International Business Machines Corporation
Lobbying client
IBM provides cloud services, IT consulting, software, and technology infrastructure to New York City government agencies, holding about $218.2 million in active city contracts as of August 2026, across multiple departments. With 24 filings since 2024 registered citywide, it lobbies all 51 council members on technology services and information technology procurement through Brown & Weinraub Advisors and Hollis Public Affairs.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 24
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $382,000
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Professional Services
- City contracts (active)
- $218,164,662 · 9 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $2,403,771,168 · 565 since 2004, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $1,651,863,823
- Won without a fresh bid
- 80% of contract value · $1,930,724,959 · 451 contracts
- Based in
- Albany, NY (NY State)
- Chairman / CEO
- Arvind Krishna
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Brown & Weinraub Advisors, LLC Lobbyist firm
- Hollis Public Affairs, Inc. Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department for the Aging City agency
- Department of Education City agency
- Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications City agency
- Department of Social Services City agency
- Financial Information Services Agency City agency
- Police Department City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications City agency
- Financial Information Services Agency City agency
- Police Department City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Local Legislation (including introduction) - technology
- Local Legislation (including introduction) - technology service issues
- Procurement - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
- Procurement - information technology
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).
- IBM Consulting Service Renewal #1 - GSA Police Department · CT105620268803792 $105,690,406
- CITYWIDE SYSTEM INTEGRATION (SI) CLASS 3 Renewal #1 Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications · MMA185820268803058 $50,000,000
- IBM SUPPORT CONTRACT FOR HW, SW, MAINFRAME, AND RELATED SERV Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications · CT185820268806970 $32,745,510
- NGDP and eArraignment Services Project 3058-001A Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications · CTA185820267206886 $15,109,099
- IBM SW/HW MAINTENANCE CONTRACT FY'25-'26 Financial Information Services Agency · CT112720261404097 $6,209,506
- IBM MLC/OTC Software Maintenance Support Financial Information Services Agency · CT112720261407096 $5,115,416
- Renewal for consulting services Department of Social Services · CT106920268801127 $2,568,000
- IBM Renewal for IT consulting services Department of Social Services · CT106920258807802 $718,360
- IBM SPSS Software Subscription Department for the Aging · CT112520278801802 $8,364
- Technology Infrastructure Build-Out Services Department of Education · CT104020109057395 · ended 2012 $212,000,000
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.
- COVID-19 EMERGENCY PURCHASE: EMERGENCY TECHNICAL SUPPORT Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications · FY2022 · 13 payments $21,339,396
- 311 Application Modernization Encumbrance Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications · FY2024 · 3 payments $19,277,354
- IBM CONSULTING SERVICE Police Department · FY2025 · 34 payments $16,038,072
- TECHNICAL SUPPORT CONTRACT Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications · FY2025 · 16 payments $13,055,218
- COVID-19 EMERGENCY PURCHASE: EMERGENCY TECHNICAL SUPPORT Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications · FY2021 · 14 payments $12,871,107
- Support for RTCC and CDW Systems Police Department · FY2020 · 31 payments $12,785,384
- IBM CONSULTING SERVICE Police Department · FY2024 · 21 payments $12,523,682
- IBM CONSULTING SERVICE Police Department · FY2023 · 12 payments $12,201,932
- IBM CONSULTING SERVICE Police Department · FY2026 · 23 payments $11,634,361
- COVID-19 EMERGENCY PURCHASE: EMERGENCY TECHNICAL SUPPORT Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications · FY2023 · 6 payments $10,331,621
- IBM RTCC/ CDW/ PETS Support Police Department · FY2022 · 21 payments $10,321,700
- TECHNICAL SUPPORT CONTRACT Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications · FY2024 $9,602,482
- IBM Consulting Service Renewal #1 - GSA Police Department · FY2026 · 5 payments $9,222,457
- IBM RTCC/ CDW/ PETS Support Police Department · FY2021 · 16 payments $9,022,558
- TECHNICAL SUPPORT CONTRACT Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications · FY2026 · 12 payments $7,247,643
- FIVE-YEAR IBM SUPPORT CONTRACT FOR HW, SW, M Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications · FY2023 · 15 payments $5,790,140
- IBM SW/HW MAINTENANCE CONTRACT FY'24-'25 Financial Information Services Agency · FY2025 · 14 payments $5,755,093
- FIVE-YEAR IBM SUPPORT CONTRACT FOR HW, SW, M Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications · FY2025 · 15 payments $5,714,924
- Critical Software Applications- NYPD Police Department · FY2021 · 15 payments $4,907,377
- Equipment Uniformity & Network Interior Cabling Enhancement Police Department · FY2020 · 32 payments $4,717,887