Opportunity Charter School
Lobbying client
Opportunity Charter School is a public charter school in Harlem serving grades 6 through 12, opened in 2004 for students who have struggled in traditional schools, more than half of whom have a moderate to severe learning disability. It offers wraparound medical and social-emotional support alongside career-track programs in culinary arts and Microsoft certification. It has filed 15 disclosures since 2024, lobbying 6 council members through Kasirer LLC on charter board determinations and education issues, and it has held $50,000 in Department of Education contracts since 2017, none currently active as of August 2026.
- Council members lobbied
- 6
- Filings (since 2024)
- 15
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $225,000
- City contracts
- none active as of 2026-08-22 · $50,000 awarded since 2017
- Paid to date
- $9,741
Lobbied these council members
- Amanda C. Farías Council Member, District 18 (Bronx)
- Rita C. Joseph Council Member, District 40 (Brooklyn)
- Julie Menin Council Member, District 5 (Manhattan)
- Elsie Encarnación Council Member, District 8 (Manhattan/Bronx)
- Yusef Salaam Council Member, District 9 (Manhattan)
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Kasirer LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Education City agency
Lobbied former members
Members who have since left their seat
- Diana Ayala
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Determination of Board or Commission - Advocacy; Relationship Building
- Determination of Board or Commission - Education issues; Relationship building
- Determination of Board or Commission - relationship building
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).
- CHARTER SCHOOL PAYMENT Department of Education · CT104020183006160 · ended 2018 $25,000
- CANCEL Department of Education · CT104020173073789 · ended 2018 $25,000
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
- Amanda C. Farías It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction
- Rita C. Joseph 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
- Federal Communications Commission 32.004 UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND - SCHOOLS and LIBRARIES · Federal Communications Commission · Direct payment $24,859
- Federal Communications Commission 32.004 UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND - SCHOOLS and LIBRARIES · Federal Communications Commission · Direct payment $24,192
- Federal Communications Commission 32.004 UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND - SCHOOLS and LIBRARIES · Federal Communications Commission · Direct payment $22,176
- Federal Communications Commission 32.004 UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND - SCHOOLS and LIBRARIES · Federal Communications Commission · Direct payment $8,721
- Federal Communications Commission 32.004 UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND - SCHOOLS and LIBRARIES · Federal Communications Commission · Direct payment $6,541
- Federal Communications Commission 32.004 UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND - SCHOOLS and LIBRARIES · Federal Communications Commission · Direct payment $4,931
- Federal Communications Commission 32.004 UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND - SCHOOLS and LIBRARIES · Federal Communications Commission · Direct payment $2,016
- Federal Communications Commission 32.009 Emergency Connectivity Fund Program · Federal Communications Commission · Direct payment $0
- Federal Communications Commission 32.009 Emergency Connectivity Fund Program · Federal Communications Commission · Direct payment $0
- Federal Communications Commission 32.009 Emergency Connectivity Fund Program · Federal Communications Commission · Direct payment $0
- Federal Communications Commission 32.009 Emergency Connectivity Fund Program · Federal Communications Commission · Direct payment $0