NYSARC, Inc., New York City Chapter
Lobbying client
NYSARC, Inc., New York City Chapter does business as AHRC New York City, a nonprofit that provides programs and services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities across the city. It has filed 17 lobbying disclosures with the New York City Council since 2024, reporting contact with all 51 council members through the firms Pitta Bishop & Del Giorno LLC and Tonio Burgos & Associates, Inc. Its registered lobbying subjects include funding for developmentally disabled programs, the FY26 operating budget, and promotion of AHRC services.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 17
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $211,825
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $19,329,320 · 7 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $90,371,973 · 67 since 2010, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $62,966,177
- Won without a fresh bid
- 73% of contract value · $65,780,383 · 56 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $5,011,609 · 62 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2018 (10 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $820,293 · Marco Damiani, Chief Executive Officer
- Based in
- New York, NY
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Pitta Bishop & Del Giorno LLC Lobbyist firm
- Tonio Burgos & Associates, Inc. Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Education City agency
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Developmentally disable program funding.
- Budget - New York City Fiscal Year Operating Budget Program Funding
- City Council Oversight Hearing - NYC Fiscal Year 2026 Operating Budget -- program funding.
- Procurement - Promotion of AHRC services
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).
- Train and Earn RFP Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020258805937 $10,952,550
- Advance and Earn Negotiated Acquisition Extension Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020268803752 $5,282,845
- FY24 RQM-NYSARC INC- Chemical Dependence Prevention Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620248800420 $1,626,851
- FY25 Discretionary Contract- Mental Health Clubhouses Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620258807714 $547,935
- FY27_NAE/New Contract/ Transitional Employment Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620278800235 $411,108
- FY27_NAE/New Contract/ Transitional Employment Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620278800277 $349,814
- FY27_ NAE/New Contract Socialization & Recreation. Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620278800247 $158,217
- Advance & Earn Renewal and Allowance Funding Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020238803014 · ended 2026 $6,658,173
- To support Advance & Earn programming citywide Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020201412781 · ended 2023 $6,419,330
- Day Training, Summer Camp, Recreation, & After School Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620120002057 · ended 2014 $6,024,965
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.
- Train and Earn RFP Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 · 4 payments $1,826,607
- Advance & Earn Renewal and Allowance Funding Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2024 · 8 payments $1,432,870
- Advance & Earn Renewal and Allowance Funding Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 · 5 payments $1,392,336
- To support Advance & Earn programming citywide Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2022 · 4 payments $1,376,054
- To support Youth Training Programming. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2024 · 16 payments $1,235,541
- Advance and Earn Negotiated Acquisition Extension Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2027 · 2 payments $1,173,896
- To support Advance & Earn programming citywide Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2021 · 9 payments $1,039,689
- Advance & Earn Renewal and Allowance Funding Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2025 · 3 payments $971,430
- To support Youth Training Programming. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2025 · 8 payments $959,680
- Train and Earn RFP Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2027 $884,940
- Youth workforce renewal Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2023 · 9 payments $744,390
- To support Advance & Earn programming citywide Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2023 · 5 payments $741,689
- Option 2: Youth Training Network Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2020 · 15 payments $637,624
- Developmental Disabilities Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2020 · 6 payments $637,133
- R1408 - Community School Services Expansion Department of Education · FY2025 · 2 payments $600,016
- Option 2 - Youth Training Network Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2020 · 11 payments $574,600
- Developmental Disabilities Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2024 · 4 payments $492,845
- To support Advance & Earn programming citywide Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2020 $462,268
- Developmental Disabilities Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2021 · 4 payments $459,349
- Youth Workforce Renewal Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2023 · 10 payments $445,794
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Job Connection Center Clubhouse Mental Health Clubhouses · Dhmh · FY2026 $250,000
- Job Connection Center Clubhouse Mental Health Clubhouses · Dhmh · FY2027 $250,000
- Developmental, Psychological and Behavioral Health Services Developmental, Psychological and Behavioral Health Services · Dhmh · FY2022 $234,103
- Developmental, Psychological and Behavioral Health Services Developmental, Psychological and Behavioral Health Services · Dhmh · FY2023 $234,103
- Developmental, Psychological and Behavioral Health Services Developmental, Psychological and Behavioral Health Services · Dhmh · FY2024 $234,103
- Developmental, Psychological and Behavioral Health Services Developmental, Psychological and Behavioral Health Services · Dhmh · FY2025 $234,103
- Developmental, Psychological and Behavioral Health Services Developmental, Psychological and Behavioral Health Services · Dhmh · FY2026 $234,103
- Developmental, Psychological and Behavioral Health Services Developmental, Psychological and Behavioral Health Services · Dhmh · FY2027 $234,103
- AHRC NYC Supported Employment Developmental, Psychological and Behavioral Health Services · Dhmh · FY2021 $198,987
- Job Connection Center Clubhouse Mental Health Clubhouses · Dhmh · FY2025 $146,116
- HIRE - Helping Industry HIRE Reliable Employees - Employment Services Developmental, Psychological and Behavioral Health Services · Dhmh · FY2019 $130,103
- Developmental, Psychological and Behavioral Health Services Developmental, Psychological and Behavioral Health Services · Dhmh · FY2020 $130,103
- JCC Program Developmental, Psychological and Behavioral Health Services · Dhmh · FY2019 $104,000
- Developmental, Psychological and Behavioral Health Services Developmental, Psychological and Behavioral Health Services · Dhmh · FY2020 $104,000
- Mental Health Services for Vulnerable Populations Mental Health Services for Vulnerable Populations · Dhmh · FY2020 $100,000
- Mental Health Services for Vulnerable Populations Mental Health Services for Vulnerable Populations · Dhmh · FY2023 $100,000
- Mental Health Services for Vulnerable Populations Mental Health Services for Vulnerable Populations · Dhmh · FY2024 $100,000
- Mental Health Services for Vulnerable Populations Mental Health Services for Vulnerable Populations · Dhmh · FY2025 $100,000
- Mental Health Services for Vulnerable Populations Mental Health Services for Vulnerable Populations · Dhmh · FY2026 $100,000
- Mental Health Services for Vulnerable Populations Mental Health Services for Vulnerable Populations · Dhmh · FY2027 $100,000
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.
- Marmorato FY2025 · 1 award $50,000
- Amanda C. Farías FY2027 · 1 award $20,000
- D. Diaz FY2020 · 1 award $10,000
- Eugene FY2020 · 1 award $10,000
Officer & key-staff pay
Reportable compensation from this organization's IRS Form 990 (Part VII), latest available filing (FY2023). Includes pay from related organizations where reported; an annual figure, not a running total. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
- Marco Damiani Chief Executive Officer $820,293
- Amy West EVP/Chief Financial Officer $489,593
- Gail Schmertz-Kerner EVP/Chief Legal Officer $447,033
- Elizabeth Lynam EVP Chief Program Officer (Thru 02/2024) $414,249
- Harvey Mizrach VP, Rate Setting & Budgets Advisor $363,831
- Irvin Rodriguez Chief Info & Tech Officer $361,637
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +10% from FY2020 to FY2023. Top-officer reportable compensation by year (org-paid only), with each year's share of total revenue. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer 990 filings.
- FY2020 Marco Damiani · 1.31% of revenue $603,106
- FY2021 Marco Damiani · 1.18% of revenue $623,971
- FY2022 Marco Damiani · 1.13% of revenue $668,993
- FY2023 Marco Damiani · 1.19% of revenue $820,293