America Works of New York Inc.

Lobbying client

America Works of New York Inc. is the New York arm of America Works, a for-profit job placement company founded in the mid-1980s by Peter Cove and Lee Bowes that places people receiving public assistance into private sector jobs, historically earning its fee only after a placement completes a probationary period rather than being paid to run training programs. It has filed 15 disclosures with the City Council since 2024 through Constantinople & Vallone Consulting, reaching all 51 council members, on citywide budget matters covering labor programs and the virtual registration approval process for its job placement programming, and the city currently lists $76.9 million in active contracts as of August 2026 under its name.

Council members lobbied
51 (citywide)
Filings (since 2024)
15
Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
$180,000
Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts (active)
$76,915,750 · 6 contracts
Awarded all-time
$348,892,749 · 45 since 2009, incl. expired
Paid to date
$237,685,042
Won without a fresh bid
53% of contract value · $183,555,509 · 29 contracts
Based in
New York, NY

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subjects from their 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.

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

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