New York County Defender Services Inc.
Lobbying client
A nonprofit public defender group that represents people facing criminal charges in Manhattan courts, one of five institutional providers of indigent defense that the city funds alongside groups like the Legal Aid Society and the Bronx Defenders. It filed 15 lobbying disclosures since 2024, reaching all 51 council members through Bolton-St. Johns, on rules governing people held in city jails, and holds active city contracts worth about $31 million.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 15
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $31,051,972 · 2 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $275,843,798 · 15 since 2010, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $234,502,417
- Won without a fresh bid
- 79% of contract value · $218,514,064 · 13 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $955,000 · 20 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2022 (6 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $392,754 · Stanislao German, Executive Director
- Based in
- New York, NY
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Bolton-St. Johns, LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Mayoralty City agency
- Office of Criminal Justice City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
- Mayoralty City agency
- Office of Criminal Justice City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Local Legislation (including introduction) - Rules and regulations regarding individual in jail
- Local Legislation (including introduction) - Rules and regulations regarding individuals in jail
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).
- Criminal Trial Indigent Defense - Manhattan Office of Criminal Justice · CT112820278800994 $30,951,972
- FY27-28 ILS Professionalization & Modernization Grant Office of Criminal Justice · CT112820278800750 $100,000
- Criminal Trial Indigent Defense - Manhattan Office of Criminal Justice · CT112820250000333 · ended 2026 $57,208,360
- Decrease funding for OCA Case Cap Rollover Mayoralty · CT100220228803455 · ended 2023 $47,785,451
- criminal trial indigent defense Mayoralty · CT100220191410401 · ended 2021 $40,846,384
- Trial-Level Indigent Defense Representation Mayoralty · CT100220160000019 · ended 2018 $27,319,858
- Criminal Trial Indigent Defense - Manhattan Mayoralty · CT100220248800682 · ended 2024 $26,217,063
- Trial-level Indigent Defense Services Mayoralty · CT100220140003622 · ended 2015 $16,786,520
- Trial-level Indigent Defense Services Mayoralty · CT100220111452039 · ended 2013 $16,483,350
- FY19 (Jul-Dec) indigent defense crim trial rep Mayoralty · CT100220190001071 · ended 2018 $5,187,202
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.
- Criminal Trial Indigent Defense - Manhattan Office of Criminal Justice · FY2026 · 26 payments $29,191,878
- Criminal Trial Indigent Defense - Manhattan Mayoralty · FY2024 · 20 payments $23,413,765
- Criminal Trial Indigent Defense - Manhattan Office of Criminal Justice · FY2025 · 19 payments $19,620,850
- Criminal Trial Indigent Defense - Manhattan Mayoralty · FY2023 · 15 payments $18,125,167
- criminal trial indigent defense Mayoralty · FY2021 · 16 payments $14,929,152
- criminal trial indigent defense Mayoralty · FY2020 · 17 payments $13,263,578
- Criminal Trial Indigent Defense - Manhattan Mayoralty · FY2022 · 12 payments $10,360,292
- Criminal Trial Indigent Defense - Manhattan Office of Criminal Justice · FY2027 · 2 payments $9,290,462
- criminal trial indigent defense Mayoralty · FY2022 · 7 payments $4,416,402
- Criminal Trial Indigent Defense - Manhattan Mayoralty · FY2025 · 4 payments $1,663,036
- To support criminal justice programs and reform efforts. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 · 3 payments $255,733
- Funds will support Community Engagement Specialist Program Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 $54,147
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Discharge Planning Discharge Planning · DYCD · FY2025 $200,000
- Alternatives to Incarceration and Reentry Programs (Formerly Alternatives to Incarceration, Discharge Planning, and Diversion Programs) Alternatives to Incarceration and Reentry Programs (Formerly Alternatives to Incarceration, Discharge Planning, and Diversion Programs) · DYCD · FY2026 $200,000
- Alternatives to Incarceration and Reentry Programs Alternatives to Incarceration and Reentry Programs · DYCD · FY2027 $200,000
- Innovative Criminal Justice Programs Innovative Criminal Justice Programs · MOCJ · FY2022 $50,000
- Innovative Criminal Justice Programs Innovative Criminal Justice Programs · DYCD · FY2023 $50,000
- Innovative Criminal Justice Programs Innovative Criminal Justice Programs · DYCD · FY2024 $50,000
- Innovative Criminal Justice Programs Innovative Criminal Justice Programs · DYCD · FY2025 $50,000
- Innovative Criminal Justice Programs Innovative Criminal Justice Programs · DYCD · FY2026 $50,000
- Innovative Criminal Justice Programs Innovative Criminal Justice Programs · DYCD · FY2027 $50,000
- Community Engagement Specialist Program - Council District 10 CM De La Rosa · Anti-Poverty · DYCD · FY2023 $5,000
- Community Engagement Specialist Program CM Brewer · DYCD · FY2023 $5,000
- Community Engagement Specialist Program - Council District 10 CM De La Rosa · Anti-Poverty · DYCD · FY2024 $5,000
- Council District 4 CM Powers · DYCD · FY2024 $5,000
- Community Engagement Specialist Program - Council District 10 CM De La Rosa · Anti-Poverty · DYCD · FY2025 $5,000
- Council District 4 CM Powers · DYCD · FY2025 $5,000
- Local CM Salaam · DYCD · FY2025 $5,000
- Community Engagement Program - Council District 10 CM De La Rosa · Anti-Poverty · DYCD · FY2026 $5,000
- Council District 4 CM Powers · DYCD · FY2026 $5,000
- Community Engagement Program - Council District 10 CM De La Rosa · Anti-Poverty · DYCD · FY2027 $5,000
- Council District 04 CM Maloney · DYCD · FY2027 $5,000
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.
- Carmen N. De La Rosa FY2023-2027 · 5 awards $25,000
- Keith Powers FY2024-2026 · 3 awards $15,000
- Gale A. Brewer FY2023 · 1 award $5,000
- Yusef Salaam FY2025 · 1 award $5,000
- Virginia Maloney FY2027 · 1 award $5,000
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.
- Stanislao German Executive Director $392,754
- Carolyn P Wilson President $372,466
- Christopher Boyle Director Of Data Research & Policy $255,540
- Sergio De La Pava Legal Director $248,597
- Renate Lunn Director Of Training $238,571
- Charles Sidney Lester Supervising Attorney $235,537
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +26% 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 Stanislao German · 12.21% of revenue $276,112
- FY2021 Stanislao German · 10.68% of revenue $281,794
- FY2022 Stanislao German · 11.33% of revenue $349,865
- FY2023 Stanislao German · 10.16% of revenue $392,754
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 Justice 16.812 Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative · Office of Justice Programs · Grant $1,000,000