NYC PARKS Department of Environmental Protection · FY2025 · 10 payments $7,131,574
- Reconstruction of Existing Sewers, South Brooklyn Department of Environmental Protection · FY2024 · 11 payments $6,991,393
- Reconstruction of Bergen Avenue Department of Transportation · FY2021 · 10 payments $6,988,420