NYC First Inc.
Lobbying client
NYC First Inc., Lobbying client. Connections, filings, and records on The Civic Stoop, every link traced to the public record.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 15
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $165,000
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $150,000 · 1 contract
- Awarded all-time
- $1,879,425 · 32 since 2015, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $1,809,575
- Won without a fresh bid
- 62% of contract value · $1,159,125 · 7 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $1,249,000 · 61 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2020 (8 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $332,672 · Michael Zigman, CEO
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Fontas Advisors NY LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Education City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Education City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - NYC Capital Budget
- Budget - Secure program funding
- Budget - securing funding
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).
- Science PD, Direct Student Services and STEM Education Department of Education · MA104020249477455 $150,000
- NYC FIRST provides robotics event coach & mentoring Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020248809075 · ended 2026 $721,875
- To Provide Robotics Education to District (6) Schools Department of Education · CT104020249457271 · ended 2023 $199,750
- To provide STEM education programs Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020248808348 · ended 2023 $100,000
- To provide STEM education programs for the youths. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020248809118 · ended 2023 $92,500
- NEGOTIATED SERVICES-SERVICES Department of Education · CT104020263107546 · ended 2026 $25,000
- NEGOTIATED SERVICES-SERVICES Department of Education · CT104020263081599 · ended 2026 $25,000
- NEGOTIATED SERVICES-SERVICES Department of Education · CT104020263056086 · ended 2026 $25,000
- NEGOTIATED SERVICES-SERVICES Department of Education · CT104020263041646 · ended 2026 $25,000
- 3 BIDS-SERVICES Department of Education · CT104020263036410 · ended 2026 $25,000
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.
- To Provide Robotics Education to District (6) Schools Department of Education · FY2025 $199,750
- NYC FIRST provides robotics event coach & mentoring Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2025 · 2 payments $131,550
- To provide STEM education programs Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2025 $100,000
- To provide STEM education programs for the youths. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 $61,223
- NYC FIRST provides robotics event coach & mentoring Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 $37,800
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2023 $100,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2024 $100,000
- City-Wide Youth Robotics Leagues and STEM Programs CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2025 $100,000
- City-Wide Youth Robotics Leagues and STEM Programs CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2026 $100,000
- City-Wide Youth Robotics Leagues and STEM Programs CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2027 $100,000
- Youth Robotics Leagues & STEM Programs - Council District 11 CM Dinowitz · Digital Inclusion and Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2026 $30,000
- Youth Robotics Leagues & STEM Programs - Council District 11 CM Dinowitz · Digital Inclusion and Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2027 $30,000
- Council District 10 CM De La Rosa · Digital Inclusion and Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2025 $25,000
- Youth Robotics Leagues & STEM Programs- Council District 10 CM De La Rosa · Digital Inclusion and Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2026 $25,000
- Youth Robotics Leagues & STEM Programs- Council District 10 CM De La Rosa · Digital Inclusion and Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2027 $25,000
- Youth Robotics Leagues and STEM Programs CM Thomas-Henry · Digital Inclusion and Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2027 $25,000
- City-Wide Youth Robotics Leagues and STEM Programs CM De La Rosa · Digital Inclusion and Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2023 $22,500
- City-Wide Youth Robotics Leagues & STEM Programs - Council District 10 CM De La Rosa · Digital Inclusion and Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2024 $22,500
- Council District 11 CM Dinowitz · Digital Inclusion and Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2023 $20,000
- Council District 5 CM Menin · Digital Inclusion and Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2023 $20,000
- Youth Robotics Leagues and STEM Programs for District 1. CM Marte · Digital Inclusion and Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2023 $20,000
- Digital Inclusion and Literacy Initiative CM Menin · Digital Inclusion and Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2024 $20,000
- Council District 33 CM Restler · Digital Inclusion and Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2024 $20,000
- Youth Robotics Leagues & STEM Programs - Council District 1 CM Marte · Digital Inclusion and Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2024 $20,000
- Youth Robotics Leagues & STEM Programs - Council District 11 CM Dinowitz · Digital Inclusion and Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2024 $20,000
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.
- Christopher Marte FY2023-2027 · 9 awards $126,000
- Carmen N. De La Rosa FY2022-2027 · 6 awards $125,000
- Eric Dinowitz FY2023-2027 · 5 awards $120,000
- Julie Menin FY2022-2027 · 6 awards $110,000
- Crystal Hudson FY2025-2026 · 2 awards $40,000
- Lincoln Restler FY2024-2027 · 4 awards $35,000
- Gale A. Brewer FY2025-2027 · 3 awards $30,000
- Sandra Ung FY2023-2027 · 5 awards $25,000
- Shanel Thomas-Henry FY2027 · 1 award $25,000
- Nantasha M. Williams FY2024-2027 · 4 awards $24,000
- Shahana K. Hanif FY2023-2027 · 4 awards $20,000
- Lynn C. Schulman FY2027 · 1 award $20,000
- Phil Wong FY2027 · 2 awards $19,000
- Rodriguez FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $15,000
- Kallos FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $15,000
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.
- Michael Zigman CEO $332,672
- Michelle Sharkey Director of Development $126,947
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +21% 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 Michael Zigman · 17.9% of revenue $235,003
- FY2021 Michael Zigman · 23.37% of revenue $257,423
- FY2022 Michael Zigman · 17.07% of revenue $276,329
- FY2023 Michael Zigman · 9.99% of revenue $332,672